January 5, 2006 - Manhattan 59 Rider 34
January 5, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Women's College Basketball
Manhattan College 59, Rider University 34
RIVERDALE, NY--The Broncs traveled to the Bronx for a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference at Manhattan Thursday. Rider (1-10, 0-3 MAAC) scored the first four points of the game and led 12-11. “Once we got the ‘W’ against Monmouth and got off to the good start tonight, we thought ‘hey, it’s a new year and things are going to be different,’” said Rider assistant coach Sharon Gittens.
Manhattan (5-7, 2-1 MAAC) then out-scored Rider 23-2 over the final 12:49 of the first half to take a 34-14 lead at intermission, and went on to win by 25 points. Rider went 11:21 in the first half without scoring. “We suffered from a rash of turnovers and they seemed to score on every turnover we committed,” said Gittens. “We dug ourselves a bit of a hole, scoring just 14 points in the first half.”
Rider junior Monica Welborn (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin) made her first five shots from the field and finished with 10 points. Sophomore Janele Henderson (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Loughlin) added eight points.
For Manhattan, Kymesha Alston had 12 points, seven rebounds and five blocked shots.
Rider travels to Fairfield for a MAAC game Saturday. “We’re looking for a new day in Bridgeport,” said Gittens.
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