CAMBRIDGE, MA – Lesley University forward Kaitlyn Wechsler (Merrick, NY/Our Lady Mercy) became the second Lynx player to amass 1,400 career points as she led the Lesley to a 54-36 win over Wheelock in New England Collegiate Conference women's basketball play Tuesday.
The senior led all scorers, staying true to her NECC-leading average with 18 points. With her layup at the 16:47 mark of the second half, she joined Tia Cleckley '01 as the only 1,400 point scorers in Lynx history.
Lesley (13-10, 12-3 NECC) used a late first half 10-0 run featuring six points from Wechsler to bust open what was 20-20 tie in taking a 30-20 halftime lead. The Lynx forced 15 Wildcats turnovers in the period, with Wechsler scoring 13 of her 15 before intermission.
Forward Kayla Drescher (Wallingford, CT/Sheehan) kept the Wildcats (4-17, 3-11) within striking distance with six points and 12 rebounds as the Wildcats outrebounded Lesley 24-17 in the first.
Wheelock's Joy Holliday (Milford, MA/Milford) nailed a three-pointer to make it a seven-point contest on the team's second possession of the second half. The Lynx then rattled off a 9-0 run started by Wechsler's 1,400th career point and led by 15 or more the rest of the way.
For the Wildcats, Keneisha Milton (Boston, MA/Wayland) led all players with 16 rebounds to go along with her team-high 11 points, and Drescher followed with 15 boards and eight points. Wheelock won the battle of the boards, 47-43, but Lesley held Wheelock under 24 percent shooting (13-55) for a second time this season.
Brianne Caira (Pelham, NH/Pelham) enjoyed another solid all-around game for the Lynx, totaling 16 points, eight rebounds, six blocks and five assists. Rachael O'Mara (Levittown, NY/General Douglas MacArthur) rounded out a trio of Lynx in double figures with 16 points, 11 after halftime, tying Caira with a game-high five assists.
Lesley plays host to Plymouth State on Thursday at 8 p.m., while Wheelock takes on Elms College on Tuesday.
Newspaper Box Score
Wheelock College vs Lesley University
02/15/11 8:00 p.m. at Cambridge, MA
Newspaper Box Score
Wheelock College vs Lesley University
02/15/11 8:00 p.m. at Cambridge, MA
At Cambridge, MA
LESLEY UNIVERSITY 54, WHEELOCK COLLEGE 36
WHEELOCK COLLEGE (4-17 (3-11 NECC))
Keneisha Milton 5-11 1-2 11; Kayla Drescher 3-16 2-2 8; Joy Holliday 1-4 2-2
5; Maya Spratling 1-7 1-2 3; Jessica Ramsey 1-3 0-0 3; Caitlin Kerr 1-2 0-0
3; Jo Gomes 1-1 0-0 2; Sarah McCaffrey 0-2 1-2 1; Morgan Perry 0-2 0-0 0;
Taylor Rogers 0-0 0-0 0; Randi Davis 0-1 0-0 0; Kailah Simon 0-0 0-0 0;
Sharrell Brown 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 13-55 7-10 36.
LESLEY UNIVERSITY (13-10(12-3 NECC))
Kaitlyn Wechsler 8-14 2-5 18; Brianne Caira 7-16 2-2 16; Rachael O'Mara 5-12
1-3 12; Jenna Fralick 1-3 0-0 2; Emily Whitney 1-4 0-0 2; Cassidy Freed 1-2
0-0 2; Erika Hill 1-5 0-0 2; Samantha Olivieri 0-1 0-0 0; Jennie Vallesio
0-3 0-2 0; Sherrey Smith 0-0 0-0 0; Emily Fleming 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-63
5-12 54.
Wheelock College.............. 20 16 - 36
Lesley University............. 30 24 - 54
3-point goals--Wheelock College 3-12 (Jessica Ramsey 1-3; Caitlin Kerr 1-2;
Joy Holliday 1-3; Randi Davis 0-1; Sharrell Brown 0-3), Lesley University
1-9 (Rachael O'Mara 1-3; Brianne Caira 0-1; Erika Hill 0-2; Samantha
Olivieri 0-1; Emily Fleming 0-2). Fouled out--Wheelock College-None, Lesley
University-None. Rebounds--Wheelock College 47 (Keneisha Milton 16), Lesley
University 43 (Brianne Caira 8). Assists--Wheelock College 5 (Kayla Drescher
3), Lesley University 15 (Brianne Caira 5; Rachael O'Mara 5). Total
fouls--Wheelock College 10, Lesley University 10. Technical fouls--Wheelock
College-None, Lesley University-None. A-89
