TERRE HAUTE — Rebounding, rebounding and more rebounding.
Rose-Hulman outrebounded visiting St. Mary-of-the-Woods by a staggering advantage of 55-20 to provide the impetus for a dominating 77-53 victory in the 15th Clabber Girl Trophy women’s college basketball game at Hulbert Arena on Monday.
The win for the Engineers was their fourth straight in this Vigo County rivalry. The Woods still leads the series 11-4, having won the first 11 games in the series which began in 1995.
“It wasn’t just the post players, the perimeter players did a nice job of blocking out and taking away second [shot] opportunities,” said Rose coach Jon Prevo of his team’s strong presence on the boards.
While Prevo was pleased with his team’s performance, the same could not be said for SMWC coach Deanna Bradley.
“Tonight we were just very apathetic, we were too tentative, too passive … we played horrible tonight,” Bradley stated. “We just didn’t have the enthusiasm, aggressiveness, the intensity, none of those things. When you let one team out-rebound you 55-20, then you’re just being lazy.
“So right now, I’m pretty irritated with my team and their lack of intensity. It isn’t about winning or losing at this point for me, it’s about performance. We’re not performing like we’re capable of doing. We’re just simply choosing not to do that.”
The first half featured a spurt by one team, a spurt by the other, etc.
Rose (6-8) jumped ahead 4-0, then the Woods (4-13) took its only lead of the game at 6-4 following back-to-back 3-pointers by Brooke Brown and Amanda Trimble.
Then the Engineers took off with a 17-2 run, the Woods came back with a 10-4 run, then Rose went on a 9-1 run for a 37-22 lead with 4:04 remaining. But the Woods finished the first half on a 9-2 run to get within 39-31.
“The last five minutes of the first half we kind of lost focus,” Prevo noted. “We lost our intensity, we kind of decided to start going for steals, lunging, going after balls instead of playing sound defense. We talked about that at halftime.
“I thought we re-focused and did what we needed to do … that was to continue to get the ball inside, to dominate the boards and just to be composed and patient.”
The Engineers re-focused to a fare-the-well in the second half, utilizing a 16-0 run to leap ahead by 28 points at 66-38 with 9:02 left in the game. With the outcome decided, Rose cleared its bench the rest of the game, allowing all 15 of its players to get in the action.
Rose was led in scoring by reserve Liz Ridgway’s 14 points, while Donna Marsh and Jill Floyd added 13 and 11 points respectively. Tharp led the individual rebounding with eight, with 14 of the 15 players getting at least one rebound. All but two of their 15 players broke into the scoring column.
“Those young ladies that finished up the ballgame work extremely hard on a daily basis,” Prevo mentioned.
For the Woods, reserve Kati Nease led their scoring with 17 points, while Brooke Brown added 16 points and seven rebounds.
The amount of depth enjoyed by the Engineers is certainly not the case for the Pomeroys, which has a roster of only eight players with just six able to compete on Monday.
Absent from the game included Northview graduate Jennifer Gregg (broken hand) and Abby McKee (strained meniscus). Brown, despite playing a game-high 38 minutes, is also hampered with a leg injury.
According to Bradley, Gregg is expected to out for another two weeks, while MRI results will be known for Brown (today) and McKee (Wednesday). Bradley said of Brown’s play, “thankfully the leg cooperated today. You never know from one minute to the next if it’s going to lock up on her.
“We just have to go back to the drawing board and get these kids to be intense and hopefully get something out of them for the remainder of the season,” Bradley summarized. “We’ll see.”
