THE WESTFIELD NEWS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2013 - PAGE 11
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UMass-Boston bests WSU By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Junior center Kirsten Morrison had a game high 23 points and nine rebounds, and sophomore forward Olivia Murphy posted a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds to power UMass Boston to a 72-49 victory over Westfield State University in non-conference women’s basketball on Thursday, Dec. 12. The Beacons upped their record to 6-1 while Westfield moved to 4-4. Led by the tall frontcourt of Morrison (6 feet, 2 inches) and Murphy (6-1), the Beacons poured in 72 points despite scoring only five points in the game’s opening seven minutes.
Kirsten Morrison – UMass Boston’s 6-2 center – latches on to a loose ball while being closely guarded by Gabby Felix. (Photo by Mickey Curtis)
Trailing 10-5 with 13:00 remaining in the first half, UMass Boston went on two big runs to take a commanding 31-16 lead at the 2:08 mark. Morrison came off the bench to score seven straight points in a 9-0 run as the Beacons forged ahead, 14-10 midway through the half. UMass Boston then outscored a cold-shooting Westfield squad 17-6 over the next eight minutes. The Beacons held a 33-20 halftime lead. Westfield played on even terms for the opening seven minutes of the second half and trailed by 11 points, 42-31, with 13:16 remaining. But UMass Boston scored six straight points for a commanding 48-31 advantage a minute later. UMass Boston committed 30 turnovers but was able to coast to the victory with an effective inside-outside game. The Beacons shot 47 percent (23 for 49) from the field, including 6 for 13 from beyond the arc, and an excellent 20 for 24 from the foul line. The M&M Girls – Morrison and Murphy – led the Beacons to a decisive 44-25 advantage in rebounding and were the only UMass Boston players scoring in double figures. Playing fine floor games were starting guards Lauren Perra (7 points, 6 assists) and Elisa Ogawa (8 points, 5 assists, 2 steals). Junior guard Jen Aston led Westfield with 14 points, four assists, and seven steals. Junior center Gabby Felix had 10 points and seven rebounds. The Owls shot 30 percent from the field (19 for 62) and only 11 percent (2 for 19) from 3-point range.
Westfield freshman point guard Alyssa Darling follows through on a 3-point attempt over UMass Boston’s Andrea Suffredini. (Photo by Mickey Curtis)
HS WINTER STANDINGS GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 1-0 Southwick 0-0 St. Mary 0-1 Gateway 0-0 BOYS’ HOOPS Westfield 0-0 Southwick 0-0 Westfield Voc-Tech 0-0 St. Mary 0-0 Gateway 0-0
HOCKEY Westfield 0-0 St. Mary 0-0 BOYS’ SWIMMING Westfield 0-0 GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 0-0 BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 0-0 GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 0-0
SPORTS RESULTS Thursday’s Results GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 56, Monument Mountain 48 Monson 60, St. Mary 20
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Boston Pittsburgh Montreal Washington Tampa Bay Carolina Detroit Toronto Ottawa Columbus Philadelphia N.Y. Rangers New Jersey Florida N.Y. Islanders Buffalo
GP 32 32 33 31 31 33 33 33 33 32 32 33 32 32 33 32
W 22 21 19 17 18 13 15 16 13 14 14 15 12 10 9 7
Wednesday’s Games Los Angeles 3, Toronto 1 Chicago 7, Philadelphia 2 Anaheim 2, Minnesota 1 Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 1, SO
EASTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 2 46 90 64 13-3-2 1 43 98 71 13-3-0 3 41 86 73 11-6-2 2 36 98 90 11-7-0 3 39 87 77 12-3-1 7 33 76 93 7-6-4 9 39 88 87 5-6-6 3 35 90 96 10-7-0 6 32 94 106 6-8-3 3 31 82 88 8-7-1 3 31 72 86 8-7-0 1 31 72 88 5-9-1 6 30 73 82 5-5-3 5 25 73 106 6-7-3 5 23 83 117 5-6-5 2 16 54 94 4-12-1
