2008 Woodie Awards
Women's Basketball: UMass fall to PC at home
Mike Gillmeister, Collegian Staff
Issue date: 12/4/08 Section: Sports
Doing the little things right seems to be the biggest problem for the Massachusetts women's basketball team. The Minutewomen suffered their first home loss of the season, losing to Providence, 75-63.
UMass (3-4) shot 34 percent from the field and was bothered by a larger Friar (3-4) team. However, the bulk of the Providence post players weren't even in the starting lineup.
Guard Lola Wells (5-foot-6) is one of the smallest Friars on the roster but she played bigger than her stature leads on. The freshman tallied nine points and a team-high four steals against the Minutewomen.
The discouraging thing for UMass coach Marnie Dacko is that Wells scored nine points against UMass, while she's shot just 18-percent on the season from the field.
"I'm very disappointed with the way that we came out of the gates," Dacko said of how the Minutewomen started the game. "We've got two seniors [Stefanie Gerardot and Sakera Young] out there leading in turnovers [six and five, respectively] and that just can't happen. They work hard everyday and they've got to come mentally prepared to play a game and not just 20 minutes."
UMass looked anemic when shooting the ball and seemed to take numerous ill-advised shots in an effort to stifle its larger opponents. Sophomore forward Teya Wright is averaging 11 points per game for the Minutewomen but was limited to just two points against Providence.
Wright went 1-for-9 from the field, missing easy shots. At 6-foot-1, she usually works her way into the post to power the ball in for a layup. But against the Friars, Wright was uncharacteristically overmatched in the paint; though just two of her eight missed field-goals were blocked.
However, Wright did cause the most turnovers for the Minutewomen, grabbing three steals by game's end.
Typically a pesky opponent for teams who are slow on the ball - 8.3 steals per game - the Maroon and White only grabbed five steals, while the Friars had 12.
UMass (3-4) shot 34 percent from the field and was bothered by a larger Friar (3-4) team. However, the bulk of the Providence post players weren't even in the starting lineup.
Guard Lola Wells (5-foot-6) is one of the smallest Friars on the roster but she played bigger than her stature leads on. The freshman tallied nine points and a team-high four steals against the Minutewomen.
The discouraging thing for UMass coach Marnie Dacko is that Wells scored nine points against UMass, while she's shot just 18-percent on the season from the field.
"I'm very disappointed with the way that we came out of the gates," Dacko said of how the Minutewomen started the game. "We've got two seniors [Stefanie Gerardot and Sakera Young] out there leading in turnovers [six and five, respectively] and that just can't happen. They work hard everyday and they've got to come mentally prepared to play a game and not just 20 minutes."
UMass looked anemic when shooting the ball and seemed to take numerous ill-advised shots in an effort to stifle its larger opponents. Sophomore forward Teya Wright is averaging 11 points per game for the Minutewomen but was limited to just two points against Providence.
Wright went 1-for-9 from the field, missing easy shots. At 6-foot-1, she usually works her way into the post to power the ball in for a layup. But against the Friars, Wright was uncharacteristically overmatched in the paint; though just two of her eight missed field-goals were blocked.
However, Wright did cause the most turnovers for the Minutewomen, grabbing three steals by game's end.
Typically a pesky opponent for teams who are slow on the ball - 8.3 steals per game - the Maroon and White only grabbed five steals, while the Friars had 12.
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