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WORCESTER, Mass. – The New England College women's basketball team took the loss at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Saturday at Harrington Auditorium in Worcester, Massachusetts in nonconference action.  

THE BASICS 
Score: New England College 31, WPI 68  
Records: Pilgrims 7-5, 0-0 NECC | Engineers 10-3, 0-0 NEWMAC 

 
TURNING POINTS 

• The Engineers took control of the game early as the offense shot 68.8% from the field on their way to building a 27-4 lead after the first quarter.  
• The Pilgrims defense improved in the second quarter as the two teams matched each other's scoring outputs at 11 points keeping the halftime deficit at 23. 
• The 'Grims were unable to eat into the large lead that WPI had created early as the offense never found its footing in this one en route to a 37-point defeat.  

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• Freshman guard Amaya Moss (Viginia Beach, Virg.) led all 'Grims with 7 points off the bench. 
• ???????NEC junior guard Alissia Corona (Wylie, Texas) added 5 points, 4 rebounds, and a game-high 4 steals while sophomore guard Zaniya Moody (Hampton, Va.) added 3 steals of her own.  
• WPI was led by graduate center Lisa Cristiano (Valhalla, NY) who paced all scorers with 14 points. 
• Graduate guard McKenna Finken (Simsbury, CT) added 12 points while senior center Emily Raynowski (Simsbury, CT) contributed 8 points and 8 boards. 
• WPI shot 44.8 percent from the field while NEC hit on just 21.4 percent of their shots. 
• The Engineers dominated the rebounding battle 52 to 27 as they controlled the boards throughout the game. 

UP NEXT 

• Up next for NEC, the team travels to Clark University on Tuesday in a matchup with the Cougars set to tip-off at 4:00 PM.  
• WPI travels to face those very same Clark University Cougars next Saturday at 3:00 PM as they begin conference play. 

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