Jumbos win third straight game

    The women's basketball team (20-3, 7-2 NESCAC) extended its win streak to three games last night, taking down the Lancers of Worcester State by a score of 58-47 in its last game of the regular season.
    While the score was close through the game's opening minutes, Tufts started a 10-2 run at 12:32 to take a 19-9 lead. But the Lancers stormed back, knotting the score at 19 apiece with 3:22 left to go in the first period. Thanks to junior forward Julia Baily, however, who chipped in with the next seven straight Jumbo points, Tufts entered the break with the lead and never looked back.
    Baily led the Jumbos in scoring with 21 points, going 8-for-12 from the floor and converting on all five of her free throw attempts. She also led the team with six rebounds and contributed an assist and three steals in her 35 minutes of playing time. The 21-point performance shot Baily into the team lead in points scored this season, with 284, as former leader sophomore Colleen Hart, the team's starting point guard, scored 10 points in the game to bring her season total to 279.
    As a team, the Jumbos didn't shoot with incredibly high efficiency, hitting only 23 of 60 field goal attempts for a mark of 38.3 percent, and 20 of Tufts' 23 baskets were scored by the starting five.
    Nevertheless, the Tufts gained another win to eclipse the 20-win mark for the second straight year, relying on a strong defensive performance to give them the victory. It was the sixth time this season Tufts held its opponent under 50 points. The Lancers were 16-for-44 from the floor for a percentage of 36.4. No Lancer recorded more than 10 points or three field goals.