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Jaycie Christopher
James Liebowitz
88
Winner Southern Me. USM 2-0,0-0 Little East
25
Me.-Presque Isle UMPI 1-3,0-0 North Atlantic
Winner
Southern Me. USM
2-0,0-0 Little East
88
Final
25
Me.-Presque Isle UMPI
1-3,0-0 North Atlantic
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Me. USM 21 16 25 26 88
Me.-Presque Isle UMPI 6 2 5 12 25

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

Southern Maine Thumps UMaine Presque Isle 88-25

12 Players Score For Huskies

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine  - Twelve different players scored at least three points as the University of Southern Maine Huskies rolled the UMaine Presque Isle Owls 88-25 in a non-conference women's basketball game Saturday afternoon at Weiden Gymnasium.
 
Senior Jaycie Christopher (Skowhegan, Maine) led the way with 15 points, five steals, four rebounds and a blocked shot in 17 minutes of action.  Graduate student Liz Cote (Kennett, NH/Conway) added 10 points, four rebounds, four steals and two assists in 16 mimutes.  Freshman Baleria Yugu (Portland, Maine) had nine points off of the bench going 3-for-6 from the field.
 
Lindsay Hamilton led UMPI with eight points, while Aleyah Matheson and Karen Marshall had six and five points each.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine (2-0)
UMaine Presque Isle (1-3)
 
Today's game marked the 22nd meeting between the University of Southern Maine and the UMaine Presque Isle Owls.  Southern Maine leads the overall series 14-8.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The Huskies led wire-to-wire scoring the first 14 points of the game and leading 21-6 at the end of the first quarter.  Christopher had seven of her game-high 15 in the first quarter.
  • Southern Maine limited the Owls to just two points, holding UMPI to an 0-9 effort from the floor to hold a commanding 37-8 lead at the half. Southern Maine scored the first 15 points of the quarter capped by a jumper from Baleria.
  • Opening the second half on another 15-0 run, the Huskies lead stretched to 44, 52-8, with 4:13 to go in the third.  Freshmen Izzy Morelli (New Gloucester, Maine) and Franki Bello (Leominster, Mass.) canned a three and a jumper respectively to punctuate the run. Bello finished with five points (2-for-2 FG), three rebounds, and two assists in 17 minutes off of the bench, while Morelli had seven points and two steals. 
  • Ahead 62-13 to start the fourth, Southern Maine outscored the Owls 26-12 in the final frame for the 88-25 final.
 
Inside The Statistics:
  • Southern Maine shot 50.0 percent (36-for-72) from the field, and held the Owls to just 18.8 percent (9-for-48) shooting from the floor.
  • Southern Maine held a 49-28 lead in rebounds, including a 17-8 advantage in offensive boards.
  • The Huskies scored 43 points off of 30 UMPI turnovers, and had a 52-12 advantage in points scored in the paint.
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine is on the road for its next two contests, heading to Emmanuel College on Wednesday (7:30 pm) and then at nationally-ranked Bates College on Tuesday, November 25 (5:30 pm).
           
 
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