Macalester improves to 2-9 on the season, while Caltech drops to 0-11. This was the first of three games played this week in the Los Angeles area for the Scots. On Thursday (Jan. 5) the Scots play an afternoon game at Pomona-Pitzer, and on Saturday (Jan. 7) they play an afternoon tilt at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
The Scots scored the game’s first eight points and never found themselves behind. The Techers cut the margin to one point at 15-14 with 6:12 left in the first half, but Macalester closed out the period with a 14-4 run to go up 29-18 at the intermission.
Caltech scored the first basket of the second half before Mac put things away with a 14-4 rally to go up 43-24 with 12:16 left. The Scots were never threatened after that.
Elise Pagel and Callie PaStarr each scored eight first half points to lead Macalester to its good start. Pagel finished with 16 points while handing out five assists, while PaStarr finished with 10 points and five assists. Meghan Garrity scored nine points to go along with four assists and four steals, while PaStarr, Brittini Chicuata and Diedre Jackson each pulled down eight rebounds to help give Mac a 56-38 advantage on the boards.
Lea Kunesh scored 12 points and dished out four assists to pace Caltech. Lindsay King added eight points.
Macalester College vs Caltech 01/04/06 7:30 p.m. at Braun Center - Pasadena, Calif. At Braun Center - Pasadena, Calif. MACALESTER COLLEGE 54, CALTECH 31 MACALESTER COLLEGE (2-9) Elise Pagel 7-21 2-2 16; Callie PaStarr 5-11 0-0 10; Meghan Garrity 4-6 1-2 9; Diedre Jackson 3-8 1-2 7; Sarah Tisel 3-7 0-0 6; Brittini Chicuata 1-4 0-0 2; Adrienne Keller 1-2 0-0 2; Brittany Lewis 1-6 0-0 2; Jenny Lee 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 25-71 4-6 54. CALTECH (0-11) Lea Kunesh 4-9 3-7 12; Lindsay King 4-22 0-0 8; Rene Davis 3-12 0-2 6; Raquel Martinez 2-2 0-0 4; Ryoko Amano 0-0 1-2 1; Angela Magee 0-0 0-1 0; Shelby Montague 0-6 0-0 0; Lisa Tran 0-3 0-0 0; Marie Giron 0-1 0-0 0; Meghan Kelleher 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 13-57 4-12 31. Macalester College............ 29 25 - 54 Caltech....................... 18 13 - 31 3-point goals-Macalester College 0-2 (Elise Pagel 0-1; Brittini Chicuata 0-1), Caltech 1-12 (Lea Kunesh 1-1; Lindsay King 0-7; Rene Davis 0-1; Shelby Montague 0-1; Meghan Kelleher 0-2). Fouled out--Macalester College-Diedre Jackson, Caltech-None. Rebounds-Macalester College 56 (Diedre Jackson 8; Brittini Chicuata 8; Callie PaStarr 8), Caltech 38 (Shelby Montague 7). Assists-Macalester College 20 (Callie PaStarr 5; Elise Pagel 5), Caltech 11 (Shelby Montague 4; Lea Kunesh 4). Total fouls-Macalester College 14, Caltech 9. A-150