Brooklyn, NY – The Colby-Sawyer women's basketball team took on the two-time defending national champion New York University in the Dr. Betty Shabazz Tournament on Saturday.
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Lauren MacDonald (Tilton, NH) and Emma Greenan (Saint Johnsbury, VT) would each score four points early in the match, as the Chargers would trail the Violets 13-8. The Chargers would keep the game close, as Emily Leonard (Chester, NH) scored a layup, and made a free throw to make it a three-point play. With one second left on the clock, Molly Denis (Plattsburgh, NY) scored a layup. The Violets led 32-13 after the first quarter.
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Catherine Chick (Glen, NH) and MacDonald would each supply two points early in the second quarter. Makenna Grillone (Walpole, NH) subsequently drained a three. Moments later, Tanner Drury (Bethel, VT) and Grillone would each make a basket as part of an 11-6 run for the Chargers. Drury would make a jumper for the Chargers, but the Violets would have the lead going into the half.
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MacDonald would make a layup early in the third quarter. Grillone would make a free throw shortly after. NYU would go on an 8-0 run, but the Chargers would keep going. Drury made a free throw. MacDonald, Drury, and Grillone would all make free throws in the rest of the third quarter, as the Violets would lead going into the fourth quarter.
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The Chargers will play their final game of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Tournament on Sunday when they take on Medgar Evers College at 12pm in Brooklyn, New York.
WRITTEN BY ERIC DESCHNER