Purple Knights Spoil Mavericks’ Come Back Effort 74-61
NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Result
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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| Aimee Levine (CSI: Photo) |
Purple Knights Spoil Mavericks' Come Back Effort 74-61
DOBBS FERRY, NY - The
Mercy College women's basketball team was defeated by East Coast
Conference (ECC) opponent Bridgeport by a score of 74-61 on
Wednesday.
Senior guard Christina Baxter (Greenwood Lake, NY)
led the Mavericks with 16 points and four assists. She is now one
assist shy of tying the all-time record of 523 by Joyce LeNoir.
Sophomore forward Ashley Finnegan (Worcester, MA)
tallied eight points on 4-of-8 shooting, while freshman guard
Aimee Levine (Flushing, NY) added eight
points.
The Purple Knights (11-15, 10-7 ECC) started the game with an 8-2
run, capped off with a three-pointer by junior forward
Shannon Malone (Melbourne, Australia). The
Mavericks (9-17, 6-11 ECC) came back to tie the score at eight
after jumpers by Baxter, Levine, and Finnegan with 15:59
remaining.
The Blue & White took a 12-9 lead with two buckets by sophomore
forward Delmara Reece (Yonkers, NY). The Purple
Knights regained the lead on a lay up by Malone, but once again the
Mavericks responded with four straight points to take a three point
advantage (20-17) with 9:25 remaining.
Bridgeport went on a 9-2 run to go up 26-22 and then extended its
lead to 10 at the half with a 13-5 run. The Mavericks went into the
break trailing 39-29.
The Purple Knights pushed its lead to 15 in the early moments of
the first half after a jumper by senior forward Sandra
Dziurdzia (Saarlouis, Germany). The Mavericks cut the lead
to 53-43 after a lay up by Baxter with 11:28 remaining. However,
the Purple Knights went on a 10-1 run to go up by 19 (63-44).
The Mavericks began its furious comeback with a 15-2 run,
highlighted with a three-pointer by junior guard Samantha
DeVore (Norwich, CT). Down by only six (65-59) with 1:22
remaining, the Purple Knights made their free throws down the
stretch to foil any comeback hopes.
Malone finished with 22 points and 15 rebounds.
The Mavericks will finish off its home slate on Saturday, February
28 against NYIT at noon.
