December 8, 2007
Shorewomen Stifle Owls, 57-49
Jamrogowicz Scores Career-High 15 Points

BRYN MAWR, PA – Visiting Washington College overcame an early 10-point deficit and held host Bryn Mawr to 27% shooting in the second half en route to a 57-49 Centennial Conference women's basketball win this afternoon in Bryn Mawr, PA. The Shorewomen are now 4-2 overall on the season, marking the first time since the 1998-99 campaign that they have won four of their first six contests. Washington also improved to 2-2 in conference play, while Bryn Mawr slipped to 2-5 overall and 0-4 in conference play.

Bryn Mawr raced out to a 20-10 lead in the game following a lay-up by Jessica Allen with 10:43 to play in the opening half. Washington then outscored the Owls, 24-9, the rest of the period to take a 34-29 lead into halftime. Sophomore guard Jane O'Donnell (Cape May Court House, NJ/Wildwood Catholic) drilled a three-pointer with 39 seconds left before the break and junior guard Brianne Slizofski (Collegeville, PA/Pius X) netted a jumper with 18 seconds left to give the Shorewomen the five-point cushion at the break.

The Owls opened the second half by scoring eight of the first 12 points to trim the lead to one on an Allen lay-up with 14:04 to go that made the score 38-37 with 14:04 to play. The Shorewomen then put the clamps on defensively as the Owls would convert just one field goal over the next seven and one-half minutes and the Shorewomen increased their lead to 49-40 on a lay-up by sophomore guard Jessica Jamrogowicz (Marlton, NJ/Bishop Eustace) with 7:14 remaining. Bryn Mawr scored the next seven points to again cut into the lead, pulling within two at 49-47 on a jumper by Katie Driscoll with 3:37 remaining.

Jamrogowicz responded with a lay-up on Washington's next possession to make it 51-47 and then the Shorewomen's defense once again took over as Washington held Bryn Mawr to 1-for-10 shooting from the field over the final three minutes of the contest.

Jamrogowicz led the Shorewomen with a career-high 15 points. Slizofski finished with 12 points and nine rebounds, while O'Donnell contributed 10 points. Senior guard Elise Conway (Silver Spring, MD/Paint Branch) brought down a team-high 11 rebounds to go along with nine points.

Allen paced all scorers with 18 points for the Owls. She also collected 12 rebounds and blocked two shots. Shanika Bridges-King brought down a game-high 18 rebounds to go along with eight points. Julia Harris added 13 points and seven rebounds, while Driscoll finished with 10 points.

Bryn Mawr made four of its first six field goal attempts in the game, but shot just 15-of-52 the rest of the way to finish at 32.8% for the game. Washington shot 35% from the field in the win. The Shorewomen also held a 44-43 edge in rebounding and committed five fewer turnovers than the Owls (12 to 17).

The Shorewomen return to action one week from today with a 2:00 p.m. non-conference home game against Wesley.

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