Basketball sweeps season series with UMA

Lynn, MA - The Fisher College Basketball teams hosted the University of Maine-Augusta this afternoon in non-conference matchups. Both the Men and the Women were able to earn the win as they each improve their overall record and sweep the season home and home with UMA.


Women's Basketball

Wadhams' late steal seals the victory for Fisher Women

Leslie Wadhams

Senior Leslie Wadhams (Burlington, VT), in her first game back from an injury, stole the ball with less than 30 seconds left to seal the win as Fisher College beat Maine-Augusta, 49-46.

The game did not begin so well for the Lady Falcons (5-12/2-4) as they found themselves down 13 points inside the first 10 minutes. After a timeout taken by Fisher, the Lady Falcons regained their composer and went on a 23-10 run to close out the half, tying the game 23 as the first half horn sounded. The charge was led by senior Tiffany Beckman (East Hartford, CT). The only 1,000 point scorer and Fisher Women's Basketball history recorded 9 of her game high 20 points in the half including three 3 pointers. However it was freshman Javanna Bernard's (Waterbury, CT) 3 pointer which tied the game with 30 seconds left in the half.

Down by 7 with less than five minutes left, the Lady Falcons would mount another comeback. Wadham's collected an important rebound off of a Bernard miss which allowed Beckman to hit another three pointer to bring the score within one. After a UMA miss, Fisher drove down court and it was Wadhams who scored the basket and the proceeding foul shot to give Fisher a slim three point lead. Then with 25 seconds left to play, Wadhams would intercept a UMA pass and hang on to preserve the win.

Freshman Deanna Morency (Auburn, ME) had a fantastic day along the boards as she collected eight rebounds while chipping in with 2 points. Wadhams finished the game with 15 points and Bernard had 9 points.

Fisher will enjoy a full week off before their next game. They will take on the University of Maine at Machias in a Sunrise Conference match-up. Game time is set for 1 pm on the UMM campus.

Men's Basketball 

The Fisher College Men's Basketball team cruised to their sixth straight victory as they beat the University of Maine-Augusta, 119-63.

Senior Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) continues his climb toward 2,000 career points as he scored a game high 31 points. Both senior Oscar Brown (Buffalo, NY) and junior Dennis Norford (New Haven, CT) recorded double-doubles, 17 points/12 rebounds and 14 points/12 rebounds respectively. Also adding double-digit point games were freshman Elijah Chisholm (East Boston, MA) with 18 points and senior Daniel Nance (Brooklyn, NY) who had 16 points.

Williams was on fire from beyond the arc as he sank seven three pointers in the game. Chisholm also was hot from downtown as he dropped in four three pointers. Williams is now 158 point shy of 2,000.

The Falcons (9-12/5-1) will travel to the University of Maine at Machais next weekend as they will take on the Clippers in a Sunrise Conference game.