Box Score Northampton, Mass.- Maddie Page led four Smith players in double-figures with a career high 19 points as the Smith College basketball team scored the most points for 13 years in a 92-59 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference win over Clark University on Wednesday night.
The win improves Smith's record to 10-3 overall, with a 5-2 mark in NEWMAC play. Clark suffers their first conference loss of the season, and is now 10-4 overall, with a 6-1 NEWMAC ledger. The 92 points were the most Smith scored in a game since a 98-92 double-overtime win over Coast Guard on February 13, 1999. Smith last hit the 90-point mark in a regular season game since a 93-33 win over Wesleyan College back on January 22, 1994.
With the game tied at 12, Smith went on a 15-0 run to take an insurmountable lead with 12:30 left in the first half. Rosa Drummond got the party started with a three pointer, and Amanda Zakoske scored the next five points for Smith, the last coming on a conventional three point play. Paulina Solis fed Lizzy BelBruno for a jumper that gave Smith a 27-12 lead before Clark scored on a layup by Maggie Croft (East Aurora, N.Y.) - the Cougars' first basket in four minutes.
Alyssa Barrett nailed a three with 2:02 to go to give Smith their biggest lead of the half at 49-32, and Smith only gave up one more basket before the break, leading 49-34 at halftime.
Page pushed Smith lead out to 64-42 when she scored six straight points, and Devon Quattrocchi gave Smith a 24-point lead (70-46) on a coast-to-coast layup with 9:24 to play. The Pioneers took their biggest lead of the game when Barrett drained two free throws with 1:52 left for a 90-55 advantage.
Kelsey Giedymin (Shrewsbury, Mass.) led Clark with a career-high 18 points, while Emily Reilly (Marlboro, Mass.) and Ashleigh Condon (Hull, Mass.) went for 13 and 11 points, respectively.
Page finished with a fantastic stat line - 19 points, 11 rebounds, five steals, and two assists. She was joined in double-figures by Drummond and Zakoske, who both netted 12 points, and Sydney Parkmond, who tossed in 11 points. Smith outrebounded the Cougars 48-36 and forced 22 turnovers. Every player scored for Smith, who welcomes No. 21 Babson College to Ainsworth Gym on Saturday, January 14 at 2 p.m. Clark will play at Wheaton (Mass.) for a 3 p.m. tip-off.