Baxter Scores 33; Mavericks Come Up Short at Queens
NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Result
Monday, January 19, 2009
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Baxter Scores 33; Mavericks Come Up Short at Queens
FLUSHING, NY - Senior guard Christina
Baxter (Greenwood Lake, NY) scored a career-high 33
points, but it wasn't enough as East Coast Conference (ECC)
opponent Queens defeated Mercy College 83-70 on Monday.
Baxter was 11-for-26 from the floor and hit all but one of her 11
free throw attempts. She also added eight assists, seven rebounds
and six steals. Sophomore forward Delmara Reece
(Yonkers,
NY) scored 10 points, while
junior Samantha DeVore
(Norwich,
CT) added in 11 points and seven
boards.
The Knights (11-4, 5-1 ECC) began the game by going on an 11-4 run
and went up by as many as 13 points in the first seven minutes.
However, the Mavericks (4-11, 1-5 ECC) trimmed the deficit to seven
after Reece hit a jumper with 8:43 remaining in the first half.
After a pair of free throws by Brittany Faherty and Amanda
Bartlett, Queens had built its lead back up to 14. To close out the
first half the Mavericks went on a 10-1 run, capped off with a
jumper by Baxter. The Blue & White trailed at the half by a
score of 39-34.
DeVore opened up the second half with a bucket to trim the lead to
three. However, Queens responded by going an 18-5 run to go up by
16 points, their biggest lead of the game.
Mercy brought the lead down to eight when Baxter scored the next
eight points of the game with 8:38 remaining in the game. Queens
again rallied to bring the advantage back up to 13, but the
Mavericks fought back on the strength of Baxter who added seven
more points to her total in a 9-3 Mercy run.
Down by only five points with 1:58 remaining, Queens put the game
out of reach on jumpers by Jennifer DiChiara and Bartlett.
DiChiara and Bartlett each had 26 points for the Knights.
The Mavericks will be back in action on Wednesday, January 21 when
Concordia will visit the Dobbs Ferry Gymnasium at 5 p.m.
