Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (February 14, 2015) – The Vassar College women's basketball team honored its lone senior Allyson Pemberton (Weston, MA/Weston) Saturday, running away with a 53-43 win over visiting William Smith College in conference action from the Athletics and Fitness Center.

The Brewers (10-13) posted their 10^th win of the year, which marked the fifth consecutive season with double-digit wins. Pemberton was recognized in a pre-game ceremony for her hard work over the last four seasons, and the senior guard shot of the gate and made her presence felt early.

Pemberton scored the game's first bucket on a nice layup, followed by a backdoor cut a few minutes later to put the Brewers up 7-4. Vassar College led for the majority of the first half, as William Smith (4-18, 3-11 Liberty) took its only lead at 15-13 after a triple from Chloe Hayter. VC responded with the next 14 points over a 5:01 stretch, capped by an Alex Moon (Mission Hills, CA/Bishop Alemany) jumper to make the game 27-15.

William Smith trimmed the lead down to eight at 28-20, where it stood at halftime. Pemberton led all scorers in the opening half with 11 points, while junior Caitlin Drakeley (Woodbury, CT/Nonnewaug) also added eight points. Hayter paced the Herons with 11 points in the opening period.

After the break, Vassar College held William Smith without a point over the first 7:01 of the second half, building its lead up to 40-20. The Brewers largest lead of 21 points came with 6:56 left, as Rose Serafini (Milton, Ontario, Canada/Milton Area) converted a layup.

Moments later, Serafini tied the school record for blocks in a season with 50 on a rejection of Hayter, and eclipsed the mark set by Emily Haeuser set back in 2007-08 with 5:11 to play on a block of William Smith's Melanie Patterson. The Brewers would hold a comfortable lead the rest of the way, earning the win.

Drakeley led the Brewers offensively, scoring a game-best 17 points to go with five rebounds, five assists and three steals. The junior guard now sits with 983 points for her career with two games left to play this year, as she needs just 8.5 points over the final pair of contests to reach 1,000 for her career.

Pemberton added six rebounds and three assists to her 11 points Saturday, making five of her eight shots from the field. Freshman Ariella Rosenthal (Mill Valley, CA/Redwood) posted nine points, and Serafini stuffed the stat sheet with eight points, eight rebounds, six blocks and three steals.

Vassar College shot well for the second consecutive day, making 40.7 percent (24-59) from the floor, while posting assists on 14 of 24 made buckets. The Brewers also held visiting William Smith College to 28.1 percent shooting, which was the fourth-lowest percentage this season for the Herons.

Hayter failed to score in the second half, but still paced the Herons with 11 points, corralling a team-high nine rebounds as well. Courtney Chase added eight points for WSC, as the two teams combined for 36 turnovers on the day.

The Brewers will finish their road slate Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. at Bard College in more Liberty League action.