2008 Woodie Awards
Foxes maul Bison while handing them first home loss of season; MAAC play begins this weekend
Casey Lane
Issue date: 12/7/06 Section: Sports
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The Marist women's basketball team defeated Bucknell 57-38 on Sunday, handing the Bison their first home loss at the Sojka Pavilion this season.
The Red Foxes were led in scoring by red-shirt junior Meg Dahlman and freshman Rachele Fitz, who both had 15 points and six rebounds. Red-shirt sophomore, Julianne Viani, had a career-high seven rebounds and a season-high 13 points, nine of which came via three-pointers.
The Bison shot a season-low 26.9 percent (14-52). Marist coach Brian Giorgis believes his team put forth its best defensive effort of the year.
"We contested [shots] and we didn't give them a lot of open looks," Giorgis said. "I thought that was huge. We contested every shot and forced 17 turnovers, a couple which lead to crucial baskets for us."
Free throws by Kesha Champion gave Bucknell an early lead with the first two points of the game. Marist would never trail again.
The Foxes scored the next 10 points on their way to taking a 16-3 lead as the Bison missed their first 13 field goal attempts.
By the end of the first half, Marist had a 30-15 lead, the kind of start Giorgis said is important for the Red Foxes to have.
"It is really critical for us to get off to a good start against a good team at their place," he said. "It forced them to have to work much harder to get back. Sometimes when you use so much energy to come back, at some point you hit a wall, and I think that's what they did."
The Bison started the second half with a lay-up from Amanda Brown and a three-point shot by Lauren Schober to cut the lead to 10. But Viani answered for Marist by draining threes on back-to-back possessions.
Lindsey Hollobaugh cut the Red Fox lead to seven by hitting two free throws with 5:15 left in the game. The seven points would be the closest the Bison came the rest of the way.
Coach Giorgis said he never felt that the game was slipping away.
"The people that we had out there had been in those types of games," he said. "We had experienced people out there who did the job."
The Red Foxes were led in scoring by red-shirt junior Meg Dahlman and freshman Rachele Fitz, who both had 15 points and six rebounds. Red-shirt sophomore, Julianne Viani, had a career-high seven rebounds and a season-high 13 points, nine of which came via three-pointers.
The Bison shot a season-low 26.9 percent (14-52). Marist coach Brian Giorgis believes his team put forth its best defensive effort of the year.
"We contested [shots] and we didn't give them a lot of open looks," Giorgis said. "I thought that was huge. We contested every shot and forced 17 turnovers, a couple which lead to crucial baskets for us."
Free throws by Kesha Champion gave Bucknell an early lead with the first two points of the game. Marist would never trail again.
The Foxes scored the next 10 points on their way to taking a 16-3 lead as the Bison missed their first 13 field goal attempts.
By the end of the first half, Marist had a 30-15 lead, the kind of start Giorgis said is important for the Red Foxes to have.
"It is really critical for us to get off to a good start against a good team at their place," he said. "It forced them to have to work much harder to get back. Sometimes when you use so much energy to come back, at some point you hit a wall, and I think that's what they did."
The Bison started the second half with a lay-up from Amanda Brown and a three-point shot by Lauren Schober to cut the lead to 10. But Viani answered for Marist by draining threes on back-to-back possessions.
Lindsey Hollobaugh cut the Red Fox lead to seven by hitting two free throws with 5:15 left in the game. The seven points would be the closest the Bison came the rest of the way.
Coach Giorgis said he never felt that the game was slipping away.
"The people that we had out there had been in those types of games," he said. "We had experienced people out there who did the job."
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