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The New Jersey Athletic
Conference senior women led from start to finish, and received team-highs
of 12 points and seven assists from NJAC Most Valuable Player Alexa
Shields of The College of New Jersey, as the NJAC defeated the Skyline
Conference senior women, 68-60, in the 2006 NJAC-Skyline Women’s
Basketball Senior Game, hosted by New Jersey City University on March 22.
It was the first-ever season ending senior challenge between the NJAC and
Skyline conferences. The NJAC is now 4-1 all-time in senior games, after
winning 3-of-4 in the previous series with the City University of New York
Athletic Conference (CUNYAC).
Jenna Gambino
of Stevens Institute of Technology was selected the Skyline’s Most
Valuable Player after pouring in exactly one-third of her squad’s point,
finishing with a game 20 points, including five three-pointers (5-9),
along with seven rebounds and four blocks.
Shields shot 4-of-6 from the field, with all baskets coming from
three-point range, while adding the game-high seven assists, with six
rebounds in 20 minutes.
Carmen Zimmitt of Rutgers University-Camden added 10 points (5-12) and
five rebounds. All 11 players on the NJAC roster scored. Camden’s Megan
Rulon had eight rebounds, six points, and five blocks.
Other standouts for the NJAC included TCNJ’s Erin Frank, who grabbed a
game-high nine rebounds, with six points. Montclair State University’s
Amanda Mullaney added eight boards, six rebounds, and six assists.
The Skyline Conference received 11 points (5-14 FG), nine rebounds and
three assists from Centenary College’s Lenaya Price. Mount Saint Mary
College’s Kellie Stuart and
Farmingdale State University’s Nicole Judkins each contributed nine
points. All eight Skyline players registered at least one point.
Also for the Skyline, FSU’s Angela Williams collected nine rebounds
and three blocks, while MSMC’s Stacy Schultz had eight
boards. Laura Bucci of the College of Mount Saint Vincent dished
six assists.
The NJAC led 32-28 at the half before extending that margin to as many as
17 at 6:12 of the second period (63-46). After the Skyline cut the lead to
32-31 to open the second half, a 10-0 run by the NJAC seniors opened up a
42-31, 11-point cushion.
The NJAC shot 37.0 percent from the field (30-81), while the Skyline
seniors shot 30.3 percent (23-76). The NJAC more than doubled the
Skyline’s paint production, 30-14, and held a 59-48 difference in
rebounding.
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