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Tamrah Gould Action
James Liebowitz
58
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 3-6, 1-2
60
Winner Southern Me. SOUTHERN 4-6, 2-1
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN
3-6, 1-2
58
Final
60
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
4-6, 2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Eastern Conn. St. EASTERN 13 12 14 19 58
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 16 11 16 17 60

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Christina Cracolici, Director of Athletic Communications

Gould Lead Southern Maine Past Eastern Connecticut 60-58


GORHAM, Maine  –  Senior Tamrah Gould (Manchester, N.H./Manchester Memorial) scored a team-high 17 points, including the game-winning bucket with two seconds remaining in regulation, to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 60-58 win over the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors in a Little East Conference women's basketball game Saturday afternoon at Hill Gymnasium. 
 
Gould was 7-for-14 from the field, matching her career-high total to pace the Huskies. Senior Tara Flanders (Windham, Maine) added 15 points, four rebounds and two steals, while senior Franny Ramsdell (Wells, Maine) tossed in 14 points. Junior Jade Smedberg (Oxford, Maine/Oxford Hills) added 10 points, a team-high eight rebounds, three assists, and a steal. Senior Liz Cote (Conway, N.H./Kennett) had a career-best five assists.
 
Eastern Connecticut's Taylor Salato had a game-high 19 points, and snagged nine rebounds.  Nevaeh Clark tossed in 17 points on 6-for-12 shooting, adding five rebounds and five assists, while Julia Knowles had a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds for the Warriors. 
 
The Records:
Eastern Connecticut State (3-6, 1-2 Little East)
Southern Maine (4-6, 2-1 Little East)
 
Today's game marked the 93rd meeting between the University of Southern Maine Huskies and the Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors. Southern Maine leads the overall series 69-30. The Warriors had won the last eight games consecutively before today's Huskies' victory.  Southern Maine last defeated ECSU on January 10, 2019, 64-56.  
 
How It Happened:
  • In a game that featured nine leads changes and eight tied scores, the Huskies were able to get the last bucket of the game to improve to 2-1 in the Little East Conference.
  • Down by six, 13-7, midway through the first quarter, Southern Maine closed out the frame on a 9-0 run to take a 16-13 lead. Cote found Flanders and freshman Campbell Doughty (Ashland, Va./Hanover) for back-to-back jumpers to start the run, before Gould scored the final five points of the quarter on a three and a layup.
  • Battling in a one-possession game to start the second quarter, the game was tied at 23-23 with 2:20 remaining in the half. Southern Maine made it a two-possession game, 27-23, on four consecutive points from Ramsdell but ECSU's Shania Lewis hit a layup in traffic before the buzzer sounded to keep the Warriors within a bucket, 27-25 at the break.
  • After the half, the third featured another back-and-forth battle between the two teams. USM opened up a marginal 31-27 lead on an offensive rebound from Smedberg and a layup from Flanders with 6:06 on the clock; however, the Warriors answered right back with back-to-back scored from Clark and Kya Mayo to tie the game up at 31 with 4:44 showing. Both teams traded baskets to keep the game tied before Smedberg hit a pivotal three for a 36-33 Husky. Smedberg's three helped USM close out the third outscoring the Warriors 10-6 to head into the fourth with a 43-39 lead.
  • Continuing to battle bucket for bucket, the Huskies led the Warriors 51-48 with 5:52 left in regulation following a pair of free throws from Flanders before ECSU rattled off a 6-0 run to take a 54-51 lead with 3:45 to play. Salato scored four of the Warriors points in the run.  Gould halts the Warrior push with a layup making it a one-point game and Ramsdell tied the game up 54-54 with one of two free throws with 2:28 on the clock.  
  • The Warriors outscored Southern Maine 4-1 over the next minute of action to led 58-55 following a jumper from Mayo with 55 second to play.  Down by three, Smedberg brought the Huskies' level with her second three-pointer of the contest.  ECSU called a 30 second time out on its next possession and had two looks at a go-ahead basket with offensive rebounds, but Southern Maine's Cote came up with a steal setting up Gould's heroics. Inbounding the ball with 10 seconds to play, Gould watched the clock and drove to the right for the go-ahead bucket with two seconds to play. ECSU had a final tough look at the basketball but the Huskies defended well enough for the win.
 
 
Inside The Stats:
  • Southern Maine shot 40.0 percent (22-for-55) from the field for the game.  USM was 5-for-12 (41.7 percent) from the floor in the fourth quarter, including 2-for-4 from three.
  • Playing a clean game, both teams had 11 turnovers.  The Warriors held a slim 12-11 lead in points off of turnovers.
 
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine is off for the semester break and will return to action on the road at MIT on Saturday, December 30 (2:00 pm).  The Huskies remain on the road for its next Little East Conference game and head to UMass Boston on Saturday, January 3 (5:30 pm) before hosting Western Connecticut State on Saturday, January 6 (1:00 pm).   
 
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