St. Mary-of-the-Woods 53
Player mi fg 3pt ft r a pf tp
Brown 38 6-13 1-3 3-7 7 3 4 16
Payne 33 2-6 0-0 3-4 3 1 3 7
Stumler 25 2-8 0-0 1-3 1 0 1 5
Hayes 35 2-6 0-2 1-2 2 5 4 5
Trimble 36 1-8 1-6 0-0 0 4 4 3
Nease 33 7-13 0-0 3-6 3 0 4 17
Totals 200 20-54 2-11 11-22 20* 13 20 53
Rose-Hulman 77
Player mi fg 3pt ft r a pf tp
Tharp 23 3-8 1-1 1-2 8 4 0 8
Marsh 17 4-9 0-0 5-7 6 0 1 13
Floyd 21 4-5 0-0 3-4 1 2 0 11
Procter 14 1-6 0-2 4-4 4 1 3 6
Moline 18 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 3 0
Richardson 5 0-2 0-1 2-2 4 0 0 2
Hart 8 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 0
Brisco 8 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 1
Anderson 12 1-2 0-0 2-2 2 2 1 4
Baca 6 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 4
Klass 19 0-1 0-1 0-0 4 2 1 0
Banet 14 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 6
Henke 13 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 2 1 6
Bowermaster 8 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 0 3 2
Ridgway 14 6-8 0-0 2-2 6 0 1 14
Totals 200 28-60 1-7 20-25 55* 20 20 77
Halftime score — Rose-Hulman 39, SMWC 31. FG Pct. — SMWC .370, R-H .467. 3-pt FG Pct. — SMWC .182, R-H .143. FT Pct. — SMWC .500, R-H .800. Steals — SMWC 11 (Brown 5), R-H 9 (Moline 3). Turnovers — SMWC 20, R-H 25. Blocks — SMWC 4 (Brown 4), R-H 8 (Tharp 2, Marsh 2). (*) Includes team rebounds — SMWC 4, R-H 5. Att — 720.
Next — Rose-Hulman (6-8) plays host to Robert Morris-Springfield at 6 p.m. today. St. Mary-of-the-Woods (4-13) travels to Stephens (Mo.) College on Saturday.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
Crosstown rivalry: Rose women roll to victory
Engineers take care of Pomeroys 77-53
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Secret weapon: Kelsey Rosselli finishing Woods career with a bang
At Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, reporting game results to the Tribune-Star after a win or a loss is not always a high priority.
So when one of its athletes enjoys an outstanding season, like senior Kelsey Rosselli is doing for the Pomeroys’ softball team in 2013, media publicity doesn’t always follow.
In fact, her efforts almost seem like a government secret.
Rosselli’s name might sound familiar to longtime Terre Haute softball followers because she was a standout for North High School, from where she graduated in 2009.
Since then, she’s helped The Woods finish runner-up in three straight U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) national tournaments in 2010, 2011 and 2012. -
A time for firsts: SMWC seniors have national title aspirations
Even though St. Mary-of-the-Woods College has won eight national titles in softball in the last 16 years, seniors Sara Goelz and Jessica Jonas are among the many current Woods players who have not been part of a national championship team.
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Federal audit says SMWC should return $42M in student aid
A federal audit says St. Mary-of-the-Woods College should return $42 million in loans and grants made to students between 2005 and 2010, something the college plans to challenge.
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This underdog has its day
It’s been an up-and-down regular season for the St. Mary-of-the-Woods College women’s basketball team, but it concluded on a definite uptick.
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The mane attraction: Woods students learn about careers in equine world
A horse can be a powerful therapeutic tool, something Chris Marks knows firsthand.
“I’ve seen children with autism speak their first word to a horse,” causing their parents to “dissolve in a puddle of emotion,” said Marks, chairman of the Equine Studies program at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Rose, The Woods post weekend victories
Rose-Hulman relied on a balanced scoring attack and a strong defensive effort to earn a 55-44 women’s basketball victory Saturday over Mount St. Joseph.
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SMWC topples Rose-Hulman
After a sluggish first half for both teams, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College found enough offensive rhythm in the final 20 minutes to outlast host Rose-Hulman 51-41 in the 19th annual Clabber Girl Trophy women’s basketball showdown Tuesday night inside Hulbert Arena.
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METRO ROUNDUP: SMWC’s Runyon wins USCAA cross country title
Blinding snow and freezing temperatures couldn’t stop Saint Mary-of-the-Woods junior Stephanie Runyon, an education major from Noblesville, from becoming the 2011 U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association women’s national champion in cross country Friday.
