NEW LONDON, N.H.-The New England College women's basketball team suffered a 65-50 loss to the Chargers of Colby-Sawyer College on Saturday afternoon in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) play.

The win boosts the Chargers to 18-5 overall and 13-3 in NAC play, while NEC falls to 13-10 overall and 8-8 in league action.

NEC LEADERS
Sophomore Rene Hudson (Gallatin, Tenn.) scored 22 points on 8-for-17 shooting, including five three-pointers. Classmate Daleia Boutwell (Dorchester, Mass.) added 10 points, followed by fellow sophomore Jada Black (Concord, N.C.) with seven points.

Freshman Anoushka Boatswain (East Orange, N.J.) tallied a team-best seven rebounds.

CSC LEADERS
Three different players scored in double-figures for the Chargers. Tianna Sugars scored a team-leading 18 points, followed by Emmani Robinson with 16 points and Lexie Hamilton with 15.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pilgrims opened the game with a trey from Hudson, but Colby-Sawyer responded with a jumper from Robinson and five points from Hamilton to take a 7-3 lead four minutes into the quarter. The Chargers would hold their largest lead of the frame, 15-10, with 1:31 to play after a pair of free throws from freshman Joslin Wainwright (Plainfield, N.H.). NEC clawed back within one over the next minute, but a pair of freebies by Hamilton gave Colby-sawyer a 17-14 lead after one.

Colby-Sawyer also outscored NEC 17-14 in the second quarter to take a 34-28 lead at the half. The Chargers turned 11 NEC miscues into 11 points and held the Pilgrims to 31.3% from the floor. Robinson scored 12 of 16 points in the half, while Hamilton had 13. Hudson led NEC with 14 points.

NEC came back to tie the game, 38-38 three minutes into the third, when Jada Black (Concord, N.C.) converted a jumper in the paint. The Chargers then built a comfortable lead, which ballooned to nine after a Calvo jumper with less than a minute to play. Boutwell made a pair of free throws in the final seconds for NEC, but Colby-Sawyer held a 51-44 lead after three.

Colby-Sawyer increased its lead to double-digits midway through the fourth and never looked back. The Charger defense held NEC to only two made field goals in the fourth to go on for the 65-50 victory.

The Chargers had a 25-4 advantage in points off turnovers. NEC won the battle of the boards 46-38.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Pilgrims will host their final home game of the season on Thursday, February 15^th in a 5:30 p.m. NAC game against Johnson State.