Rams fail to put away Dukes
Quanitra Hollingsworth (Chesapeake/Great Bridge High School) scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds Friday, but it was not enough to give the Rams – who were missing two starters – a victory.
Sophomore Vera Chistova (St. Petersburg, Russia) registered 13 points, and Krystal Vaughn (Baltimore, Md.
Quanitra Hollingsworth (Chesapeake/Great Bridge High School) scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds Friday, but it was not enough to give the Rams – who were missing two starters – a victory.
Sophomore Vera Chistova (St. Petersburg, Russia) registered 13 points, and Krystal Vaughn (Baltimore, Md.) added 12 for the Rams, who trailed 37-32 at the half. Brittany Pinkney (Clinton, Md.) and LaKea Jones (Fort Washington, Md.) recorded 11 points apiece.
JMU
McCall 10
Alexis 15
Benvenuto 10
Young 28
Dickinson 12
Stokes 5
Lawrence 0
VCU
Vaughn 6
Hollingsw. 20
Chistova 13
Jones 11
Pinkney 11
Williams 0
Peterson 0
The Rams never came closer than trailing by five points in the second half, and midway through the second half the Dukes pushed the lead to double digits on a 3-pointer by Tamara Young, who scored a career-high 28 points.
The Rams, who trailed by as many as 14, cut the lead to nine on three occasions, the final time on a layup by Jones.
Michele Cosel (Mechanicsville/Atlee High School), Stephanie Merlo (Bangor, Pa.) and Miranda Smith (Chesapeake/Indian River High School) missed the game for the Rams.