1998-99 Northeastern Statistics
Northeastern 71, Cornell 54
ITHACA, N.Y. - Tournament Most Valuable Player Tesha Tinsley scored 26 points on 12-of-19 shooting to lead the Northeastern women's basketball team to a
71-54 win over Cornell in the championship game of the Cornell Classic on Saturday evening at Newman Arena.
Northeastern (4-1) used a 20-2 run that spanned both halves to take control of the game. After Cornell (4-4) took its final lead of the contest at 23-22 with 4:32 left
in the half, the Huskies closed out the opening stanza with a 13-2 run. After intermission, Northeastern scored the first seven points to take a 42-25 lead.
Cornell fought back with a 7-0 run of its own to close within 42-32, but Tinsley scored eight of Northeastern's next 12 points to help the Huskies extend their lead
back up to a comfortable margin.
Northeastern also received strong performances from forward Betsy Palecek (22 points, nine rebounds) and center Lani Lawrence (10 points, 11 rebounds), who
had her second double-double of the tournament.
Cornell was led by sophomore guard Janice Arcilla, who scored 13 points, while freshman guard Breean Walas chipped in with 10 points.
In the consolation game, Loyola (3-1) received 22 points from forward Erica Rath and held Radford (1-6) to just 18.2% shooting (4-22) in the second half as the
Greyhounds pulled away for a 78-51 win. Loyola led just 41-39 with 15 minutes to play, but held the Highlanders without a field goal for the next 12:51 to take
control of the game with a 25-3 spurt. Loyola also received 14 points from forward Jina Mosley, while Radford was led by guard Kelli Tull's 13 points.
Named to the all-tournament team were Lani Lawrence of Northeastern, Kristie Riccio of Cornell, Mary Anne Kirsch and Erica Rath of Loyola, and Jennifer Grant
of Radford.
12/05/98 7 p.m. at Newman Arena (Ithaca, NY) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Northeastern 4-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 42 Palecek, Betsy f 8 25 0 0 6 8 4 5 9 4 22 2 1 2 0 35 50 Almengot, Wanda f 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 7 8 0 7 2 1 0 1 30 45 Lawrence, Lani c 5 8 0 0 0 0 4 7 11 2 10 2 2 0 1 32 10 Tinsley, Tesha g 12 19 2 4 0 1 2 2 4 0 26 5 3 0 1 36 24 Hanewald, Beth g 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 2 2 0 1 31 13 Kenny, Meghan 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 21 Caruso, Genny 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 12 23 Burroughs, Felicia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 31 Clapp, Jennifer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 DiMaria, Jessica 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 13 35 Neil, Tyanna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 TEAM ........................................ 3 6 9 TOTALS 31 65 3 7 6 11 16 36 52 14 71 15 14 2 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 31-65 .477 Game: .477 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 3- 7 .429 Game: .429 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 6-11 .545 Game: .545 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Cornell 4-4 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Riccio, Kristie f 3 12 1 6 1 4 2 3 5 0 8 3 4 0 1 35 32 Stevens, Deborah f 0 9 0 5 4 4 1 5 6 2 4 6 3 0 2 34 11 McMillan, Christine c 3 8 0 0 2 4 2 1 3 4 8 1 1 1 2 28 05 Arcilla, Janice g 5 11 3 6 0 0 0 3 3 1 13 0 1 0 1 29 12 Walas, Breean g 4 9 0 3 2 2 0 3 3 2 10 0 1 0 0 29 10 Darden-Little, Erin 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 20 Janiak, Carolyn 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 25 Martisauskas, Sandy 3 5 0 0 1 1 2 3 5 3 7 1 0 1 1 13 31 Koch, Melissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 44 Linker, Jennifer 1 6 1 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 15 TEAM ........................................ 3 0 3 TOTALS 19 63 5 26 11 17 12 21 33 14 54 12 11 4 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 19-63 .302 Game: .302 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 5-26 .192 Game: .192 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 11-17 .647 Game: .647 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: TECHNICAL FOULS: Northeastern - none Cornell - none ATTENDANCE: 175 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Northeastern 35 36 71 Cornell 25 29 54
