GILROY
– The Gavilan College women’s basketball team continued its
domination over conference opponents by downing Hartnell by a 60-38
spread, extendinig to a four-game winning streak and improving to
7-4 overall.
GILROY – The Gavilan College women’s basketball team continued its domination over conference opponents by downing Hartnell by a 60-38 spread, extendinig to a four-game winning streak and improving to 7-4 overall.
Wednesday’s home game saw the return of freshman forward Carolyn Beatty, who broke her foot in the Hartnell Tournament against Ohlone and sat out the last two games.
“It’s excellent,” Beatty said. “I love being back.”
With the return of Beatty, Lady Rams head coach Mike Girardi now has all six players on the roster at his disposal. Girardi said the return of Beatty will now allow a little breathing room for the team, which had been playing with five since Beatty’s injury.
Fouls were not a big problem for the Lady Rams, which have not seen a player foul out in eight games. Things got a little scary in the first half when two Rams both had three fouls, but neither of them would go beyond that.
The Panthers, although aggres-sive, found them-selves digging their own grave as foul trouble forced out two of its players down the stretch.
In the final six minutes of play, all but two of their points came from free-throws.
Gavilan was able to stay strong and let the Panthers get into foul trouble. To back up their tough play, the Lady Rams played strong defense, out-rebounding the Panthers by 17.
Gavilan is ranked third in the state in defense.
Leading the charge was Tremblay, who came down with 20 boards to back up her 12 points.
Also playing well was sophomore guards Sabrina Murphy, who had four points and 13 boards, and Nicole Donley, who had seven points and five rebounds.
In the first half, Gavilan played consistent and steady, passing the ball around and giving everyone a chance to score to build a 29-18 at the break.
Hartnell opened the second half on an 8-1 run in the opening five minutes, but Gavilan had an answer with a 17-0 run of their own that put the game out of reach.
