OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (Dec. 6, 2017) – Despite a team high 13 points from senior Latisha Clark (Peekskill, N.Y./Peekskill), the Mercy College women's basketball team opened up ECC play with an 80-49 setback to NYIT on Wednesday night at Recreation Hall.

The Mavericks (3-5, 0-1 ECC) fail to build off their win on Thursday, while the Bears (5-3, 1-0 ECC) open up ECC action with a win.

Clark went 5-of-6 from the field and had four rebounds. Junior Chi-la Bady (Valley Stream, N.Y./Francis Lewis) added nine points and sophomore Abigail Collier (Watertown, Conn./Watertown) netted eight points on 3-of-6 shooting.

NYIT was led by Maia Hood who had a game high 28 points and Taylor Tripptree who had 20 points and ten rebounds.

Mercy opened the contest with an 8-7 lead after a jumper by Clark with 6:33 left in the first quarter. However, the Bears closed the quarter out on a 13-1 run to take the lead for good at 20-9 after the first quarter.

NYIT began the second quarter on a 20-6 run to increase their lead to 25, 40-15, with 1:36 left in the half. The Mavericks continued to battle and would cut the deficit to 21, 41-20, heading into halftime.

The Bears outscored the Mavericks 17-11 in the third quarter to build their lead to 27, 58-31, after three quarters of play. NYIT would cruise the rest of the way in securing their second straight win.

Mercy shot 33.3 percent (18-of-54) from the floor, 25.0 percent (4-of-16) from downtown and 64.3 percent (9-of-14) from the foul line. NYIT shot 56.9 percent (33-of-58) from the field, 40.0 percent (6-of-15) from long distance and 66.7 percent (8-of-12) from the charity stripe.

Head Coach Jim Harter and the Mavericks look to get back in the win column when they host LIU Post on Saturday, December 9th at 12 p.m. at Westchester Community College.