Led by Cox, Women's Basketball Tops the Camels
ANDREW BUCHBINDER
Issue date: 2/6/07 Section: Sports
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Trinity opened up its action-packed weekend slowly as they dropped their first contest against the Wesleyan University Cardinals on Friday night by the deflating score of 59-39. Wesleyan jumped on Trinity from the opening tip-off, and jumped out to an early 13-4 lead after just six minutes of play. The Cardinals continued to put pressure on the Bantams, and increased their lead to 38-22 at the half.
The first-half struggles proved to only be the beginning of this very long night for the Bantams, who found themselves trailing the Cardinals by as many as 26 points in the second half before the final buzzer rang.
Although Trinity's leading scorer, senior captain Sarah Cox, experienced some uncharacteristic struggles, hitting only one of her 11 field goal attempts, she was able to contribute by handing out a team-high three assists in the game.
Trinity also got a lift from freshman Christine Card. Card, who is averaging 10.5 points per game in her first collegiate season, which is second on the team only to Cox's 17.3 average, led the way for the Bantams with 10 points and four rebounds. Card has been a terrific surprise for Head Coach Wendy Davis all season long, and in addition to her impressive scoring, she also has become quite the low-post enforcer, averaging 6.4 rebounds per game and regularly swatting shots, giving her a total of 22 blocks on the season.
Card continued her dominance Saturday afternoon leading the Bantams to an impressive 63-44 victory over the Connecticut College Camels to get back on the winning track. Card, who scored 16 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, and rejected three Camels' shots, was helped out by Cox, who rebounded well from her tough outing the previous night.
Cox led the way for Trinity against the Camels, scoring a game-high 19 points, which put her over the 1,000-point mark for her Trinity career. This impressive accomplishment moves Cox into eighth place on Trinity's all-time leading scorers list, and makes her the first woman to eclipse 1,000 points since Gretchen MacColl '00. In addition to leading the team in scoring, rebounding, and steals, Cox has also been "an incredible leader this season and is really the foundation of this team," according to senior guard Cat Maher.
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