Records Fall as Women’s Basketball Beats Curry

BOSTON – Jenni-Rose DiCecco sealed her spot as the all-time leader in a pair of categories to help Suffolk women's basketball sail past Curry, 71-41, Friday night at Larry E. and Michael S. Smith.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 71 | Curry 42
RECORDS: Suffolk (4-1) | Curry (0-3)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk limited Curry to eight points in both the first and second quarters, respectively, to take a 34-16 cushion into halftime.  

The opening stanza saw the Colonels put the first bucket away before Suffolk strung together a 13-2 stretch to make it a nine-point, 13-4, distance. It was a see-saw affair over the final four minutes for the 15-8 score at the end of the first frame.  

To start the second, the Rams scored nine straight, which helped the blue-and-gold build the 18-point advantage at intermission. During that Suffolk scoring frenzy DiCecco sealed her spot as the all-time leader in steals in program history. That takeaway was converted into two points. 

DiCecco started the second half two assists shy of the record and wasted little time to seal the deal. The floor general tied the mark on a Rachel LaSaracina hoop two minutes into the third quarter before taking her rightful spot atop the all-time assists list on a fast-break lay-up by Gabriella DeComo. 

Suffolk kept its foot on the gas pedal and continued to limit Curry's chances. The Rams held the Colonels to just eight points, again, to take a 52-24 lead into the finale set of 10 minutes. 

Curry made moves in the fourth frame, but thanks to Suffolk's early edge the Rams were able to pull the 71-42 win off.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Suffolk's well-balanced off was led by Natalie Fraioli's 16-point effort. The junior shot 6-for-9 from the floor with a 2-for-4 performance from three-point land. She added two rebounds, two dimes and two steals. 
• Emily Welling finished with a double-double of 11 caroms with 10 points and a pair of swats. 
• DiCecco's performance was all-around with nine rebounds, eight dimes, four takeaways and four points. 
• As a team, Suffolk shot 38.1 percent from the floor, and an impressive 81.0 percent from the charity stripe. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk moved to 18-16 all-time against Curry. 
• The Rams rattled off their fourth consecutive win over the Colonels, which marks the most wins in a row in the all-time series between Suffolk and Curry, which dates back to 1983-84. 
• In Boston, Suffolk is now 10-6 all-time against the Colonels. 
• With her third steal of the night, DiCecco rewrote 15-year record and etched her name atop the Rams' all-time steals list with her 219th. She displaced Laruen Burns '07 previous mark of 218 takeaways and accomplished the feat in just 97 games played. 
• DiCecco became Suffolk's all-time assist leader with her 395th career set-up. The previous record was held by Amber Conte '02 for 21 years.
• DiCecco is now the only Suffolk women's basketball player to have over 1,000 points, 300 assists and 300 steals.  
• Welling had her first collegiate double-double. She had a career-high 11 rebounds. 
• DeAngelis matched a personal-best 10 points with new career-highs in free throws made (4).  

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SUFFOLK'S SCHEDULE
The Rams wrap up its weekend home-and-home series with Curry tomorrow, Saturday, March 13. Tip-off at Katz Gymnasium at Milton, Massachusetts at 1:00 p.m.