WORCESTER,
Mass. – Led by Ashley Tillman’s (Fall River, MA/Diman) 24 points and 21 points
from Shane DaRosa (Pawtucket, RI/Shea), both the women’s and men’s Bristol
Community College basketball teams defeated Quinsigamond Community College
Thursday night. The first game of the
evening resulted in a wire-to-wire 65-51 victory for the women, while the men
capped off the good night for Bristol as they staved off QCC to capture an
80-71 win.
The
Bees’ women halted a five game skid thanks to the consistent play of Tillman,
who tallied 12 points in each half, falling one point shy of her Region
XXI-leading per game average. Bristol
was also boosted by a 20 point effort from Brianna Pelton (Fairhaven,
MA/Fairhaven).
Taneia
Burrell scored 18 points for the Wyverns, while Stephanie Levillee chipped in
with 13 points. The Quinsigamond women
have now lost 6 contests in a row – a streak that started when they were
outscored by the Bees 109-83 back on November 21.
On
the men’s side, the Bees took little time to be firing on all
cylinders, building a commanding 43-21 lead by the halftime horn. After the intermission, the Wyverns found
their shooting touch en route to 50 second half points, dwindling Bristol’s once 24-point lead to single digits,
but were unable to complete the comeback.
Aside
from DaRosa – who also contributed 6 assists and 4 rebounds – the Bees had
three other players put up double-digit scoring efforts. Fawaz Mass (Taunton, MA/Taunton) threw in 17
points, Anthony Parker (Taunton, MA/Taunton) had 16, while Justin McElroy (New
Bedford, MA/New Bedford) chimed in with 13 points.
The
win for the men avenges an earlier 75-72 loss to Quinsigamond on November 9,
and improves their Region XXI record to 7-5, and 8-6 overall. The women are now back to a .500 record with
the win, and sits in the middle of the pack in the league standings at 4-4
(5-10 overall).
Bristol
returns to action this Saturday, as the Bees host Holyoke Community College.
The women’s game will tip at 1PM, with the men taking the court shortly after
the conclusion of the first matchup.