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Trimmed roster may benefit SMWC
“Less is more” is a statement with many, many meanings, attributed to many, many sources through the years.
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Dottie King becomes 16th president of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
As the mother of six children, Dottie King learned early on the importance of setting priorities and achieving the right balance between family, education and work.
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Pomeroys battle to second at national championship
Eight times, St. Mary-of-the-Woods has captured some form of a national championship in softball.
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Shearing Time
You’ve probably never seen a haircut quite like this.
Alpacas, remarkably sweet-looking members of the camel family, were getting their annual shearing last week at the White Violet Center for Eco Justice at St. Mary-of-the-Woods. -
SMWC puts up fight in tourney
St. Mary-of-the-Woods downed Judson 6-2 Sunday morning in the semifinal round of the 2011 USCAA national softball championships, earning a trip to the best-of-three title series.
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BREAKING: St. Mary-of-the-Woods College names Dottie King as 16th president
Dottie L. King, Ph.D. has been appointed the 16th president of St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, the board of trustees announced today.
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Ex-Wildcat finds new home at Woods
Many people find “the path of least resistance” as a preferable way to proceed in life. After all, less risk is involved with a sure thing.
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NEW: St. Mary-of-the-Woods College announces academic changes
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College announced today a refocus of its academic programs. An afternoon news conference is under way at SMWC, which posted a notice about the changes on its website, www.smwc.edu.
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Marian holds off Rose women’s second-half charge
Marian University relied on a strong defensive effort to hold off a second half Rose-Hulman charge and earn a 61-52 women’s basketball victory Saturday afternoon.
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Influx of new players has Pomeroys on rise
With a steady influx of “Killer B’s,” the fortunes of the St. Mary-of-the-Woods’ women’s basketball team are once again on the rise.
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Woods soccer goes 1-1, earns national honors
St. Mary-of-the-Woods returned from the United States Collegiate Athletic Association soccer finals with a 1-1 record and a host of national honors.
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Six St. Mary-of-the-Woods teams compete in national tournaments
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College athletics celebrates the end of a phenomenal year during the 2009-10 season as six teams competitively competed in national tournaments.
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Rosselli, other Valley talent leads Woods into national softball tourney
The St. Mary-of-the-Woods softball program is no stranger to national tournaments.
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St. Mary-of-the-Woods plans Saturday commencement
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College will celebrate its 169th commencement Saturday. Graduation activities will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the traditional baccalaureate mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
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Woods, Rose softball teams split doubleheader
Rose-Hulman and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College split a softball doubleheader that featured the longest athletic contest in history between the two schools on Friday night.
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Ring Day a much anticipated event at The Woods
Ring Day is a much anticipated and special day for most students, but for two St. Mary-of-the-Woods External Degree students in particular it was an especially great experience this year.
- Injury bug bites: St. Mary-of-the-Woods basketball trying to get and stay healthy A myriad of injuries have plagued the St. Mary-of-the-Woods women’s basketball team in recent seasons, forcing the Pomeroys to compete on numerous occasions with just seven, six and sometimes only five players able to play.
- The Woods appoints new vice president for development St. Mary-of-the-Woods College President David G. Behrs has announced the appointment of Serafina I. Spatola as vice president for development.
- St. Mary-of-the-Woods takes fourth in national tournament
- The Woods celebrates 168th commencement More than 140 students are expected to participate in St. Mary-of-the-Woods College’s 168th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday.
- Untold Stories: Film takes unique look ‘Inside Iraq’ At 7 p.m. Monday, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College will present “Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories,” which will include a film showing and discussion with the director of the film, Mike Shiley. The presentation, which will be in the Cecilian Auditorium of the SMWC Conservatory of Music building, is part of the College’s Four-Star series, and it is being co-sponsored by the SMWC Student Activities Committee. The presentation is free and open to the public.
- TH to promote ‘Crossroads of Higher Education’ at Statehouse Terre Haute may lie near Indiana’s western border, but business, education and government leaders want state lawmakers to know that the city that bills itself as the “Crossroads of America” is also the “Crossroads of Higher Education.”
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