BOX SCORE

FARMINGTON, Maine - December 8, 2012 - The Colby-Sawyer College women's basketball team concluded first semester play on Saturday with a 60-47 victory at Maine-Farmington in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) contest. 

The Chargers improve to 4-0 in NAC play and 5-4 overall. Colby-Sawyer will resume action on December 31 with an away game at Wesleyan. Tip is set for 1:00 pm. The Beavers fall to 1-8 overall and 1-3 in the conference. 

Sophomore Kelsey Cahill (Cumberland, R.I.) led the Chargers with 19 points on 9-18 shooting. She added a team best eight rebounds, three steals and a pair of blocks. Senior Taylor DeSanty (North Adams, Mass.) also recorded double-figures with 14 points on 7-13 shooting. Senior Cailin Bullett (Millbury, Mass.) continued to fill the box score with nine points, eight assists and six rebounds. 

UMaine-Farmington shot just 23.5 percent (16-of-68) from the field, including a 5-of-20 mark from 3-point range.

Meanwhile, Colby-Sawyer used a strong first-half shooting performance to jump out to an 8-0 lead on Farmington, and extended its lead into double-digits following a DeSanty jumper with just under 11 minutes to play.

The Chargers connected on 15 of their 33 field goal attempts in the first half, and went into the locker room at the break with a 35-18 lead.

UMF rallied early in the second half, hitting four of its first six shots including 3-pointers by Kenni Norton (Strong, Maine) and Rachel Clement (Gray, Maine). The Beavers pulled to within four of the Chargers at the 11:30 after a 9-0 run, but Colby-Sawyer answered with back-to-back treys by Cailin Bullett (Millbury, Mass.) and a third by Ashley Fruzzetti (Raynham, Mass.) to squelch UMF's comeback bid.

Norton and Clement each tallied nine points for UMaine-Farmington, with Norton handing out three assists. Kelsey Graffam (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) hauled down seven rebounds to go with her four points.

The Beavers outrebounded the Chargers, 51-39, including 22 offensive rebounds that yielded 19 second-chance points for Farmington. However UMaine-Farmington's 17 turnovers converted to 21 points for Colby-Sawyer. 

---portions of this release courtesy of UMF