Trio In Double-Figures Leads Vassar Past Bard

POUGHKEEPSIE – Sophomore Maureen Regan recorded a career-high 16 points and was one of three Brewers to score in double-figures on Saturday as the Vassar College Women’s Basketball team got back into the win column with a 74-47 home win against Bard. Junior Sierra McDermed led the scoring attack with a game-high 23 points.

Saturday’s win improves Vassar’s overall standing to 12-5 and its Liberty League mark to 8-2. Bard falls to 2-15 overall and to 0-10 in conference play.

First Half
After scoring the first six points of the contest, Vassar led wire-to-wire against the Raptors.
A McDermed three-pointer with just over three minutes left in the opening frame gave the Brewers their first double-figure advantage at 19-8.

An Emery Mullen free-throw with 64 seconds left in the period equaled Vassar’s biggest lead to date, sending the Brewers to the second quarter leading 22-11.

The Brewers would equal the 11-point advantage three times over the first six-an-a-half minutes of the second period, before a Sophia Ippolito triple pushed Vassar in front 34-22 with 2:54 left before halftime.

A trey from Regan with just under a minute left int eh half pushed Vassar in front 37-24 before it went into the intermission with a 37-26 lead.

Vassar finished the opening 20 minutes shooting 42.9-percent and went 5-for-14 from three-point range.

Bard shot 30.3-percent over the course of the first half and went 2-for-8 from three-point range.

Second Half
The Brewers opened a 43-26 lead following a 6-0 run to start the third quarter and would not see its lead dip below 14 points the rest of the way.

A McDermed conversion at the 4:20 mark of the third period pushed Vassar in front 47-29.
Vassar matched its largest lead of the third quarter at the 51 second mark when a McDermed lay-in made the score 49-31.

McDermed opened the fourth quarter scoring with a three-pointer to push Vassar in front 52-33.

The advantage grew to 61-40 on an Erin Lovett conversion with just shy of seven minutes left in the contest.

Regan connected on a field goal in the final half minute to give Vassar a game-high 27-point lead and the final 74-47 advantage.

The Brewers shot a blistering 83.3-percent from the floor in the fourth quarter and went 5-for-6 from three-point range.

Vassar closed the half shooting an efficient 57.1-percent from the floor and an even 50-percent from three-point range.

Bard was held to 30.4-percent shooting in the second half and connected on two of its six triple tries.

For The Brewers
Regan notched a career-high in scoring on 6-for-12 shooting overall and three triples. Regan closed the day with four rebounds and an assist.

McDermed led all players in the game with 23 points after going 10-for-18 from the floor with a trio of triples. McDermed rounded out the win with seven rebounds, a block and two steals.

Tova Gelb scored 13 points and narrowly missed a triple-double after totaling seven rebounds and a game-high seven assists.

Mullen added a career-high eight points and finished with four caroms and two steals.

Lovett and Ippolito each recorded six points with Lovett leading the team with eight rebounds to go along with three assists.

For The Raptors
Erin Tobes paced the team with 16 points, adding six rebounds, three assists and four steals.

Maeve Osullivan hauled in eight rebounds and handed out two assists.

Aislynn Dixon, Maggy Peyton and Jessica Martin each scored seven points.