Lady Falcons fall at MIT, 64-32

Cambridge, MA – The MIT Engineers were just too much for the Lady Falcons, as they scored 34 points in the second half to record the 64-32 win today at Rockwell Cage in Cambridge, MA.

Senior Tiffany Beckman

The Lady Falcons were in the game until about the 9 minute mark of the first half. Trailing the Engineers 13-10, MIT went on a 17-2 run to close the half. Freshman Javanna Bernard (Waterbury, CT) was the team’s leading scorer in the first half with 5 points, 2-10 from the field, while Beckman chipped in 4 points. Junior Talia Hyatt (Dorchester, MA), playing well in front of about 15 members of her family, collected a team high five rebounds, three of which were offensive. Junior Leslie Wadhams (Burlington, VT) and freshman Kristina Terry (Haverhill, MA) have scored 2 points and 1 point respectively to account for the 12 first half points.

The Lady Falcons were able to score 20 points in the second half in large part to Beckman, who scored six of her team high 10 points in the second half. She now has a total of 1,060 points in her career here at Fisher College.

Bernard finished the game with seven points and Wadhams had eight points and eight rebounds in the loss.

Fisher, now 1-3 on the season, will return to action next Saturday afternoon as they host Daniel Webster College. It will be the first home game at the Fecteau-Leary Gymnasium for any Fisher College Basketball team. Game time is set for 12pm and directions to the Gymnasium can be found online at www.fisher.edu.