2008 Woodie Awards
Lady Cats Bounce Back Over UNH
After a one point upset by Stony Brook, the women's basketball team downs New Hampshire by almost 30 points
Nick DeCaro Staff Writer
Issue date: 1/30/07 Section: Sports
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The women's basketball team bounced back from a heartbreaking 72-71 loss Wednesday night to Stony Brook by hammering New Hampshire 70-44 on Saturday afternoon at Patrick Gym.
UVM never trailed on the afternoon using an early 20-4 lead to grab a comfortable win.
Behind lights-out 57.1 per-cetn shooting and strong de-fense, holding UNH to 29.2 percent shooting in the first half, the Catamounts snatched a 36-16 halftime lead.
"Our defense was solid, and our pressure defense took away the shot clock, which helped cut down their oppor-tunities." Head Coach Sharon Dawley commented after the win, "Today was all about de-fense and great team play; we had 20 assists on our 23 shots."
Vermont was lead by fresh-man Courtnay Pilypaitis and May Kotsopoulos who both scored 13 points on the after-noon. Pilypaitis added seven rebounds and six assists to re-tain her ranking of top scorer, while Kotsopoulos added five boards of her own.
"We worked hard every possession, played tough de-fense, ran the floor and had a balanced attack," Kotsopoulos said after the game.
Sophomore Amy Rosen-krantz added nine points and five rebounds, while fel-low sophomore Kellie Poles chipped in eight off the bench for the Catamounts.
Vermont was two seconds away from sweeping its pair of home games this week, but Stony Brook's Mykeema Ford spoiled the party last Wednes-day night.
Ford's 21 point second half explosion, capped by a game winning three-pointer pro-pelled the Sea Wolves to a 72-71 win.
Vermont lead 31-30 at the half, but Stony Brook used an 11-0 run early in the second half to jump out to a com-fortable 51-40 lead. Yet the Catamounts were not about to throw in the towel.
A thrilling 22-4 run sparked by senior Alison Brown's six points, brought the Cata-mounts roaring back into the game to take a 71-69 lead with 20 seconds left.
"Its always one possession at a time, we just kept plug-ging away time after time," Brown said.
UVM never trailed on the afternoon using an early 20-4 lead to grab a comfortable win.
Behind lights-out 57.1 per-cetn shooting and strong de-fense, holding UNH to 29.2 percent shooting in the first half, the Catamounts snatched a 36-16 halftime lead.
"Our defense was solid, and our pressure defense took away the shot clock, which helped cut down their oppor-tunities." Head Coach Sharon Dawley commented after the win, "Today was all about de-fense and great team play; we had 20 assists on our 23 shots."
Vermont was lead by fresh-man Courtnay Pilypaitis and May Kotsopoulos who both scored 13 points on the after-noon. Pilypaitis added seven rebounds and six assists to re-tain her ranking of top scorer, while Kotsopoulos added five boards of her own.
"We worked hard every possession, played tough de-fense, ran the floor and had a balanced attack," Kotsopoulos said after the game.
Sophomore Amy Rosen-krantz added nine points and five rebounds, while fel-low sophomore Kellie Poles chipped in eight off the bench for the Catamounts.
Vermont was two seconds away from sweeping its pair of home games this week, but Stony Brook's Mykeema Ford spoiled the party last Wednes-day night.
Ford's 21 point second half explosion, capped by a game winning three-pointer pro-pelled the Sea Wolves to a 72-71 win.
Vermont lead 31-30 at the half, but Stony Brook used an 11-0 run early in the second half to jump out to a com-fortable 51-40 lead. Yet the Catamounts were not about to throw in the towel.
A thrilling 22-4 run sparked by senior Alison Brown's six points, brought the Cata-mounts roaring back into the game to take a 71-69 lead with 20 seconds left.
"Its always one possession at a time, we just kept plug-ging away time after time," Brown said.
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