Carroll women shine, men fall

By The Standard Staff - 03/20/2008

JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — The Carroll College women’s basketball team has advanced to the second round of the NAIA national tournament, with a 61-59 win over Westmont Wednesday afternoon.

All-American Jolene Fuzesy scored 16 points and Elly Bruursema added 13 for the Saints, who also got 13 rebounds from Sara Meyer.

Carroll used a 13-6 run to rally from a 51-46 deficit with about seven minutes to play, to take a 59-57 lead with just under four minutes remaining.

Ali Mooty of Westmont made a basket to tie the score at 59.

Meyer and Hannah Heidenreich each made 1-of-2 free throws late in the game for Carroll and Westmont missed two shots in the final 10 seconds.

Carroll meets Harris-Stowe in a second round game on Friday at 9:45 a.m. MDT.

WESTMONT COLLEGE (21-9)

Anderson 6-9 1-2 14, Stevens 6-14 3-7 15, Case 2-8 0-0 5, Heglund 3-6 2-2 8, Mooty 2-8 0-0 4, Reynolds 0-1 0-0 0, Chessum 1-3 0-0 2, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Blanco 5-8 1-1 11, Crawford 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 7-12 59.

CARROLL COLLEGE (26-5)

Heidenreich 2-6 2-3 6, Rochelle 1-4 0-1 2, Courchaine 3-7 0-0 8, Maloney 2-5 6-8 10, Fuzesy 7-11 0-0 16, Bruursema 4-11 2-2 13, High 1-3 0-0 3, Mills 1-1 0-0 2, Meyer 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 21-50 11-16 61.

Halftime-Carroll 30, Westmont 28. 3-point goals-Westmont 2-9 (Anderson 1-2, Case 1-4, Stevens 0-1, Reynolds 0-1, Chessum 0-1), Carroll 8-19 (Bruursema 3-5, Fuzesy 2-4, Courchaine 2-5, High 1-3, Maloney 0-2). Rebounds-Westmont 31 (Stevens 7), Carroll 36 (Meyer 13). Assists-Westont 10 (Stevens 6), Carroll 13 (Courchaine 6). Total fouls-Westmont 15, Carroll 9. A-NA.