Women's Basketball Picks Up Road Win At Nichols, 61-40

DUDLEY, Mass. — The Endicott women's basketball team knocked off Nichols, 61-40, in Saturday afternoon's Conference of New England (CNE) matchup from inside Nichols Athletic Center.

Emma Shinney (Wakefield, Mass.) flirted with another triple-double, as she logged 15 points (6-15 FG, 3-5 FT), nine assists, six rebounds, two steals, and a block in 36 minutes.

Tricia Wladkowski (Norwood, Mass.) notched her first career double-double with an 11-point (5-10 FG, 1-1 3 PT), 16-rebound performance.

Tenley Wallin (Danbury, Conn.) and Sofia Mazzotta (Billerica, Mass.) each filled out the stat sheet. Wallin scored seven points (3-9 FG), hauled in five rebounds, and picked up two steals, while Mazzotta accumulated nine points (4-7 FG, 1-2 3PT), six rebounds, two blocks and a steal.

The Blue and Green jumped out to a quick start, outpacing the Bison up and down the court in the first quarter. They closed the first with a 19-11 advantage after leading by as much as 12 (19-7) in the quarter. 

Nichols crept back into the game via a 9-3 spurt to open the second quarter, leaving the Gulls up 22-20 with six minutes and change left in the first half. 

Out of an Endicott timeout, a tough Mazzotta drive to the rack ended the Bison run, and then Shinney followed up with an and-one finish through contact to put the Gulls back up by seven (27-20).

The Blue and Green continued to stretch the lead, and with 1:37 remaining in the half, Lily Cooper (Southington, Conn.) drained a triple off of Aleah Bracey's (New Bedford, Mass.) feed to put the Gulls up 34-22. That lead remained through the sound of the halftime buzzer.

Out of halftime, the Gulls kept their foot on the gaspedal. An Alyssa Garabedian (Cheshire, Mass.) floater followed up by a Mazzotta catch-and-shoot corner three pushed the lead to 18 (51-33) heading into the fourth.

In a slower paced fourth quarter, Bracey knocked down a triple from the left wing via Shinney's dime that was effectively the dagger, as the Gulls closed out their 61-40 road win just a minute later.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott leads the all-time series, 38-6.
• Eighth straight win for the Gulls against the Bison, dating back to 1/10/23.
• Wladkowski's 16 rebounds were a career high.
• Mazzotta returned to action after being sidelined for the past five games.
• The game featured just one tie (2-2) and no lead changes (Endicott led for 38:16).

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (12-7, 8-2 CNE) heads to Roger Williams next Tuesday, February 3 for a 5:30 PM CNE matchup with the Hawks. Nichols (9-11, 2-9 CNE) travels to Wentworth on Tuesday for a 7 PM CNE bout. 

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(Photo Credit - Jonah Bean '28)