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Jade Smedberg had a career-best 13 points vs. No. 22 Bates
80
Winner Bates BATES 4-1
58
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 3-2
Winner
Bates BATES
4-1
80
Final
58
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
3-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Bates BATES 26 18 18 18 80
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 6 21 15 16 58

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

No. 22 Bates Defeats Southern Maine 80-58


GORHAM, Maine  – Sarah Hughes scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the No. 22 Bates College Bobcats to an 80-58 win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a non-conference women's basketball game Tuesday night at Hill Gymnasium.
 
Hughes was one of three Bobcats in double-figuresl. Sophie Spolter had 15 points and five rebounds, while Alexandra Long added 13 points.  Elsa Daulerio had a game-high 11 rebounds and nine points helping the Bobcats to a decisive 43-29 advantage on the boards.
 
Graduate student Liz Cote (Conway, N.H./Kennett) and senior Jade Smedberg (Oxford, Maine/Oxford Hills) each had 13 points for the Huskies.  Cote added three rebounds and three steals. Smedberg's 13 points are a career-high as a Husky. She was 5-for-8 fromteh floor and 3-for-5 from three. Freshman Lucy Wiles (Glenburn, Maine/Hampden Academy) had eight points, four assists and two steals, while junior Vanessa Vaughan (Hantsport, Nova Scotia/King's Edge Hill) added eight points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal.
 
 
The Records:
Bates College (4-1)
Southern Maine (4-2)
 
Today's game marked the 59th meeting between the University of Southern Maine Huskies and the Bates College Bobcats.  Southern Maine leads the overall series 41-18. Bates has won the last four meetings consecutively, including a 67-60 win in Lewiston in 2023.  
 
How It Happened:
  • Bates led from start to finish and took a commanding 26-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Bobcats shot 78.6 percent from the field to open the game (11-for-14).
  • The Huskies won the second quarter, outscoring Bates 21-18, but remained down by double digits 44-27 at the half. Smedberg had seven of her 13 in the second quarter shooting 3-for-3 from the field.
  • The Huskies played even with the Bobcats in the second half.  Bates outscoring USM 18-15 in the third, and 18-16 in the fourth for the 80-56 final. Cote scored 11 of her 13 points in the second half.
 
Inside The Stats:
  • Bates outscored USM 30-22 in the paint.  Southern Maine scored 11 of its 58 points off of 16 Bates' turnovers.  Cote (3), Wiles (2) and junior Julia Kratzer (Gorham, Maine) (2) led the way in steals for the Huskies.
 
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine is 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), and then begin their Little East schedule with a road game at Eastern Connecticut on Wednesday, December 4 (5:00 pm). USM then faces nationally-ranked Rhode Island College in LEC action on Wednesday, December 11 (5:30 pm) before traveling to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Classico December 19-20.  The Huskies will face Randolph-Macon and Ohio Wesleyan during the trip.
 
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