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Liz Cote three vs UNE
James Liebowitz
74
Winner Southern Me. SOUTHERN 2-1, 0-0
44
Me.-Farmington ME.-FARM 2-1, 2-1
Winner
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
2-1, 0-0
74
Final
44
Me.-Farmington ME.-FARM
2-1, 2-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 16 19 18 21 74
Me.-Farmington ME.-FARM 12 7 12 13 44

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

Huskies’ Rout UMaine Farmington 74-44

FARMINGTON, Maine  – Graduate student Liz Cote (Conway, NH/Kennett) led all scorers with 16 points to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 74-44 win over the UMaine Farmington Beavers in a non-conference women's basketball game Wednesday evening at Dearborn Gymnasium.
 
Cote was one of three Huskies in double-figures. She was joined by freshman Lucy Wiles (Glenburn, Maine/Hampden Academy) with 13 points, and junior Vanessa Vaughan (Hantsport, Nova Scotia/King's Edge Hill) with 11 points.
 
 
The Records:
Southern Maine (3-1)
UMaine Farmington (2-2)
 
Today's game marked the 59th meeting between the UMaine Farmington Beavers and the University of Southern Maine Huskies. Southern Maine leads the overall series 47-12, and earned a 74-56 win over UMF last season on November 29, 2023.  The Huskies have won 17 consecutively over UMaine Farmington dating back to the 2000-2001 season.
 
How It Happened:
  • Southern Maine led wire-to-wire in the contest en route to the win, scoring the first six points of the game on back-to-back threes from Wiles and Vaughan. Vaughan finished the game with a game-high eight rebounds, and added six assists to her 11 points.
  • The Huskies led 11-4 in the first quarter after a three from Wiles with 4:36 on the clock before the Beavers clawed their way back with an 8-3 run to make it a 14-12 game with 44 seconds in the quarter following a free throw from Jadyn Pingree.  The Huskies took a 16-12 lead into the second quarter, however, as Julissa McBarron hit a jumper on the next play.
  • USM outscored UMF 19-7 in the second quarter to take a commanding 35-19 lead at the halftime break. Cote scored seven of the Huskies' 10 points in a pivotal 10-3 run in the first five minutes of the second quarter as USM assumed a 26-15 lead.
  • The Huskies continued to cruise in the third quarter, and doubled up the Beavers 50-25 on a Cote three with 4:02 left in the frame. UMF outscored USM 6-2 in the final 2:50 of the quarter to make it a 22-point deficit, 53-31, headed to the fourth.
  • In the fourth quarter, freshman Morgan Cunningham (Augusta, Maine/Cony) led the way for USM scoring a season-best nine points as the Huskies outscored the Beavers 21-13 for the 74-44 final.
Inside The Stats:
  • USM shots 36.2 percent (25-for-69) from the field in the game, and 37.5 percent from three (12-for-32). 
  • Led by Vaughan's eight rebounds, the Huskies led in rebounds 49-29, and had 21 offensive boards to UMF's five. The Huskies scored 25 second chance points.
 
Up Next:
The Huskies host Thomas College on Saturday, November 23 (4:00 pm), and  Bates College on Tuesday, November 26 (5:30 pm) before hitting the road for its next five contests in December. The Huskies start their month-long road swing at Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on Sunday, December 1 (5:00 pm).
 
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