Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
Posted: Feb 11, 2015

Strong Second Half Pushes Women’s Basketball Over MCLA

Box Score
Game Leaders
Framingham St.
Pts: Nicole Bostic - 22
Reb: 2 Players (#22, #24) - 8
Ast: Johanna Annunziata - 7
MCLA
Pts: Brayleigh Hanlon - 14
Reb: Kayla Hotaling - 13
Ast: Courtney McLaughlin - 4
Team Stats
Full stats
North Adams, Mass- The Framingham State women's basketball lead by a game high 22 point performance by senior Nicole Bostic (Easton/Oliver Ames), while three other players scored in double figures as the Rams downed the MCLA Traiblazers 67-50 Wednesday evening in MASCAC action.
With the win, the Rams move to 14-7 overall and are 6-4 in conference play.  MCLA drops to 7-15 and is 1-9 in the conference. 

Bostic scored 17 of her 21 in the decisive second half as the Rams overcame a six point halftime deficit.  Payton Bruegger (Millbury) added 13 points off the bench, while Sarah Palace (Auburn) netted 12 and Lauren Donahue (Attleboro/Bishop Feehan) contributed 11 points.

The first half got off to a slow start as both teams struggled from the floor early on.  Just about midway through the half, the Rams led 12-11.  From there, MCLA would outscore the Rams 13-2 to grab their largest lead of the half at 24-14 with 3:50 remaining til halftime.  Brayleigh Hanlon scored five points in the spurt for MCLA.
The Rams would respond by closing the half on a 6-2 surge as Bruegger scored four points from the line.  The half would end with MCLA leading 26-20.  Hanlon led all scorers with 9 first half points.  Bruegger scored 7 off the bench for the Rams in the period.  MCLA shot 37% in the opening twenty minutes while holding the Rams to just 19% shooting. 
The second half was all Framingham as the Rams outscored MCLA 47-24 to pull away.  MCLA still led 33-24 with 18:01 to play before the Rams took control.  They went on a 14-5 spurt to pull even at 38 for the first time since early in the contest before taking their first second half lead just three minutes later. 
 

MCLA was up 44-43 following a Courtney McLaughlin jumper with 8:04 to play.  The Rams would respond by going on a 12-0 spurt ignited by Bostic.  That gave FSU a 55-44 lead with just 4:41 left.   MCLA would get within nine on the next possession, but the Rams would score the next six points to pull away.

Bostic went 8-for-18 from the floor for her 22 points.  Donahue filled the stat sheet as she added 6 steals, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds.  Bruegger added 8 boards for the Rams.  Framingham overcame their shooting woes in the first half by tallying 52 percent in the decisive period.  The Rams also forced 24 turnovers.
 

For MCLA, Hanlon led the team with 14 points.  McLaughlin added 13 points and 4 assists.  Kayla Hotaling ended with 9 points and game best 13 rebounds.  

The Trailblazers will be back in action tomorrow as they host Suffolk University at 5:30pm. The Rams return to the court on Saturday when they host Salem State at 1:00 p.m. on senior day.

 

*Majority of release courtesy of MCLA sports information*