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.
Nashua, NH – Fueled by a 21-8 run to begin the second half, the Fisher College Falcons overcame a 13 point deficit to defeat the Daniel Webster College Eagles, 75-67.
Norford led the team with 24 points
From the start, things look bleak for the Falcons. They shot at a 27.3% clip from the floor in the first half and could not solve the puzzle that DWC’s Keith Speed presented. Speed lit up the Falcon defense with 16 first half points which gave the Eagles a 40-27 lead at half time.
Fisher College Head Coach David Lindberg, along with his staff, made some tremendous adjustments and had the team firing on all cylinders.
Trailing by 13 points, the Falcons put on a defensive clinic which propelled them to a 21-8 run in the opening 10 minutes of the second half. Fisher tied the game at the 9 minute mark when junior Dennis Norford (New Haven, CT) layed one up. Less than 30 seconds later, freshman Ny’Kee White (Suffolk, VA) took the inbounds pass from senior Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) and put it in to give the Falcons their first lead of the night. Fisher would extend their lead to seven points with six minutes left to play before DWC made a small run of their own. An Eric Suarez layup at the 3 minute mark cut the Fisher led to just one but two three pointers from Williams and a couple Norford layups with the next two minutes sealed the game for Fisher College.
Norford led all scorers with his 24 points, 8-13 from the floor. Senior Casey Pursell (Seattle, WA) added 16 points while collecting 8 rebounds. Williams and White chipped in 16 and 10 points respectively.
Fisher, now 2-6 on the season, will enjoy the Thanksgiving break before the head west to Ohio and face NAIA opponent Mount Vernon Nazarene University on December 3rd.
11/19/10 - In the opening game of the Keene State Tournament, the Fisher College Falcons were upended by Connecticut College, 69-66.
Senior Casey Pursell (Seattle, WA) led the team with 19 points while classmate Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) added 16 for the now 1-5 Falcons.
11/20/10 - Fitchburg State College jumped out to a 10 point lead at half-time and held on to win, 61-52 over Fisher College in the Keene State Tournament Consolation Game. The loss drops the Falcons to 1-6 on the young 2010-2011 season.
Senior Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) led the team in scoring as he dropped in 17 points on the night. Both junior Dennis Norford (New Haven, CT) and senior Daniel Nance (Brooklyn, NY) contributed 10 points a piece for Fisher College.
Next up for the Falcons will be Daniel Webster College on Tuesday night (11/23). When these two programs met last season, the Falcons beat the Eagles, 83-76 in front of the home crowd. Casey Pursell (Seattle, WA) led the team with 19 points while Williams added 17. Game time is set for 7pm in Nashua, NH.
Women's Basketball
11/19/10 - Playing in just their second game of the season, the Fisher College Lady Falcons fell to fellow NAIA opponent, Houghton College, 91-33.
This was the first time that the Women have played since a 53-51 win at Maine-Augusta on November 1st.
Junior Leslie Wadhams (Burlington, VT) was the leading scorer for Fisher, now 1-1, as she put up 7 points. Freshman Kimberly Wooley (Rollinsford, NH) and Javanna Bernard (Waterbury, CT) added 6 points apiece.
11/20/10 - The Lady Falcons wrapped up their short two game road trip west with an 80-25 loss at Roberts Wesleyan College.
Senior Tiffany Beckman (East Hartford, CT) was able to score 7 points on the tough RWC defense. Freshman Javanna Bernard (Waterbury, CT) and junior Talia Hyatt (Dorchester, MA) added 6 points each in defeat.
The Lady Falcons (1-2) will enjoy the short week before heading across the Charles River to take on Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday afternoon. Game time is set for 1pm on the MIT campus.
Nyack, NY - The Fisher College Men's Basketball team lost the opening game of the Nyack College Classic tonight by a final score of 75-53 to fellow NAIA opponent Roberts Wesleyan College.
Fisher was led by senior Louis Williams (Burlington, VT) who scored 21 points, including four 3-pointers. Junior Dennis Norford (New Haven, CT) added 12 points while senior Daniel Nance (Brooklyn, NY) collected 10 rebounds.
The Falcons (1-3/0-0) will return to the court tomorrow afternoon where they will face Houghton College. Game time is set for 2 pm at Bowman Gymnasium on the campus of Nyack College.
Augusta, ME – In her first game at the helm, Fisher College Head Coach Sabra Wrice accomplished a personal milestone; her first collegiate victory as a Head Coach.
“It feels wonderful. An amazing experience, we are looking forward to getting better and obtaining more victories.” said an elated Coach Wrice after the game.
Fisher (1-0/0-0) jumped out to a 10 point lead at the half behind freshman Javanna Bernard (Waterbury, CT). Bernard (pictured left) dropped in 17 points as the Lady Falcons entered the locker room with a 30-20 lead. University of Maine-Augusta had a strong surge in the second half as junior Katie Poirier scored 14 of her 26 points.
With less than a minute to play, UMA committed a key turnover that allowed the Lady Falcons to earn their first victory of the season. Fisher would then run out the clock for a 53-51 victory.
Senior Tiffany Beckman (East Hartford, CT) added to her career total as she scored 16 points. She now has 1,089 points in her career. Also recording points for Fisher were juniors Leslie Wadhams (Burlington, VT) and Talia Hyatt (Dorchester, MA), who scored four a piece. Freshman Kimberly Woolley (Rollinsford, NH) contributed with five points and six assists while fellow classmate Adekunbi Oyaronbi (Revere, MA) added two points. Bernard finished the game with a team high 22 points.
Next up for Fisher will be Houghton College on November 19th in Houghton, NY.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Total Team effort as Fisher cruises to victory
Augusta, ME – All thirteen Falcons recorded at least two points as Fisher rolled to a 123-54 victory over the University of Maine-Augusta.
Fisher (1-0 / 0-0) scored 61 points in the first half alone as they led 61-24 after the first 20 minutes of play. The Falcons would add another 62 in the second half to account for the 123 point total.
Senior captain Louis Williams (Burlington, VT), left, scored a game high 28 points as he went 12-for-18 from the floor, including 3-for-7 from behind the arc. Fellow classmate and captain Casey Pursell (Seattle, WA) added 21 points, 8-for-15 and 4-for-9 from three point land.
“It was a good team win,” said Williams. “It was important to get everyone involved with the tough road trip we have this weekend. Also, there were a lot of positive things that the freshman class did tonight that will only make us deeper this season.”
Junior Dennis Norford (New Haven, CT) recorded a double-double as he scored 16 points and collected 15 rebounds. Freshman Elijah Chisolm (East Boston, MA) added 11 points off the bench while junior Shomari “Stoudemire” Moore (New Brunswick, NJ) added four points, four rebounds and a block.
Orlando Holmes led the UMA Moose (0-1) with his 24 points.
The Falcons will travel across the country for their next game as they face NAIA pre-season ranked #16 Northwest University on Friday (Nov. 5th) night in Kirkland, WA.
