Salem State College Athletics

North Adams, MA - Senior forward Danielle Jenkins had 26 points to push her career total past the 1,500 points scored plateau, to lead the Salem State Lady Vikings past the MCLA Trailblazers 68-53 at the Amsler Campus Center on Tuesday night.  MCLA drops to 12-7, 2-6 in the MASCAC, while Salem State improves to 13-6, 5-2 in the league. 
 
Jenkins, who is fifth overall with 1,518 career points scored on the Salem State women's basketball all-time career scoring list is just 24 points behing Terri Niles (1995-1999) for fourth place.

In the opening half, the visitors came out strong and took a quick 6-0  advantage. Salem State would maintain a comfortable edge in the half, extending to 14 points (22-8) with 8:30 to go. After MCLA cut the lead to ten with  5:22 remaining (24-14), the Lady Vikings would mount a 15-7 run to close out  the half leading 39-21.

Jenkins had a strong opening half as she tallied 14  points. She  notched her 1,500th career point with just under 5:00 minutes remaining to give Salem State a 12 point lead.

In the second half, Salem extended to a 22 point edge early on before MCLA  mounted a bit of a run. Trailing 53-33 early in the second half, the Trailblazers would start a 15-7 run to close within 12 at 60-48 with 7:00  minutes remaining. Salem would answer with 6-1 run to essentially put the game away.

Jenkins would finish her night with 26 points, 9 boards, and 5 blocks. Freshmen Brianna Wilson would tally a double double recording 13 points and 11 boards. Senior Jakoya Wilkins added 6 assists.

For MCLA, Lucy Tremblay finished with 14 points to lead the way. Alie Dobrovolc was the only other Trailblazer in double figures. MCLA shot  only 29% in the loss, while Salem converted at a 42% clip.

MCLA will play a non league game Friday Night at home against Sage, while the Lady Vikings battle Eastern Connecticut on Thursday night at 7:00 PM.