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WILLIMANTIC, CT (December 1, 2010) – In its previous four games this season, the Eastern Connecticut women's basketball team has outscored its opponents by an average of 26.5 points per game. On Wednesday evening, a potent Warriors team kept that statistic, and its perfect record intact, with a 65-37 victory over the Brewers.

Down 13-4 at the 13:18 mark of the first half, the Brewers crept back into the contest and trailed 13-10 following a three-pointer by sophomore guard Ali Higgins with 11:05 until halftime. From that point, however, the Warriors went on a 20-8 run to close out the half.

The loss drops the Brewers to 2-3 on the season while Eastern Connecticut improves to 5-0. Vassar will next compete against Bridgewater State at the Wesleyan Tournament on Friday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern travels to Rhode Island College for a 1:00 p.m. game on Saturday.

“We knew we were going up against a very good team that had been defeating its opponents by double figures,” said head coach Candice Brown. “Our team will continue to improve playing against teams like Eastern and there are a lot of positives we can use from it against Bridgewater State on Friday.”

Leading 33-18 at intermission, the Warriors went on a 17-4 spurt to start the second half, putting the contest out-of-reach for the Brewers.

Junior guard Brittany Parks led Vassar in scoring for the fifth time this season with 8 points, but saw her streak of consecutive 20-point games snapped.  Higgins had her finest game of the season with a career high seven points and four rebounds.

Eastern Connecticut placed four players in double figures, led by sophomore forward Tanisha Carter with 15 points and sophomore center Lauren Kelleher with 12 points. Carter led all players with 16 rebounds.