Bentley Downs 
Franklin Pierce, 77-53
Gibbons scores 1,000^th career point
 
RINDGE, N.H. (December 3, 2003) – The Franklin Pierce women’s basketball team fell to Bentley College, ranked No. 2 in the USA Today/WBCA Division II preseason poll, 77-53 in Norteast-10 Conference action at the Franklin Pierce Fieldhouse this evening.

Senior forward Becky Davidson (Beaver Falls, Pa./Blackhawk) led Bentley scorers as she registered a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds and hit three of five from three-point range. Junior Shevon Gibbons (Fayetteville, N.C./Kaiserslautern (Germany)), who played for Ravens head coach Mark Swasey at Norwich two years ago, also posted a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds and notched her 1,000^th point of her collegiate career during the second half.    

Freshman forward Danielle D’Ettorre (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario/St. Mary’s) led Franklin Pierce with 13 points and five rebounds and made five of eight from the free throw line while seniors Tara Bligh (Milton, Mass./Milton) and Erin Bailey (North Grafton, Mass./Nashua (N.H.)) chipped in with eight points each.

The Falcons built their lead with a 29-6 run in the first half with 18 points coming off of turnovers. For the game, Bentley shot 56.6% (30-53), including 51.6% (16-31) in the first and 63.6% (14-22) in the second.

Franklin Pierce shot 34.5% (20-58) for the game and hit just 2-12 (16.7%) from three-point range for the contest.

Franklin Pierce (3-3, 1-3 NE-10) returns to the court on Saturday when it travels to Merrimack for a Conference game at 1 p.m. Bentley (4-2, 2-1 NE-10) hosts UMass Lowell on Saturday at 2 p.m.