WEST HAVEN, Conn. — New Haven women's basketball (1-0) defeated Mitchell (0-0) 103-44 on Monday night in West Haven, Connecticut, using a 17-0 opening run and 40 forced turnovers to control the game. The Chargers converted those turnovers into 52 points, and
Teaira Kelley (Monroe, Ga./Walnut Grove) finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds, 10 offensive rebounds and four steals.
Kelley went 11 rebounds and four steals, while
Tanavia Turpin (Albany, N.Y./Hoosac) added 21 points, nine rebounds, nine field goals and three steals. Vera RamirezLaura finished with 14 points, six field goals and two 3-pointers,
Claudia Lazaro (Madrid, Spain) had eight points, 10 rebounds and six offensive rebounds and
Carla Ramirez (Malaga, Spain) added five steals and five assists.
The Chargers built a 17-0 lead to open the first quarter, starting with Turpin's layup and free throw at 9:40 and reaching 17-0 on Kelley's putback at 5:41. After Gabby Scholfield put Mitchell on the board with two free throws at 5:30, New Haven scored the next 10 points with RamirezLaura, Kelley, Lazaro, Turpin and
Jasmine McKay (West Babylon, N.Y./North Babylon) contributing before Jordyn Streitmatter's layup made it 27-4.
RamirezLaura added a jumper at 2:02, and after Taylor Mann split free throws for Mitchell, Lazaro made two at the line with 52 seconds left. The Chargers finished the first quarter ahead 31-5.
New Haven opened the second quarter with Turpin's layup, an
Eveani Okwuosa (North Haven, Conn./Hamden Hall) 3-pointer off Turpin's assist and an Okwuosa layup off an assist from Ramirez to move the score to 38-5. Lazaro followed with a putback,
Schuyler Coles (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township) scored inside and Okwuosa added two more layups before Ramirez's steal and fast-break finish made it 48-5 at 5:23.
Mitchell got on the board in the quarter when Streitmatter hit a 3-pointer off an assist from Mann at 4:01. Turpin answered with a putback, Kelley made two free throws and Turpin added a jumper off an assist from Kelley with 1:08 left as the Chargers carried a 54-11 lead into halftime.
The Chargers worked through the paint early in the third quarter, with Turpin scoring at 9:45 and Kelley following her own miss before adding another layup and free throw for a 61-13 lead at 8:21. Kelley later assisted Turpin after a steal for a 63-13 lead, and McKay's 3-pointer plus Turpin's offensive rebound basket and free throw pushed New Haven to 76-21 at 2:14.
After Mitchell made two free throws to get to 76-23, Ramirez, Kelley and Turpin supplied the rest of the Chargers' scoring in the quarter. Mitchell committed five turnovers in the final 1:22, and New Haven led 85-23 after the third.
Kelley opened the fourth-quarter scoring with a layup that put the Chargers ahead 87-23, and
Jeeanna Pierantoni (Cambria Heights, N.Y./Holy Cross High School) added a jumper and a layup as Mitchell worked in points from Jade Hypolite, Aidelyne Varela and Streitmatter. After Hypolite's layup and free throw cut the score to 91-33 at 6:23,
Samantha Battle (East Hartford, Conn./Miss Porter) hit consecutive 3-pointers off assists from Pierantoni and
Renelle Grannum (Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) to push New Haven to 97-33.
Mallory Farr (Wyncote, Pa./The Shipley School) added two free throws and two late layups, the second off a Grannum assist, as the Chargers reached 103 points with 2:54 remaining. Mitchell scored the final five points of the quarter, including a Streitmatter layup and two Hypolite free throws, before New Haven closed out the 103-44 win.
Up Next
New Haven will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to face University of Tennessee on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 12 a.m.
