Bre Smith
Bre Smith
38
Hood HOOD 5-8, 2-4 MACC
77
Winner York (Pa.) YCP 12-2, 6-0 MACC
Hood HOOD
5-8, 2-4 MACC
38
Final
77
York (Pa.) YCP
12-2, 6-0 MACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hood HOOD 11 14 8 5 38
York (Pa.) YCP 21 19 19 18 77

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Vanessa Blagmon, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Women’s basketball upended by York

YORK, Pa. - The Hood College women's basketball team fell 77-38 at York College (Pa.) in Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth action.  
 
Inside the Box Score  

  • Morgan Anderson finished with 12 points and six rebounds. The senior added two blocks and a steal. 
  • Nikki Etchison grabbed a career-high nine rebounds. 

How it Happened  

  • A 3-pointer by Hood's Etchison got the Blazers on the scoreboard in the first 30 seconds of play. York answered back with an 18-3 run to put the score 18-6 with 2:19 remaining. An and-one by Anderson and a bucket by Marlise Newson helped the Blazers to come within eight points (19-11) with 25 seconds left in the period before a late basket by the Spartans' Alyssa Hocker made it a 10-point lead going into the second quarter.  
  • After a 3-pointer by Bre Smith, both teams traded baskets in the first six minutes of the second period. Anderson scored the final five points of a 7-2 run that pulled Hood within 29-21 with 4:23 left in the half. But the Blazers' efforts were thwarted by an 11-4 run started by York's Kayla Ferris to end the first half 40-25. Ferris scored nine of her 15 points in the second quarter. 
  • Ferris had four of York's seven third-quarter steals as the Spartans built a 26-point lead to end the quarter,59-33. 
  • Hood struggled with its shooting all evening but went ice cold in the fourth quarter making only a pair of field goals as York continued to pull away. 

Analysis  

  • York outrebounded Hood 52-31. 
  • The Spartans held a 34-16 advantage in points in the paint and 31-2 in points off turnovers behind 22 steals. 

For the opponent  

  • Alana Bortner led the Spartans with 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting. She grabbed five rebounds and added a pair of steals. 
  • Ferris recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting and 10 rebounds. The graduate student dished out eight assists, to go along with six steals. 
  • Camila Sosa recorded 14 points, six rebounds, and six assists.  
  • Savannah Wilson finished with six assists and a game-high nine steals. 

Notes  

  • Hood slipped to 5-8 on the season and 2-4 in the MAC Commonwealth.   
  • York improved to 12-2 overall and 6-0 in the conference.  

Up Next  
The Blazers host Alvernia University in a MAC Commonwealth contest on Saturday, January 15 at 1 p.m. 

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