The Dickinson women’s basketball team steamrolled Bryn Mawr College, 78-53 on Saturday, February 4, as Helen Roberts ’17 broke the single season school record for three-pointers during the contest. 

The Red Devils jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the opening five minutes as four different players put up points. The Owls went on a 5-1 run in the second half of the first quarter, finishing with a three-point play to close the gap to 15-5 at the end of the first.

Roberts hit her first three-pointer of the game to stretch the lead to 21-9 early on in the second period and hit another to break the record at the 4:09 mark, extending the Red Devils’ lead to 28-12. Roberts raised her season total to a Centennial Conference-high 66 on the year to overtake Megan Shelley’s ’05 record of 64, set during the 2002-03 season.

The Owls closed out the quarter strong again, outscoring the Red Devils 8-2 to cut the deficit to 36-22 at halftime.

Mary Martin ’17 opened the second half scoring, as Roberts added a triple and another field-goal to make the score 43-22. The Owls answered on the other end before Jennifer Smith ’17 came back with a three-pointer on the next possession.

Kassidy Lesher ’18 and Lindsey Zwecker ’17 helped the Red Devils build their lead, as Lesher came off the bench and gave the Red Devils some great minutes as the lead swelled to 31.

Bryn Mawr kept battling and were able to outscore the Devils, 19-14, in the final quarter. Jonica Brown ’19 and Emily Padalino ’20 entered the game and put up valuable points as Dickinson cruised to a 25-point victory.

Erica Dwyer and Halena Martin each scored 12 points to lead Bryn Mawr as they slip to 2-18 overall and 0-15 in the Centennial Conference.

Martin led the Red Devils with 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists while Roberts finished with 15 points and 4 rebounds, including 3 three-pointers. Lesher earned a double-double, scoring 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, and corralling 12 rebounds Padalino added 11 points.

The Red Devils improve to 14-7 overall and 11-5 in the conference as they have travelled to Gettysburg College on Tuesday night, February 7, to face the Bullets at 7 p.m. and travel to Ursinus College for a 1 p.m. tip-off on Saturday, February 11.