February 6, 2007

Castleton stumbles at Johnson State, 55-38

Johnson, VT-The Castleton State College women's basketball team lost for the first time in their last six games to an inspired Johnson State team 55-38. The Spartans struggled to find their stroke as they netted just 16 first-half points and were held to 26% shooting from the field.

Johnson State nearly doubled up the Spartans on the glass as they won the battle 49-26 including 20 offensive rebounds.

Freshman Claudia Martineau (Washington, Vt./Spaulding) notched her first career double-double scoring 19 points and grabbing 11 rebounds to lead Johnson State (9-11, 7-7 NAC).

Castleton (13-7, 10-4 NAC) received 16 points off the bench from Mary Nienow (Middlebury, Vt./Middlebury) and senior Jen Goff (Granville, N.Y./Granville) scored 10 points.

Johnson State will host Lesley University on Friday at 8:00 while Castleton hosts Bay Path, also on Friday. [Box Score]

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