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Stambone led Wilkes with 25 points in the win over Goucher Friday night

THREE LADY COLONELS REACH DOUBLE FIGURES IN 67-56 WIN OVER GOUCHER IN SEASON OPENER

11/15/2013 10:09:00 PM

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THREE LADY COLONELS REACH DOUBLE FIGURES IN 67-56 WIN OVER GOUCHER IN SEASON OPENER

WESTMINSTER, MD – Junior Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View) poured in a game-high 25 points to lead three Lady Colonels in double figures as Wilkes University posted a 67-56 win over Goucher College Friday night in the opening round of the 2013 McDaniel College Tip-Off Tournament.

Wilkes trailed by as many as seven points midway through the first half until Stambone began to catch fire. After a long three-pointer and transition layup from Stambone, Kayla Brahm (Rochester, NY/Churchville-Chili) added a steal and score to give Wilkes its first lead of the contest at 22-21 with 6:47 left in the first half. Wilkes settled for a two-point advantage at the break (30-28) following a Chelsea Brown (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley) layup with :30 on the clock.

Stambone continued her hot shooting in the second frame scoring four straight points at the foul line and connecting on a deep trey to up the Wilkes lead to six, 52-46 with 5:06 remaining. Ellen Rich (Hamden, CT/Hamden Hall) scored down low for Wilkes and freshman Chelsea Smelas (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe) and Brown hit back-to-back jumpers to extend the lead to double figures, 60-48.

Goucher would come no closer than eight points through the final three minutes of play as the Lady Colonels held on for its first win of the season.

Stambone finished 8-for-24 from the field and 6-of-11 from the charity stripe while adding three assists. Brown added 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Rich contributed 11 points and seven rebounds with two blocks. Wilkes held a decisive lead on the glass outrebounding Goucher 48-35 including 22 offensive rebounds.

Sharnell Huff led Goucher with a team-high 22 points and six rebounds.

Wilkes will face host McDaniel College in the championship game tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. McDaniel advanced to the final with a 77-26 victory over Mary Baldwin.

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