Augustine Drops in 22 points as Women's Basketball Faces Dowling
Box Score OAKDALE, N.Y. (Jan. 29, 2015)- Senior Tanayzha Augustine (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./ Poughkeepsie) scored 22 points and grabbed 11 boards, as the Mercy College women's basketball team fell to the Golden Lions of Dowling College, 64-57 on Thursday evening.
The Golden Lions improve to 4-13 overall and 4-7 in the East Coast Conference, while the Mavericks fall to 7-11 and 1-10 in the ECC.
Freshman Monet Keane-Dawes (Brooklyn, N.Y./Midwood) continued where she left off on Saturday, scoring the opening bucket of the game to take an early 2-0 lead. The Golden Lions responded with an 8-0 run, to jump out to a 11-4 lead on a triple by Christine Verrelle with 13:51 to play.
Mercy answered back with a 9-4 run of their own, that was anchored by Augustine who scored all eight of her first half points during the run. The Mavericks pulled to within one at 13-12 with just over 10 minutes to play.
Dowling attempted to pull away as they connected on back-to-back triples to extend their lead to 19-12.
Mercy responded once more with a 7-0 run that put the Mavericks back into the contest. The inside game of junior Deasia Goodson (Freeport, N.Y./SUNYIT) and senior Brandone Roberts (Jessup, Md./ Nyack College) helped Mercy stay in the game.
Goodson connected on a jumper off an assist from junior Erin Copeland (Kansas City, Kan. / Univ. of Illinois-Springfield) with 1:21 left to take their first lead of the game since, 2-0. Verrelle raced down the floor and connected from downtown to give the Golden Lions a 27-26 lead at the break.
In the second half, a three pointer by junior Tatiana Parish (Los Angeles, Calif. /Mt. San Antonio CC), bookended layups by Dowling's Jessica Kalbfleisch, as the Golden Lions held a 31-29 lead with 18:29 remaining. Mercy increased it's lead to three on a triple by Keane-Dawes and a layup by Augustine.
Verrelle was the catalyst for the Golden Lions offense, as she either scored or assisted on each field goal during a 17-7 run that spanned the next five minutes. Dowling jumped out to a 48-40 lead with 9:16 remaining. Augustine kept the Golden Lions from breaking the game open, as she scored on three separate trips down the floor to keep the Mavericks within striking distance at 50-44 with just under eight minutes to play.
Keane-Dawes finished with 15 points, including knocking a down two buckets late to pull Mercy to within six at 54-49 with just over four minutes to play.
Verrelle finished with a game-high 25 points and knocked down key free-throw from the charity stripe to seal the victory. Kristina Surlan finished with nine point, including five points down the stretch.
Roberts finished with eight points and 12 rebounds.
Head Coach Rashidi Aikens and the Mavericks return to action on Saturday, Jan 31st, as they host the Purple Knights of the University of Bridgeport at 12:30 p.m.
