Box Score

WESTON, Mass. - January 9, 2010 - Colby-Sawyer dropped its TCCC opener to Regis College, 75-73 Saturday afternoon. The Pride improve to 7-6 overall and are 1-0 in conference, while the Chargers are now 3-10 overall and 0-1 TCCC play.

Colby-Sawyer senior Terri Duffy (Marshfield, Mass.) led all-scorers with 25 points, and grabbed a game-high 19 rebounds. In 35 minutes of play Duffy shot 59 percent (10-of-17) from the field, knocked down two three-pointers, and went 3-of-5 (60 percent) from the free-throw line. She also moved into 5th place on the schools all-time scoring list with 1111 career points.
 
Taylor DeSanty (North Adams, Mass.) and Cailin Bullett (Millbury, Mass.) were also in double-figures scoring 15 and 10 points, respectively. Bullet was 44 percent from the field, and a perfect 2-of-2 from the free-throw line.

Senior Jessica Page (Quincy, Mass.) had a team-high 23 points and 11 rebounds for Regis College.

Page was 7-of-16 from the field, and her two clutch free throws to give Regis the lead late in the game spurred the Pride. Page was 75 percent (6-of-8) from the free-throw line on the day.

Regis' Meghan Tobin (Quincy, Mass.) had a season-high 16 points in 28 minutes. She shot 57 percent (4-of-7) from behind the three-point line for Regis.

The Pride maintained a consistent advantage over Colby-Sawyer for much of the first half, with Regis' greatest lead being a 12-point (17-5) difference just 5:00 minutes into the game.

Duffy sparked a steady chip into Regis' lead, cutting it to just six points with a three-pointer from the left wing. The two teams would mark the third tie of the first half with Brittany White (Dorchester, Mass.) hitting a jumper from the baseline. White finished with eight points.

DeSanty would answer with a jumper of her own, but two made free throws by Page gave Regis the 42-40 lead going into intermission. Amy Hebert (Keene, N.H.) would give Colby-Sawyer a two-point advantage with 7:14 remaining in the game. Regis' Caitlin Luquet (Walnut Creek, Cailf.) would return the good basket with a three-pointer, giving Regis the lead at 66-65.

Colby-Sawyer fought hard to regain the lead with less than 3:30 remaining. Up by five, the Chargers continued its offensive attack.

Regis' offense from the first half reappeared late in the game when Bianca Flores (Dorchester, Mass.) sank a game changing three-pointer to give Regis the one point lead.

A shooting foul committed by Colby-Sawyer's DeSanty would send Regis' Page to the line to shoot two free throws, which she converted to a 75-73 win for the Pride. The Chargers ran an out of bounds play with two seconds left and got a three-pointer off for the win, but it went wide of the basket.
 
Colby-Sawyer will host New England College on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

---Courtesy of Regis Sports Info