BROOKLYN, NY – The Smith College basketball team drained a season-best 14 three-pointers as the Pioneers pulled away from Brooklyn College, 73-46, Saturday afternoon.
Ninth-ranked Smith improves to 7-1 on the year, while the Bulldogs fell to 5-3 overall.
Inside the Numbers
- Senior guard Ally Yamada (Seal Beach, CA/Fairmont Prep Academy) finished with 24 points and tied her career-high with eight 3-pointers
- Graduate forward Sofia Rosa (Sudbury, MA/Lincoln-Sudbury) poured in 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for her second-straight double-double
- First-year guard Hannah Martin (North Andover, MA/North Andover) posted nine points to go along with career-highs in rebounds (9) and assists (7)
- Smith shot 42.9% (27-of-53) from the floor, 41.2% (14-of-24) from three-point range, and 62.5% (5-of-8) from the free throw line
- Brooklyn went 33.9% (21-of-62) from the field, just 18.2% (2-of-11) from long distance, and 40% (2-of-5) from the free-throw line
- Smith’s 14 shots from beyond-the-arc rank third in the record books for three-pointers made in a game
Game Highlights
- The Bulldogs took a 6-4 lead four minutes into the first quarter, but Smith responded with back-to-back three pointers by Selam Maher (Hopkins, MN/St. Louis Park) and Yamada to kickstart a 15-2 run to make it 19-8 at the 2:45 mark. Brooklyn got a layup as time expired in the quarter to pull withing 24-13.
- After exchanging baskets to open the second quarter, both teams went scoreless for nearly three minutes before a layup by Virginia Johnson…
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