Bison charge past AMCATS at The Fuller Center

PAXTON, Mass. (02.03.11)  – Led by Ashley Robidoux's (Milford, Mass.) game-high 19 points, Nichols College defeated the Anna Maria College women's   basketball team, 70-52, at The Fuller Activities Center in a The Commonwealth Coast Conference match-up on Thursday evening. The win improves the Bison to 8-11 (2-6 TCCC), while the loss drops the AMCATS to 7-13 (1-7 TCCC).

Jessica Nelson (North Providence, R.I.) and Kristina Lindgren (Sturbridge, Mass.) also scored in double-figures for the Bison, adding 17 points and 12 points, respectively.  Nelson also added eight rebounds, while Lindgren chipped in five rebounds and four assists.  

Samantha Ashton (Worcester, Mass.) led the AMCATS with a team-high 15 points while adding eight rebounds.  Chelsea Blair (Holland, Mass.) and Kayla Cummings (Auburn, Maine) both nearly missed double-doubles, as Blair contributed 13 points and nine rebounds, while Cummings chipped in with 10 points and eight boards.

The Bison scored the first bucket of the contest and never relinquished the lead the rest of the way.

With Nichols leading by nine with fewer than five minutes in the first-half, three-pointers by Ashton and Alison McCarthy (Lynn, Mass.) and a jumper by Chelsea Blair cut the lead to one. 

The visitors responded with two made free throws by Jessica Nelson and a lay-up by Kristen Lindgren to take a 27-22 lead at halftime.

Early in second half, Robidoux converted a three-point play as part of a 9-0 run by the Bison, giving NC a 16-point lead. 

Nichols was in complete control the rest of the way, en-route to the 70-52 victory.

Missed free-throws and turnovers proved to be costly for Anna Maria, as the Bison outshot the AMCATS 83%-59% from the charity stripe, while outscoring them 30-14 in points off turnovers.    

Both teams continue TCCC play next Thursday, as the Bison travel Gordon for a 12:00 pm start and the AMCATS take to the road against Wentworth at 1:00 pm.