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Brie Pergola
Clarus Studios Inc.
57
Staten Island CSI 0-1,0-0 ECC
68
Winner New Haven UNH 1-0,0-0 NE10
Staten Island CSI
0-1,0-0 ECC
57
Final
68
New Haven UNH
1-0,0-0 NE10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Staten Island CSI 18 17 7 15 57
New Haven UNH 20 12 24 12 68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball Takes Season Opener from Staten Island, 68-57

WEST HAVEN, Conn. – A strong third quarter surge by the New Haven women's basketball team helped the Chargers pull away from the College of Staten Island, 68-57 on Saturday at Charger Gymnasium. Freshman Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) had a game-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting in her collegiate debut, and added six rebounds. Senior Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) totaled 13 points, five rebounds and two assists, and sophomore Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) also reached double figures with 10 points and nine rebounds. Junior Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) added eight points and career-highs of eight rebounds and six steals, and tied her career-high with six assists. Junior Bionca Chambers (Bronx, N.Y./New Milford) also added nine points and three steals off the bench.

The Chargers shot 44.3 percent from the field and tallied 18 assists on 27 made field goals. Luzdali Ocasio (Davenport, Fla./New Hampton) and Aliyah Wright (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) dished out four assists each, while sophomore Sydney Richard (Hooksett, N.H./Bradford Christian Academy) and Wormack added two apiece. The Chargers received quality minutes from up and down its lineup, with nine players registering at least 10 minutes of play, and the bench accounting for 33 of the team's points.

Defensively, New Haven held the Dolphins to 27.5 percent shooting overall, including just a 5-for-26 clip in the second half. The win marks the third season in a row the Chargers have emerged victorious in the season opener.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: DEBBIE BUFF
"It's always great to get the first win. We had seven new kids learning the system and they all got good minutes. Now we need to build on what we did the second half."

"I thought we didn't play the way we've been practicing in the first half. We weren't controlling the game and we got ourselves into foul trouble. We weren't making adjustments based on how the game was being called and we kept putting them on the foul line."

"In the second half, we came out and played much more disciplined. We settled down and the lineup we started in the third quarter gave us some really good minutes. Aurora played well both offensively and defensively, and (Chambers, Ocasio, Pergola and Wormack) all gave us some great minutes in the third."

FIRST QUARTER
  • The lead changed hands nine times over the first 10 minutes, with the Chargers shooting exactly 50 percent in the frame.
  • Following an offensive rebound by Deshaies, Pergola knocked down a three-pointer to give the Chargers a 20-18 lead in the final seconds of the period.
SECOND QUARTER
  • Staten Island took advantage of some New Haven struggles in the second quarter, outscoring the Chargers 17-12 to take a 35-32 lead going into halftime.
  • With several players on the bench in foul trouble, Deshaies provided a big lift for the Blue and Gold, scoring eight points on 3-of-4 shooting in the frame.
THIRD QUARTER
  • New Haven started the second half with an 11-2 run, taking the lead for good (38-37) on a jumper by Pergola in the paint at the 5:50 mark.
  • Pergola followed with a steal-and-score, and Wormack added a fastbreak bucket of her own off a Pergola assist to take a 42-37 lead.
  • After the Dolphins got back within five, New Haven rattled off an extended 12-0 run to build a 55-40 lead in the final minute of the period.
  • Making her Chargers' debut, junior transfer Bionca Chambers (Bronx, N.Y./New Milford) scored four points in the third, both coming in transition following steals.
  • Deshaies scored nine of her 20 points in the third on 4-of-5 shooting.
  • In total, New Haven outscored CSI 24-7 in the quarter on 10-of-17 shooting, all from inside the arc, to hold a 56-42 lead.
FOURTH QUARTER
  • The momentum carried over into the fourth, with an early 8-0 run by the Chargers growing the edge to a game-high 20 points.
  • Chambers scored five points in the run, including a triple that got the lead to 64-54 at the 6:46 mark.
  • CSI went on to score 13 of the game's final 17 points, outscoring New Haven 15-12 in the frame to bring the final to 68-57.
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