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Team Huddle WBB
Cullen McIntyre
50
Winner Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 16-8, 13-2
48
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 6-15, 5-7
Winner
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN
16-8, 13-2
50
Final
48
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
6-15, 5-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 16 8 13 13 50
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 11 15 13 9 48

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Eastern Connecticut Nips Southern Maine 50-48

Huskies Have Played Eight Games in 12 Days.

GORHAM, Maine  –  Senior Anna Berry (Andover, Conn./RHAM) hit a baseline layup with one second remaining in regulation on a feed from classmate Julie Keckler (Trumbull, Conn.) to give the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors a 50-48 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a Little East Conference women's basketball game Monday night at Hill Gymansium. 
 
The Records: 
Southern Maine (6-15, 5-7 Little East)
Eastern Connecticut (16-8, 13-2 Little East)
 
Series History:  Today's game was the 95th meeting between the Huskies and the Warriors. The Warriors are 2-0 against the Huskies this season, taking a double-overtime win on Saturday. Southern Maine leads the series 68-27.
 
Standout Huskies:  Senior Victoria Harris (Altus, Okla./Lewiston (Maine)) 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 asists, 1 steal; senior Michelle Rowe (Gorham, Maine) 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists; senior Jackie Luckhardt (Londonderry, N.H.) 5 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists; senior Katie Bagley (Hancock, Maine/Ellsworth) 6 points, 3 steals. 
 
Standout Warriors:  Senior Danielle O'Briend (Rockland, Mass.) 15 points, 2 assists, senior Anna Barry (Andover, Conn./RHAM) 12 points, 13 rebounds; 4 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal; senior Jenna Serrantino (Cromwell, Conn.) 8 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals; senior Julie Keckler (Trumbull, Conn.) 7 points, 8 rebounds.
 
How It Happened: 
  • Down by five, 48-43, with just over a minute to play, Southern Maine rallied to tie the score on a three from senior Katie Bagley (Hanock, Maine/Ellsworth) followed by  two free throws at the 36 second mark from senior Jackie Luckhardt (Londonderry, N.H.)
  • After a full time out and advancing the ball, ECSU missed on a three with 6 seconds to play, but the rebound hit off a Southern Maine player to give the Warriors back the ball.  ECSU inbounded the ball, and Keckler and Barry worked the ball to the baseline for Barry's go-ahead basket. 
  • Southern Maine advanced the ball following a timeout for its final play and got off an open three but the ball hit the front iron as time expired.
 
Inside the Stats: 
  • Neither the Warriors or the Huskies led by more than six points during the game.  The game featured a tie score nine times and had four lead changes.  ECSU led by six, 12-6, at 4:04 in the fourth. Southern Maine led by six, 30-24, at 8:23 in the third. USM had a four point lead early the fourth, while ECSU led by five with 1:18 to play.
  • USM's Luckardt playing in her 106th career game has 958 points, 529 rebounds, 321 assists, and 304 steals in her career.
 
Up Next: 
Southern Maine remains in Little East Conference action and hosts UMass Boston on Wednesday (5:30 pm). The Huskies have played eight games in the last 12 days. 
 
 Southern Maine Athletics has gone to fully digital game programs, please click this link to access the game programs to future Husky home events!
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