WATERVILLE, ME - The Saint Joseph's women's basketball team improved to 2-0 and advanced to the title game of the Colby Invitational Tournament with a 81-50 victory over Thomas College (1-1) on Friday evening. Meghan Daigle '10 (Grantham, NH) was the game's high scorer with 19 points, while Casey Drake '11 (Lebanon, NH) poured in 14 and Alysn Ludwig '09 (Waldoboro, ME) chipped in with 10 points. St. Joe's will face host Colby College in the tourney championship on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 PM.

St. Joe's, aided by a opening ten minutes that saw the Terriers turn the ball over 10 times and shoot 2-11 from floor, never trailed in the contest and led by double-digits from the 15-minute mark of the first half until the end of the contest, when the Royal Blue had mounted a game-high 31 point lead.

Daigle, 7-11 from the floor and 5-6 from the line overall, scored 10 of her 19 points in the first five minutes of the game to help St. Joe's establish a commanding 15-3 lead early.

St. Joe's, with 19 points coming from players off the bench, led 42-27 going into intermission.

Drake netted 11 of her 14 points, shooting a perfect 3-3 from beyond the arc, and Andrea Enright '09 (Holyoke, MA) scored seven points in the second stanza to help Saint Joseph's maintain the lead and secure the 81-50 victory over Thomas College.

For the Lady Monks, Megan McDevitt '12 (Cumberland, ME), Erin Cartwright '11 (Acton, MA) and Enright all chipped in with seven points apiece and Allison Miner '10 (Pembroke, NH) had six points. Ludwig and Cartwright shared the team lead for rebounds with five each, while Miner dished out a team-high four assists and Drake collected three steals.

Jess Nassetta '10 (Standish, ME) led the Terriers with 10 points and Alexis Evans 11 (Emden, ME) added nine points. Mallorie Blakney '11 (Fairfield, ME) grabbed a game-high seven rebounds in the losing effort.

Collectively, Saint Joseph's was 17-21 (81%) from the line and 30-70 (42.9%) from the floor while Thomas made 50% (6-12) of their free throws and 30.3% (20-66) of their field goals.

Saint Joseph's will take on Colby College at 3:00 PM in the tournament title match on Saturday while Thomas will face off against University of Maine at Presque Isle in the consolation game at 1:00 PM. Colby College defeated University of Maine at Presque Isle, 70-39, in the tourney opener on Friday evening.


ST. JOSEPH'S 81, THOMAS 50
ST. JOSEPH'S (2-0)
Meghan Daigle 7-11 5-6 19; Casey Drake 4-5 3-4 14; Alysn Ludwig 4-9 2-2 10;
Erin Cartwright 2-7 3-3 7; Andrea Enright 3-6 1-2 7; Megan McDevitt 3-9 0-0
7; Allison Miner 3-5 0-0 6; Carolyn Freeman 2-7 1-2 5; Ashley Geel 1-3 2-2
4; Sarah Fournier 1-3 0-0 2; Amelia Lamb 0-0 0-0 0; Dana Clark 0-0 0-0 0;
Kayla Boston 0-4 0-0 0; Katie Gagnon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-70 17-21 81.
THOMAS (1-1)
Jess Nassetta 5-13 0-2 10; Alexis Evans 4-10 0-0 9; Kristin Masessa 2-4 3-4
8; Amy Miles 2-8 1-2 7; Mallorie Blakney 2-8 2-4 6; Cortney Barrett 2-6 0-0
4; Tonya Jones 1-5 0-0 2; Emily Lemieux 1-1 0-0 2; Kellie Martel 1-5 0-0 2;
K. Clements 0-1 0-0 0; Jamie Lockett 0-2 0-0 0; Chelsea Webster 0-2 0-0 0;
Lynn Chaisson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-66 6-12 50.
St. Joseph's.................. 42 39 - 81
Thomas........................ 27 23 - 50
3-point goals--St. Joseph's 4-10 (Casey Drake 3-3; Megan McDevitt 1-4;
Andrea Enright 0-1; Carolyn Freeman 0-1; Sarah Fournier 0-1), Thomas 4-18
(Amy Miles 2-4; Kristin Masessa 1-2; Alexis Evans 1-3; Kellie Martel 0-4;
Chelsea Webster 0-1; Mallorie Blakney 0-4). Fouled out--St. Joseph's-None,
Thomas-Cortney Barrett. Rebounds--St. Joseph's 48 (Alysn Ludwig 5; Erin
Cartwright 5), Thomas 43 (Mallorie Blakney 7). Assists--St. Joseph's 20
(Allison Miner 4), Thomas 9 (Cortney Barrett 3). Total fouls--St. Joseph's
9, Thomas 16. Technical fouls--St. Joseph's-None, Thomas-None. A-100