WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- In the game to decide third place at the Eastern Connecticut State University Tip-Off Tournament, Connecticut College (1-1) won its first tip-off tournament game in its fourth try by holding the Simmons Sharks (0-2) to 20.8 percent shooting from the floor and forcing 24 turnovers (five shot-clock violations) in a 52-27 victory.

Simmons managed four second-half field goals and was outscored 27-11 over the final 20 minutes, when the Camels turned the ball over only three times.

Connecticut College all-tournament pick Willa McKinley, a freshman, was the only player in the game in double figures, finishing with 15 points and no turnovers in 25 minutes. Junior Tara Gabelman had nine points (5-for-5 from the foul line), a game-high 13 rebounds, four assists and three blocks for the winners.

The Camels scored 14 straight points late in the first half – going ahead for good on McKinley's three-point field goal to move out to a 15-point, 21-6 lead with five minutes left in the first half. Conn sank six free throws in as many attempts in that stretch and McKinley, senior Kacie Quack and freshman Caroline Jadovich all dropped in three-point field goals.

McKinley led Conn in the tournament with 19 points (8-for-16 from the floor), while Gabelman had 16 points, 18 rebounds, four assists, four blocks and three steals and sophomore Carlee Smith 13 points and ten assists.

In two games, the Sharks shot 23.8 percent from the floor and 29.4 percent (5-for-17) from the foul line with 41 turnovers. Simmons junior Leah Davis (Cranston, R.I.) and junior Hannah May (Hamden, Conn.) combined for 23 of the team's 60 tournament points.