Posted: Jan 17, 2015

Bostic Leads Women’s Basketball to Win Over MCLA

MCLA

(6-9, 0-4 MASCAC)

Framingham St.

(10-4, 2-2 MASCAC)

Final

MCLA (6-9, 0-4 MASCAC)

Framingham St. (10-4, 2-2 MASCAC)

Game Leaders

MCLA

Pts: 2 Players (#22, #30) - 13

Reb: Courtney McLaughlin - 11

Ast: Courtney McLaughlin - 4

Framingham St.

Pts: Nicole Bostic - 19

Reb: Alycia Rackliffe - 10

Ast: 2 Players (#03, #05) - 4

Team Stats

MCLA

Framingham St.

Field Goals

(18-54)

(27-64)

Field Goal %

33.3%

42.2%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

Framingham, Mass.- The Framingham State University Rams women's basketball team defeated conference foe MCLA in MASCAC action Saturday afternoon in Framingham. The Rams are now 10-4 and 2-2 in conference play. The Trailblazers drop to 6-9 and 0-4 in the league.

The two teams traded the lead back and forth in the 1^st half but the Rams went into the half with a 36-33 lead. Senior Nicole Bostic (Easton/ Oliver Ames) scored 17 points including hitting 3-of-5 from long range in the first half, Bostic finished with a game high 19 points. Sophomore Alycia Rackliffe (Feeding Hills/ Agwam) registered a double-double with 14 points and 10 boards with 5 blocked shots.

Kayla Hotaling (Ravena, NY/ Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk) and Courtney McLaughlin (Pittsfield) both put up a team high 13 points in the loss. McLaughlin registered a double-double adding a game high 11 rebounds to her 13 points.

The Rams came out of the break on fire going on a 15-3 run over the first five minutes of the half capped by a Monta Connolly (Lynn/ Lynn Classical) basket to push their lead to 51-36 and the Rams never looked back.

Both teams were 14-for-32 from the field in the first half but the Rams held the Trailblazers to 4-of-22 from the floor in the second stanza. The Rams were 27-of-62 from the field and 7-of-17 from beyond the arc for the game.

The Rams return to action when they travel to Salem State on Tuesday, January 20^th. The Trailblazers return to action on Thursday, January 22^nd when they host Springfield College.