2008 Woodie Awards
Women's Basketball Team Sputters
John Ferreira
Issue date: 12/3/04 Section: Sports
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The number eight ranked team opened the season beating UPM 67-52. Freshman guard Jennifer Musgrove, in her first career start, led Rollins with 17 points. Joslyn Giles and Jennifer Catti scored in double figures with 12 and 11 respectively. The half was hard fought and there were ten lead changes. The biggest lead of the first half belong to UPM when they went up by six with five minutes left in the half. The Tars then went on a 8-0 to close out the first half. They were sparked by Nicole Warder's block and two steals, and had a 26-24 halftime lead.
The Tars kept up the momentum in the second half, and Warder started off hot with a three pointer the Tars first trip down court. The Tars went on a 8-0 run, lead by five points from Musgrove. The Tars then went on to build a double-digit lead which they never gave up. Rollins played good defense in this game keeping their opponents shooting to only 27 percent. Giles and Warder lead the Tars on defense with three steals and seven rebounds. Catti had a strong showing with nine rebounds.
The Tars lost their first game of the season to the Lady Bobcats of Georgia College, 62-54. Joslyn Hiles had a double-double for Rollins with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Rollins had a weak game all around shooting 37 percent and turned the ball over 35 times. Rollins started the game well with baskets from Warder and Giles, to take the Tars' lead to 4. That was the only lead the Tars would have.
The Lady Bobcats would come back and take a seven point lead, and would have their biggest lead at 13. Georgia College lead 35-26 at the half, and they would not relinquish the lead. Rollins shot 34 percent in the first half and showed get hustling out by out rebounding the Lady Bobcats 13-16 but the ladies turn the ball over 16 times in the first half. Rollins' struggles continued in the second half, as Georgia brought on the full court press and forced 19 Rollins turnovers.
The women continued to fight hard and started to shoot the ball better and had a strong showing on offense to bring the lead down to one. Georgia built up their lead to ten but Rollins once again came back to three points but the Lady Bobcats hit their foul shots down the stretch and kept the win.The second straight loss for the Tars was a shocker, as they lost to Puerto Rico-Bayamon. It was the first time Rollins lost two straight games since January of 2003. Jennifer Catti led the team with a career high 17 points.