Mulherin Reaches 1,000 Points at Framingham; Women’s Basketball Defeats York (PA) in Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach, Fla. – Senior guard Raegan Mulherin (Baldwinville, Mass.) scored 24 point surpassing the 1,000th point mark at Framingham State as the Rams defeated York (PA) 73-64 in Daytona Beach, Fla. Thursday afternoon. With the win the Rams improve to 5-6 while York slips to 6-4.

Mulherin, who surpassed the 1,000 career point mark last season after transferring to the Rams after her freshman season, led the Rams with 24 points shooting 7-of-14 from the floor, 3-of-6 from beyond the arc and a perfect 7-for-7 from the line. Sophomore Mary Kate O'Day (Berlin, Mass.) added 19 points with 8 rebounds while classmate Emily Velozo (Tewksbury, Mass.) contributed 16 points from the bench.

The Spartans were paced by Katie Wagner with 14 points while Sam Mocniak & Mogan Kuehne added 12 points and 11 points respectively.

After an even 1^st period the Spartans pulled away by as much as ten points late in the 1^st half but the Rams cut the score to 31-25 heading into the break. After some more back-and-forth action in the early moments of the second half the Rams called a timeout down 37-30 and answered with a 20-to-2 run featuring 8 points by Mulherin and capped by a trey from O'Day to take a commanding 50-39 that they would not relinquish.

The Rams shot 23-for-55 from the floor, 6-for-14 from long-range and 21-of-26 from the stripe.  The Spartans shot 25-of-83 from the floor and struggled from the line shooting 8-for-14.

The Rams will return to action Friday, December 29^th when they continue play in Daytona Beach when they play Western New England at 7:00pm.