Women's Basketball Topped By Rams In MASCAC Action

DeSimone nets team-best 12 points for Green & Gold

Framingham, MA. – The Fitchburg State Women's Basketball team dropped an 86-34 decision to the Rams of Framingham State in Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) action this evening from the Athletic and Recreation Center.

 The Basics

Score: Fitchburg State 34, Framingham State 86

Records: Fitchburg State (3-17, 1-8 MASCAC) I Framingham State (11-9, 7-2 MASCAC)

How It Happened

1st quarter

Framingham State opened the contest with an 11-2 advantage on buckets from sophomore Faith Greene (Worcester, MA), senior Kiara Cerruti (Canton, MA) and senior Abigail Martin (Hanson, MA) before Fitchburg State answered with a jumper by senior Kaelynn Tanner (Lowell, MA) to make the score 11-4.

2nd quarter

The Rams pushed the lead to 28-4 as senior Kelsey Yelle (South Easton, MA) registered a layup, but the Falcons responded with a three-pointer by Tanner to cut the deficit to 28-7. The Green and Gold trimmed the margin to 33-13 when senior Alexis DeSimone (Westminster, MA) drained a three-ball and freshman Kyelah Smith (Bloomfield, CT) hit two free throws before the hosts took a 41-14 lead into the break with Greene hitting a layup.

3rd quarter

Following the intermission, Framingham State upped the margin to 50-17 as junior Ava Mckeon (North Attleboro, MA) connected on two free throws before Fitchburg State answered back when DeSimone netted a pair of layups to make the score 58-21.

4th quarter

The Falcons cut the lead to 82-31 on a DeSimone layup, but the Rams secured the victory when graduate student Lexie Reed (Alexandra, PA) netted a jumper, resulting in the 86-34 final.

Inside the Numbers

• Falcons were paced by DeSimone with a team best 12 points, seven rebounds and one assist
• Smith added eight points, two caroms, two assists and one steal for the Green and Gold
• For the Rams, Mckeon finished with a game-best 16 points, two boards, three assists and two steals
• Greene chipped in with ten points, eight rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block
• Fitchburg State shot 11-for-55 (20.0%) from the field and (3-of-15) 20.0% from three-point range
• Framingham State went 33-of-77 (42.9%) overall and (6-for-23) 26.1% from beyond the arc
• Rams finished with a 55-21 margin on the glass

Up Next

Falcons return to action on Saturday as they host the Lancers of Worcester State for a MASCAC tilt, starting at 12:00PM.

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