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Carmella Sowers vs. CWRU 11-13-26
Peter Wangechi
95
Winner John Carroll JCU 1-3,0-0 NCAC
72
Franklin Frank 0-3,0-0 HCAC
Winner
John Carroll JCU
1-3,0-0 NCAC
95
Final
72
Franklin Frank
0-3,0-0 HCAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
John Carroll JCU 14 31 32 18 95
Franklin Frank 22 12 18 20 72

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | JCUSID

Women's Basketball Notches First Win, Firing Past Franklin in Michigan

Carmella Sowers notched a double-double, including 7 points at the free throw line

ALBON, Mich. – The dam broke loose for John Carroll Women's Basketball on Friday evening. 

The shots fell for the Blue Streaks all night, as John Carroll broke through for the first win of the evening. 

In the first game of Albion College's Briton Battle, the Blue Streaks dominated the Franklin College Grizzlies, 95-72. 

Franklin started the game on a tear, opening up an 8-0 lead in the first three minutes. Bella Houillion got JCU on the board and Carmella Sowers helped the visitors find some footing with a few buckets. A Reese Rhodehamel three tied the game at 10 with just under four minutes left in the first. But down the stretch, the Grizzlies found space to work in the paint, as a 6-0 run late set ahead Franklin, 22-14. 

A Brooke Laub triple set the stage for a quarter that was thoroughly dominated by the Blue Streaks. Haydn Paul, Houillion, and Katie Puletti all hit threes to grab control of the game. By the halfway point of the quarter, JCU's lead ballooned to 11. 

Paul and Kylie Mast both sunk triples to help JCU's advantage grow to as much as 15, though Franklin did enough to prevent the period from being a total disaster. John Carroll still sat in the driver's seat at the break, 45-34. 

Once again, a Laub shot from downtown early in the third set the tone. Erin McCormick took a turn heating up, burying two 3-pointers and converting an and-one to propel the Blue Streaks to a 59-39 lead with 6:21 left in the third. Down the stretch, Sowers could not be stopped, hitting shot after shot. Mast put the exclamation point on another 30+ point quarter for the Clevelanders. After three, JCU stood ahead, 77-52.  

Laub scored JCU's first points of the quarter, sinking three free throws. Cami Elliott got in on the 3-point fun, becoming the seventh Streak to hit a deep shot. Franklin didn't get enough going to get back into it. 

Sowers got the gameball with 23 points and 10 rebounds, her first career double-double. Paul stood out with 13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. Abigail Rosol nabbed a team-high 5 assists. 

JCU won the rebounding battle, 45-36. The Blue Streaks buried a total of 14 shots from 3-point range, while scoring 31 points off turnovers and 27 second-chance points. 

Next Up
The Blue Streaks will play Albion College in the title bout of the Briton Battle on Saturday at 3 pm. 
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