AB Women’s claims first win vs. CFAD; Men’s drops season opener vs. CRS
THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (AB) Women’s Basketball Team drew the first blood against the College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD), 74-48, opening their campaign in the Thomasian Goodwill Games with victory.
AB started the ballgame with intensity as Koleen Salita dropped 16 of her game-high 22 points in the first quarter, leaving CFAD struggling to shoot a basket. Lara Quicho and Alaina Dimdam’s markers further widened the gap to 22, ending the frame at 32-10.
The first minutes of the second quarter saw AB’s performance waning with CFAD capitalizing on the former’s fouls and turnovers. But with AB leading the first half of the tourney with 46-22, CFAD’s hope for a comeback diminished as the game neared its end.
AB kept its momentum in the third and fourth quarter, ...