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MCLA Women Win Seventh Straight
10:15PM / Wednesday, December 09, 2015
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The MCLA women's basketball team extended its program best winning streak to seven games after defeating non-conference foe Mount Holyoke, 68-37, on Wednesday in the Amsler Campus Center Gym. 
 
MCLA (7-2) was led by Courtney McLaughlin who ended with a game high 17 points and 4 steals. She was joined in double figures by Courtney Pingelski with 11 points and Kayla Hotaling with 10.  Hotaling snagged a team high 9 rebounds.
 
The Lyons (0-9) were paced by Genelle Green's team-high 11 points. She added eight caroms.
 
MCLA forced a season high 33 turnovers in the win and shot 38 percent. The Trailblazers attempted 34 more field goals than the Lyons.
 
The Trailblazers will close semester play on Saturday at when they travel to Union Collge for a 1 p.m. tipoff.
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- MCLA's Khalil Paul had a monster night collecting a career-high 36 points, but it wasn't enough to overcome 18th-ranked WPI as the Engineers pulled away late in an 84-69 victory over the Trailblazers. 
 
Paul shot 12-for-20 from the floor including a 7-for-12 performance from beyond the 3-point line.  The senior scored 20 points in the opening half and closed with 16 more in the second before fouling out.
 
WPI (8-1) placed five players in double figures led by Aaron Todd's team high 19 points while Clyde Niba did his work at the free throw line going 10-10 from the stripe en route to his 18 points.
 
MCLA (2-6) will close out the semester with the Tri State Shootout tournament this weekend hosted by RPI. The Trailblazers will challenge Southern Vermont in the opening game of the event on Saturday.
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