DiCecco Breaks Women’s Basketball Scoring Record in Win Over Fisher 

BOSTON – Jenni-Rose DiCecco entered Friday's game one-point shy of passing the Rams' all-time scoring leader Katie Norton '00. The graduate student quickly claimed the blue-and-gold's prestigious title as she connected on a hoop 9:31 into the action against Fisher to become Suffolk women's basketball's all-time leading scorer on her home hardwood, Larry E. and Michael S. Smith Court, in front of Ram Nation.  

DiCecco, who now has 1,533 career points, paved the way in the Rams' 76-43 triumph over the Falcons Friday night that wrapped up Suffolk's first semester calendar.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 76 | Fisher 43
RECORDS: Suffolk (7-3) | Fisher (3-8)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk built an 8-4 lead in the first five minutes that grew to a 15-4 cushion out of a Rams' timeout as they rallied on a 7-0 stretch.  

The distance remained at 11 points at the end of the first 10 minute as DiCecco's record-breaking hoop with 29 seconds remaining in the first frame made it into a 19-9 game.  

There was more back-and-forth action in the second stanza. Suffolk never truly let Fisher fight back though and the host led by a dozen, 35-23, at half. 

The Falcons put the first points away out of the locker room before full-court pressure by the blue-and-gold turned into 10-2 stretch for the hosts that pushed the gap to 44-27 at the 6:05 minute mark. The Rams got hot from downtown as Allie Lopes and DiCecco converted long balls into buckets and Aisling Crowley put together a traditional three-point play to make it a 55-31 game with 2:08 left in the third. Fisher managed to score the final six of the quarter to trim things down to 55-37.  

It was all Suffolk in the fourth as it outscored the Falcons 21-6 for the final 76-43 margin.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• DiCecco finished with 17 points on a 7-for-13 showing from the floor to go along with six caroms, six helpers and four takeaways. 
• Lopes logged double figures as well with 12 points behind a 4-for-7 performance from the field. She grabbed two boards and had one assist, block and steal, respectively, to her credit. 
• Gabriella DeComo was on the verge of double digits with a nine-point effort.
• Amanda DeAngelis had a well-balanced night of eight points, eight boards with three steals, one assist and one swat. 
• Sydney Noyes supplied eight rebounds, six points, two dimes and one takeaway. 
• Crowley contributed eight points on a 3-for-3 connection rate from the field. 
• Suffolk shot 44.8 percent (30-67) from the field, 33.3 percent (7-21) from behind-the-arc and 69.2 percent (9-13) at the foul line. 
• The Rams outrebounded the Falcons 47-36.  

NOTEWORTHY

• DiCecco became Suffolk's all-time leading scorer, surpassing the previous mark of 1,516 career points held by Norton for the past 21 years since 2000. 
• DiCecco hit the milestone mark in her 100th collegiate game. She is the 20th Ram in Suffolk history to play in 100-plus games in their careers.
• The record marks the third Suffolk women's basketball DiCecco sits atop of as she reset the all-time assists and steals mark in the same game a year ago a 71-42 win over Curry March 12, 2021. 
• DiCecco is also the 11th Ram in Suffolk women's basketball history to score 1000 points and pull down 500 rebounds. She is the first to do so since Georgia Bourikas did so Feb. 10, 2018 against Regis. 
• Suffolk and Fisher met for the first time in program history. 
• Noyes notched a personal-best eight rebounds.
• Crowley produced a career-high eight points.  

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COMING UP
Suffolk will rest up for finals and take a break for the holidays. The Rams are ready to return to action in the New Year when they entertain Nichols in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) clash Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 5:30 p.m.