Glenside, Pa. (November 30) – The FDU-Florham women's basketball team opened Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) with a 73-21 setback on the road to Arcadia University on Wednesday night.
FDU-Florham dropped to 0-3 overall and to 0-1 in MAC Freedom play, while Arcadia improved to 6-2 overall and to 1-0 in the league.
The Devils were led by
Isabella Torrado (Teaneck, NJ), who totaled nine points, two steal and three rebounds.
Whitney Shyposh (Westfield, NJ) registered a team-high eight rebounds to go along with a pair of assists and five points.
Abigail Rodriguez (Woodbridge, NJ) made the first points of the game for the Devils on a pair of free throws midway through the first after Arcadia opened the game on a 14-0 run. Shyposh hit a layup for FDU-Florham but the score stood at 21-4 through one and 40-7 at halftime.
FDU-Florham put together nine points in the third on a jumper by
Alison Kozik (Ellington, Conn.), five points by Torrado and a layup by Shyposh. Rordiguez capped the scoring for FDU-Florham with a pair of shots from the free throw line as the final score stood at 73-21 in favor of Arcadia after 40 minutes of play.
FDU-Florham shot 12.5-percent (7-for-56) from the floor, 4.5-percent (1-for-22) from three point range and 50.0-percent (6-for-12) from the free throw line, while Arcadia shot 42.5-percent (31-for-73) from the floor, 24.1-percent (7-for-29) from three point range and 44.4-percent (4-for-9) from the free throw line.
Arcadia scored 34 points in the paint, 20 points off FDU-Florham turnovers and 43 points off the bench.
FDU-Florham returns home on Saturday, December 3 for a MAC Freedom contest at 1:00 pm against #22/23 nationally-ranked DeSales University.
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FDU-Florham is currently running a campaign in honor of former Devils men's basketball head coach, men's golf coach and athletic director Roger Kindel.
All donations will go directly towards funding a complete renovation of the basketball and volleyball court inside the Ferguson Recreation Center with his name dawned on both sides. If you are interested in reading more about the campaign and/or making a donation to the cause, please follow the link here: https://support.fdu.edu/athletics/devils/giving/roger-kindel
