Sharks Win Blazer Tip-Off Tournament

Simmons Basketball?s Emily Thomas (Cheshire, Conn.) poured in a game-high 27 points and was named most valuable player to help the Sharks claim the 2010 Blazer Tip-Off women?s basketball tournament with a 66-62 victory on Saturday afternoon over host Elms College at Picknelly Arena. With the loss, Elms moves to 1-2 on the season while Simmons remains undefeated at 3-0 overall. Simmons Basketball was defeated by Johnson & Wales University, 58-52 in the Sharks? Great Northeast Athletic Conference opener in Providence, R.I. on Tuesday evening. With the win, JWU is now 4-8 for the season and 1-0 in the GNAC while Simmons falls to 5-7 on the year, 0-1 in league play.

Game Leaders

Simmons
Pts: Liz O'Connor - 28
Reb: Alex Acloque - 21
Ast: Jessica Thomas - 4
Bard
Pts: Caitlin Dullea - 10
Reb: 3 Players (#32, #33, #TM) - 6
Ast: 4 Players (#10, #11, #22, #33) - 2

Team Stats

Simmons
Bard

Field Goals

(19-54)
(15-61)

Field Goal %

35.2%
24.6%

Rebounds

52
43

Assists

11
9

Turnovers

27
26

Pts off Turnovers

20
19

2nd Chance Pts

13
14

Bench Pts

4
23
full stats
Posted: Nov 20, 2010

Simmons Basketball's Emily Thomas (Cheshire, Conn.) poured in a game-high 27 points and was named most valuable player to help the Sharks claim the 2010 Blazer Tip-Off women's basketball tournament with a 66-62 victory on Saturday afternoon over host Elms College at Picknelly Arena. With the loss, Elms moves to 1-2 on the season while Simmons remains undefeated at 3-0 overall.

In the tournament's first round, the Sharks blazed past Bard College, 60-48, to advance to the championship game.

Simmons 66, Elms 62

Trailing by seven at intermission (29-22) Simmons outscored Elms 44-33 in the second half as Thomas led three Sharks in double figures. Brittany Dolloff (Hollis, N.H.) finished with 16 points, three steals and six rebounds while Liz O'Connor (Milton, Mass.) added 10 points and nine rebounds.

Alex Acloque (Randolph, Mass.) was strong on the glass collecting nine of her game-best 10 rebounds on defense.

Normandie was 10 of 16 from the field and connected on 6 of 7 from the free throw line in addition to hauling in nine rebounds to lead the Blazers. Junior forward Erika Murphy (Torrington, Conn.) netted 11 points and added four steals, while freshman guard Mariah Petty (Mastic Beach, N.Y.) delivered an eight-point four-steal effort off the bench.

Simmons 60, Bard 48

In Friday's second contest, Simmons' Liz O'Connor (Milton, Mass.) led all scorers with 28 points on 7 of 12 shooting from the floor and 14 of 19 from the free throw line. Alex Acloque (Randolph, Mass.) was equally impressive on the boards amassing an astonishing 21 rebounds (16 on defense) for the Sharks.

Emily Thomas (Cheshire, Conn.) added 13 points and eight boards in the win, while Brittany Dollof (Hollis, N.H.) netted eight points.

Bard was led by Caitlin Dullea (West Stockholm, N.Y.) who dropped in a team-best 10 points, while Marissa Papatola (St. Paul, Minn.) added eight. Five other Raptors finished with five points each in the losing  effort.

All Tournament Team

Emily Thomas, Simmons – MVP

Alex Acloque, Simmons

Jen Normandie, Elms

Erika Murphy, Elms

Jennifer Ferrari, Johnson State

Latiqua Williams, Bard

Scoreboard
  • Sat, 02/16 Women's Basketball vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) W, 70-62 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Wed, 02/13 Women's Basketball at Regis (Mass.) L, 60-49 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Sat, 02/09 Women's Basketball at Rivier W, 76-75 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Tue, 02/05 Women's Basketball at Anna Maria L, 74-66 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Sat, 02/02 Women's Basketball at Suffolk L, 70-55 (Final) RC | BX | V