2008 Woodie Awards
Boyle records 1000th career point in victory
Josh Goldstein
Issue date: 2/21/08 Section: Sports
The Women's Basketball Team came into last week in position to win out and win the Conference. They would have two big games before a match up with the top seeded Dickinson. The Mules opened up their week against Swarthmore. The Tuesday game was cancelled due to bad weather and was postponed until the next day. The team took advantage of the extra practice time and helped themselves out with another victory, 77-57. The Mules took their first lead 5 minutes in on junior Erin McSherry's lay-up and would not relinquish the lead. With a minute and half left, junior Lauren Boyle assisted on freshman Kelly McKeon's three-pointer and the Mules took their largest lead of the half, 41-26.
The second half was more of the same from the Mules as their lead did not drop below 13 and got as big as 22. The Mules finished with a 20-point lead and another Centennial Conference win.
The Mules went inside to get most of their scoring as McSherry and freshman Sheila Cook led the Mules with 17 and 16 points respectively. Mckeon and Boyle also contributed double figures in points with 13 and 10 respectively.
Cook and McSherry also led the way on the boards grabbing 10 and 9 each. Boyle contributed with passing, leading the team with 5 assists. Senior Abra Like was right behind her with 4 assists of her own.
The Mule defense was also really strong, holding Swarthmore to less than 33% shooting on the game. They also tallied 6 blocks and 9 steals.
After winning on the road the Mules came home and faced Johns Hopkins. The gym was decorated in all pink and the girls wore pink warm-ups to raise awareness for breast cancer. A close game all the way, neither team ever took a lead larger than 8 points. The first half saw two lead changes and four ties before the Mules took the lead for good. With six minutes to go in the first half the Mules trailed by one and Boyle assisted Cook on a lay-up to put the Mules ahead. The Mule lead would get as big as five on a Boyle lay-up off a McKeon pass with 2:44 to go in the half. Both teams would remain scoreless the rest of the half.
The second half was more of the same from the Mules as their lead did not drop below 13 and got as big as 22. The Mules finished with a 20-point lead and another Centennial Conference win.
The Mules went inside to get most of their scoring as McSherry and freshman Sheila Cook led the Mules with 17 and 16 points respectively. Mckeon and Boyle also contributed double figures in points with 13 and 10 respectively.
Cook and McSherry also led the way on the boards grabbing 10 and 9 each. Boyle contributed with passing, leading the team with 5 assists. Senior Abra Like was right behind her with 4 assists of her own.
The Mule defense was also really strong, holding Swarthmore to less than 33% shooting on the game. They also tallied 6 blocks and 9 steals.
After winning on the road the Mules came home and faced Johns Hopkins. The gym was decorated in all pink and the girls wore pink warm-ups to raise awareness for breast cancer. A close game all the way, neither team ever took a lead larger than 8 points. The first half saw two lead changes and four ties before the Mules took the lead for good. With six minutes to go in the first half the Mules trailed by one and Boyle assisted Cook on a lay-up to put the Mules ahead. The Mule lead would get as big as five on a Boyle lay-up off a McKeon pass with 2:44 to go in the half. Both teams would remain scoreless the rest of the half.