Women's Basketball at Bridgewater, 12/1

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL AT BRIDGEWATER STATE

6 PM, Adrian Tinsley Center, Bridgewater State College

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Welcome back, everybody! The Thanksgiving break was certainly restorative for yours truly, and hopefully the same can be said for the women's basketball team.

After the big wins in the Hampton Inn Classic, the Corsairs came out flat last Tuesday night in a 51-37 loss at Worcester State. Lynley DeAmato was noticably missing from that game, and the Corsair offense suffered. Although Kaylin Nelson put forward a strong effort, scoring 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting, the rest of the squad mustered only 14 total points on a horrid 8-for-39 shooting.

The Corsairs sit precisely where they were at this time last year: at 2-2 after losses sandwiched around the Hampton Inn Classic wins. Last December 2nd, the Corsairs dropped a 55-52 heartbreaker at home to these same Bears. From there, the Corsairs never really recovered, losing player after player and game after game, limping to a 3-23 finish. Although tonight's game is unlikely to repeat itself as such a pronounced crossroad, you can bet that Amanda Van Voorhis and Rob Johnson want this game tonight pretty badly.

The Bears come into tonight's game with an overall record of 1-2. Bridgewater opened up with an 82-57 win over Eastern Nazarene before dropping a 77-68 decision to William Patterson and a 77-56 loss at the hands of Rhode Island college last Tuesday.

Here are the main weapons for the Bears:

• Monica Bharoocha - 13.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG
  
• Shelly DePina - 11.3 PPG, 7.7 PPG
• Brittney Chappron - 11.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG
• Michaela Crosby - 9.7 PPG, 7.3 RPG
• Corey Cuddihy - 8.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG

New Bedford's own DePina is the reigning MASCAC Rookie of the Year. Both her and teammate Stephanie Houtman played with Kaylin Nelson at New Bedford High School.