Story courtesy of Rob Palardy, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information

NEWTON, Mass. – The Lesley University women’s basketball travel to Lasell College with the hopes of ending their four-game losing skid to start the season, but the Lynx lost the Lasers 69-50 to drop to 0-5. Lasell improved to 2-5 and have won back-to-back games after defeating Wheelock over the weekend.

Lasell jumped to an early lead in the first half by going on a 12-5 run to start the game. Six of those points were scored by Lasers freshman Kim Archibald (LEWISTON, Maine/Lewiston) who ended up with a game-high 20 points. Archibald also grabbed 14 rebounds, dished out four assists and had a steal.

By halftime, Lasell stretched their lead to 16 points, the largest margin of the game thus far. The first period was capped off by a lay by Tricia Culver (NORTHAMPTON, Mass./Northampton) who was Lasell’s second leading scorer with 16 points.

In the second half, Lesley managed to stay with the Lasers by forcing 12 turnovers. Defensively, Jodi Fralick (WOBURN, Mass./Woburn) and Kaitlyn Wechsler (MERRICK, N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy Academy) led the way with five and four steals, respectively.

On the offensive side of the ball, Fralick led her team with 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Wechsler added nine points in the losing effort.

Lesley outscored Lasell 17-0 in bench points and held a slight advantage in second chance points with 12-9.

Lesley will host UMass Boston on Thursday, December 10 at 8:00 pm.