Lady Rams rebound against GMU
After dropping its second game in three contests against Duquesne University on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the VCU women’s basketball team bounced back with a dominating 112-86 victory against George Mason University at the Siegel Center on Saturday.
Colin Kennedy
Sports Editor
After dropping its second game in three contests against Duquesne University on Wednesday, Jan. 22, the VCU women’s basketball team bounced back with a dominating 112-86 victory against George Mason University at the Siegel Center on Saturday.
With the win, the Lady Rams moved to 5-3 in the Atlantic 10 and 17-4 overall on the season.
VCU scored a program-record 67 first-half points and the Lady Rams shot 49 percent from the field as head coach Marlene Stollings’ team blew out conference newcomer GMU at home in the only matchup between the two Virginia schools scheduled this season.
Senior Robyn Parks scored 30 points, while freshman guards Isis Thorpe and Keira Robinson combined for 39 of their own in the winning effort.
Turnovers and post play were a problem for the visiting Lady Patriots, who coughed up the ball 21 times on Saturday. VCU scored 39 points off of GMU turnovers and outscored its opponent 46-20 in the paint.
Sophomore guard Jessica Pellechio contributed 12 points off the bench for a Lady Rams team that won for just the third time in six contests.
VCU, which has played more games than any other team in the A-10, has a weeklong layoff before it plays at Saint Joseph’s University on Saturday, Feb. 1. The Lady Rams downed defending conference champion, Saint Joseph’s, at home on Sunday, Jan. 12.
Stollings already has six more victories than she recorded her entire first year with the program.