Points Don't Come Early, Easily Against Eagles
FREDERICKSBURG, VA Shadae Swan (Baltimore, MD/St. Frances Academy) is Goucher's leading scorer in 2006-07, averaging nearly 21 points per game. But for nearly the first 15 minutes of today's Capital Athletic Conference contest against Mary Washington, she was the Gophers' only scorer.
Points Don't Come Early, Easily Against Eagles
Swan Tallies 16 Points as Gophers Suffer 82-36 LossFebruary 10, 2007
FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Shadae Swan (Baltimore,
MD/St. Frances Academy) is Goucher's leading scorer in
2006-07, averaging nearly 21 points per game. But for nearly the
first 15 minutes of today's Capital Athletic Conference contest
against Mary Washington, she was the Gophers'
only scorer.
The three points Swan scored in the opening 14:56 are all the
Gophers (4-17, 2-11 CAC) could muster today and not nearly enough
for them to keep pace with the nationally ranked Eagles, who reeled
off the first 23 points of the contest. By the time Freddie
Newman-Blount (Lanham, MD/Bishop Ireton) became the second
Goucher player to score a point today, Mary Washington enjoyed a
stretched its lead to 36-3 and was well on its way to a convincing
82-36 victory.
During the opening 10 minutes of the contest, the Gophers were
0-for-10 from the field and committed nine turnovers. Swan finally
put Goucher on the scoreboard with a lay-up midway through the
first half and her free throw with 8:31 left to play before
halftime made the score 27-3. The junior guard finished with 16
points.
The Eagles (21-2, 11-1 CAC) led 42-9 at halftime.
Sarah Flanagan and Liz Hickey combined to score 31 points for Mary
Washington, which is ranked 14th in the nation by the web site
D3hoops.com and sits in first place in the CAC, two games ahead of
both Marymount and York.
Since defeating Mary Washington in the quarterfinals of the 2004
CAC championship tournament, the Gophers have lost six in a row to
the Eagles.