L 8 10 11 12 10 13 9 14 14 15 15 17 14 17 19 23
Colorado 4, Winnipeg 3, SO Columbus 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Philadelphia 2, Montreal 1 Ottawa 2, Buffalo 1 St. Louis 6, Toronto 3 Nashville 3, Dallas 1
Away 9-5-0 8-7-1 8-5-1 6-5-2 6-7-2 6-7-3 10-3-3 6-7-3 7-6-3 6-8-2 6-8-3 10-8-0 7-9-3 4-10-2 4-13-0 3-11-1
Div 9-4-0 10-4-0 4-2-1 6-4-0 8-3-0 7-4-0 5-4-3 4-4-1 8-2-3 5-5-1 5-4-1 5-5-1 6-5-1 2-6-1 2-8-3 4-9-1
Calgary 2, Carolina 1, OT Phoenix 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Boston 4, Edmonton 2 San Jose 3, Minnesota 1 Friday’s Games New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Chicago Anaheim San Jose St. Louis Los Angeles Colorado Phoenix Vancouver Minnesota Dallas Nashville Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton
GP 34 34 32 30 32 30 31 33 34 30 32 33 31 33
W 23 22 20 21 21 21 18 18 18 14 15 14 12 11
L 6 7 6 6 7 9 8 10 11 11 14 14 15 19
WESTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 5 51 129 93 11-2-4 5 49 108 87 12-0-2 6 46 106 79 11-1-3 3 45 106 70 13-2-2 4 46 88 63 10-4-2 0 42 87 71 10-5-0 5 41 103 97 10-2-2 5 41 88 81 8-5-3 5 41 79 80 13-3-2 5 33 84 89 5-4-4 3 33 74 90 7-6-2 5 33 86 94 7-7-4 4 28 81 101 6-7-3 3 25 91 113 5-10-1
Away 12-4-1 10-7-3 9-5-3 8-4-1 11-3-2 11-4-0 8-6-3 10-5-2 5-8-3 9-7-1 8-8-1 7-7-1 6-8-1 6-9-2
Div 7-6-1 6-0-2 9-1-2 10-0-1 6-3-1 8-3-0 6-5-2 4-4-3 7-4-1 2-6-3 6-5-0 3-10-3 4-5-2 1-4-2
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Saturday’s Games Calgary at Buffalo, 2 p.m. Los Angeles at Ottawa, 2 p.m. Dallas at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m. Carolina at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m. Boston at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION d-Indiana d-Miami Atlanta d-Boston Charlotte Washington Detroit Chicago Cleveland Brooklyn Toronto Orlando Philadelphia New York Milwaukee
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 19 3 .864 — 8-2 W-1 10-0 9-3 13-1 16 6 .727 3 7-3 L-1 9-2 7-4 12-6 11 11 .500 8 4-6 L-1 7-4 4-7 8-5 10 14 .417 10 6-4 L-2 5-6 5-8 8-7 10 12 .455 9 4-6 L-1 6-7 4-5 9-8 9 11 .450 9 6-4 L-2 6-4 3-7 7-7 10 13 .435 9½ 5-5 L-3 5-7 5-6 9-5 8 12 .400 10 2-8 L-3 6-3 2-9 7-7 8 13 .381 10½ 4-6 W-2 7-3 1-10 5-10 8 14 .364 11 5-5 W-3 4-6 4-8 4-7 7 13 .350 11 3-7 L-1 3-7 4-6 4-7 7 15 .318 12 3-7 W-1 5-5 2-10 5-9 7 16 .304 12½ 2-8 L-4 6-7 1-9 6-8 6 15 .286 12½ 3-7 W-1 3-8 3-7 6-8 5 17 .227 14 3-7 L-1 2-9 3-8 5-13
Wednesday’s Games Orlando 92, Charlotte 83 L.A. Clippers 96, Boston 88 Minnesota 106, Philadelphia 99 San Antonio 109, Milwaukee 77 Oklahoma City 116, Memphis 100 New Orleans 111, Detroit 106, OT
New York 83, Chicago 78 Utah 122, Sacramento 101 Golden State 95, Dallas 93 Thursday’s Games Brooklyn 102, L.A. Clippers 93 Portland 111, Houston 104
Friday’s Games Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m. New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Portland 19 4 .826 — 8-2 W-2 10-2 9-2 11-4 d-San Antonio 17 4 .810 1 7-3 W-2 8-2 9-2 8-3 Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 1 9-1 W-4 10-0 7-4 12-4 d-L.A. Clippers 15 9 .625 4½ 6-4 L-1 8-2 7-7 10-3 Houston 15 8 .652 4 7-3 L-1 10-3 5-5 8-7 Denver 13 8 .619 5 8-2 W-2 6-2 7-6 6-6 Phoenix 12 9 .571 6 7-3 W-3 6-3 6-6 9-7 Golden State 13 10 .565 6 5-5 W-1 7-2 6-8 10-9 Dallas 13 10 .565 6 4-6 L-2 9-2 4-8 7-8 Minnesota 11 11 .500 7½ 4-6 W-2 7-4 4-7 4-7 New Orleans 10 10 .500 7½ 6-4 W-1 6-5 4-5 3-8 Memphis 10 11 .476 8 4-6 L-1 5-8 5-3 6-8 L.A. Lakers 10 11 .476 8 6-4 L-2 6-6 4-5 6-9 Sacramento 6 14 .300 11½ 3-7 L-1 4-10 2-4 5-12 Utah 5 19 .208 14½ 4-6 W-1 3-9 2-10 4-14 L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Utah at Denver, 9 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at New York, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m. Portland at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. San Antonio at Utah, 9 p.m.
Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Washington, 7 p.m.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo
W 10 7 6 4
L 3 6 7 9
T 0 0 0 0
y-Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville Houston
W 8 5 4 2
L 5 8 9 11
T 0 0 0 0
W 9 7 5 4
L 4 6 8 9
T 0 0 0 0
Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland
W L T x-Denver 11 3 0 Kansas City 10 3 0 San Diego 7 7 0 Oakland 4 9 0
AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pct PF PA Home Away .769 349 287 7-0-0 3-3-0 .538 286 276 3-3-0 4-3-0 .462 226 337 5-2-0 1-5-0 .308 273 334 3-4-0 1-5-0 South Pct PF PA Home Away .615 313 316 4-2-0 4-3-0 .385 292 318 2-4-0 3-4-0 .308 201 372 1-5-0 3-4-0 .154 250 350 1-6-0 1-5-0 North Pct PF PA Home Away .692 334 244 6-0-0 3-4-0 .538 278 261 6-1-0 1-5-0 .385 291 312 3-3-0 2-5-0 .308 257 324 3-4-0 1-5-0 West Pct PF PA Home Away .786 535 372 7-1-0 4-2-0 .769 343 224 5-2-0 5-1-0 .500 343 311 3-3-0 4-4-0 .308 264 337 3-3-0 1-6-0
Thursday’s Game San Diego 27, Denver 20 Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
AFC NFC Div 7-2-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 6-3-0 1-3-0 1-2-0 3-7-0 3-0-0 2-3-0 3-6-0 1-3-0 2-2-0
Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington
AFC NFC Div 6-3-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 4-6-0 1-2-0 0-4-0 4-5-0 0-4-0 3-1-0 2-7-0 0-4-0 1-3-0
W New Orleans 10 9 Carolina Tampa Bay 4 3 Atlanta
L T 3 0 4 0 9 0 10 0
AFC NFC Div 7-3-0 2-1-0 2-2-0 6-4-0 1-2-0 3-2-0 4-6-0 1-2-0 2-2-0 3-7-0 1-2-0 2-3-0
Detroit Chicago Green Bay Minnesota
W 7 7 6 3
L 6 6 6 9
AFC NFC Div 7-3-0 4-0-0 4-1-0 6-3-0 4-0-0 1-3-0 4-6-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 4-5-0 0-4-0 1-2-0
x-Seattle San Francisco Arizona St. Louis
W 11 9 8 5
L T 2 0 4 0 5 0 8 0
Chicago at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. New England at Miami, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at Tennessee, 4:25 p.m. New Orleans at St. Louis,
4:25 p.m. Green Bay at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. Monday’s Game Baltimore at Detroit, 8:40 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22 Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
W 8 7 5 3
L 5 6 8 10
T 0 0 0 0
T 0 0 1 1
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pct PF PA Home Away .615 334 301 3-4-0 5-1-0 .538 357 348 5-1-0 2-5-0 .385 251 334 3-3-0 2-5-0 .231 279 407 2-5-0 1-5-0 South Pct PF PA Home Away .769 343 243 7-0-0 3-3-0 .692 298 188 5-1-0 4-3-0 .308 244 291 3-4-0 1-5-0 .231 282 362 2-4-0 1-6-0 North Pct PF PA Home Away .538 346 321 4-2-0 3-4-0 .538 368 360 5-2-0 2-4-0 .500 316 326 4-2-1 2-4-0 .269 315 395 3-3-0 0-6-1 West Pct PF PA Home Away .846 357 205 6-0-0 5-2-0 .692 316 214 5-2-0 4-2-0 .615 305 257 6-1-0 2-4-0 .385 289 308 3-3-0 2-5-0
Denver at Houston, 1 p.m. Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
NFC AFC Div 7-2-0 1-3-0 3-2-0 6-3-0 1-3-0 4-0-0 4-5-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 1-8-0 2-2-0 0-4-0 NFC AFC Div 8-1-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 7-3-0 2-1-0 3-1-0 2-7-0 2-2-0 1-4-0 2-7-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 NFC AFC Div 6-4-0 1-2-0 4-1-0 4-6-0 3-0-0 2-3-0 4-5-1 2-1-0 2-2-1 2-7-1 1-2-0 1-3-1 NFC AFC Div 8-1-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 6-3-0 3-1-0 4-1-0 5-5-0 3-0-0 1-3-0 2-7-0 3-1-0 1-4-0
N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. New England at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23 Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:40 p.m.