Women’s Basketball Wins The Battle of The Rams 61-50 Over Suffolk
Boston, Mass. – The Framingham State women's basketball extended their season opening win streak to six with at 61-50 win over Suffolk University in non-conference action Saturday afternoon at Regan Gymnasium. With the win the Rams of Framingham State move to 6-0 on the year as the Suffolk Rams fall to 3-4.
Junior Raegan Mulherin (Baldwinville, Mass.) who scored a game-high 14 points paced the Rams offensively and senior Alycia Rackliffe (Feeding Hills, Mass.) registered a double-double with twelve points and season-high 17 rebounds.
Caitlyn Caramello made the most of her first start of the season with the junior pacing Suffolk's offense with 12 points putting together a double-double effort as well with 12 rebounds.
Suffolk scored on the first possession as Alexandra Nagri put the ball in for the Rams before a see-saw game ensued. Suffolk would take a 9-6 edge, but Framingham quickly responded to take its own 10-9 lead. The blue and gold Rams outscored FSU 5-4 down the stretch to lead by one, 14-13, after the first 10 minutes.
The visitors opened the second stanza with a 7-0 stretch that gave them a 20-14 cushion with 8:40 to go before intermission. FSU did not relinquish the advantage as it went on to take a 28-19 lead at the midway point. Georgia Bourikas sparked a last run before the break for the hosts, as they went on 7-2 spur to cut the deficit to just three, 34-31, at the intermission.
The Suffolk Rams continued to roll out of the break as Alexandra Clarke's layup made it a one-point game. Framingham did not let the Suffolk Rams get any closer, however, as the visitors rebuilt a comfortable led that they held for the majority of the third.
Suffolk found itself in a double-digit deficit to open the fourth and could not climb out of the hole as FSU went on to take the non-conference contest, 61-50.
Collectively, Suffolk struggled from the field, shooting 31 percent and 27.3 percent from beyond the arc. The Rams' 61.5 connection rate at the charity stripe kept them in the contest.
The Rams will host UMass.- Boston on Wednesday, December 7th with a 6:00 p.m. tip-off.