Upper Montclair, NJ (11/22/03) - Freshman center
STEPHANIE MACHIN (New Providence, NJ/New Providence) posted a double-double in her collegiate debut with 18 points and 12 rebounds as Montclair State pulled away in the second half to defeat Manhattanville, 84-62, in the opening round of the MSU Tip-Off Tournament at Panzer Gymnasium on Saturday evening.
The Red Hawks will face Tufts University in the Championship Game on Sunday, November 23 at 3:00 pm. Manhattanville will face FDU-Florham in the Consolation Game at 1:00 pm. Tufts defeated the Devils, 84-49. Kate Gluckman had 14 points for Tufts (1-0), which raced out to a 45-23 lead at halftime.
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EBONY ALLEN (Camden, NJ/Woodrow Wilson) added a double-double of her own with 14 points and 13 rebounds as the Red Hawks outscored the Valiants (0-1), 50-32 in the second half. Nicole Terzian had 13 points and five rebounds for Manhattanville.
MSU led 34-30 at the half and led by five a minute into the period before
VANESSA DEFREITAS (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) sank a three-pointer and Machin and Allen converted layups for a 47-35 lead with 17:18 to play. Terzian's basket with 13:32 remaining cut the lead to 10, but Allen made a field goal and Machin followed to push the lead back to 57-43 with just over 12 minutes left. Sarah Kinsley would get the Valiants back to 63-53 with 9:54 to go, but Machin sank a pair of free throws and DeFreitas a three-point play to give MSU a 15-point cushion.
DeFreitas finished with 17 points as she was one of four players in double figures.
PAM BARONE (Staten Island, NY/St. John Villa Academy) added 11 points, five assists and three steals for the Red Hawks, who outrebounded Manhattanville, 61-39 in the game, including 27-16 on the offensive glass.
In the second game, Tufts jumped out to a 20-7 lead in the first eight minutes as Jessica Powers (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) had five points and Julia Verplank (Zeeland, MI/Zeeland) and Allison Love (Duxbury, MA/Duxbury) each contributed four in the run. Pamela Sagehorn (Frisco, TX/Bridgewater-Raritan) had 13 points and Ashley Flaherty (Hardyston, NJ/Pope John XXIII) added 12 points and 10 rebounds for FDU-Florham.
