Cabrini women’s basketball continued their dominance in the Colonial State Athletic Conference on Tuesday as the cavaliers demolished Cairn University (2-14, 0-10 CSAC) on the road 102-32. The cavaliers have now improved to 12-0 in the CSAC and 18-3 overall.
The team was led by Amber Keys, senior elementary and special education major who went 8-9 from the field with 17 points, four rebounds and three steals. “We are a team who prides ourselves on defense so coming in we wanted to play great defense to make things a little easier on offense. We are also a team who loves to share the ball, so defense combined with everyone getting touches on the ball lead to us getting a win with a balanced effort from all the girls,” Keys said.
Most of the damage in the game was done by Cabrini inside the paint on both sides of the ball. They scored 64 points in the paint and held Cairn to zero points in the paint. Depth played a big role in this dominant win as Cabrini’s bench contributed 56 points and Cairn received 0 points from their bench.
Not a lot to say about Cairn in this game. It was pretty much a one woman show for them. Junior guard Amie Eppolito had a game-high 24 points and a team-high six rebounds. She had seven of the 10 made field goals for Cairn.
Sophomore forwards Meghan Horn and Renee Oliver were the biggest contributors off the bench for the cavaliers. Horn had 15 points and six rebounds as fellow teammate Oliver had 12 points and six rebounds.
All in all it was a team effort from Cabrini in this game. Four players were in double digits and overall 13 players scored in the contest. “Tonight’s win was a great team effort. We all played so well together and had great chemistry as always. Everyone really stepped up on the court and we were able to get another huge win for our team. The atmosphere was great, everyone was excited and cheering for our teammates. I was really proud of the way we played in tonight’s game,” Megan Decker, senior education major, said.
Cabrini will travel on the road again to face Cedar Crest College on Saturday at 1 p.m.
