Mavericks Fall to St. Thomas Aquinas 83-70 in ECC Women’s Basketball Action
NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Result
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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| Delmara Reece (CSI: Photo) |
Mavericks Fall to St. Thomas Aquinas 83-70 in ECC Women's Basketball Action
ORANGEBURG, NY
- The Mercy College women's basketball team was
defeated in East Coast Conference (ECC) action by St. Thomas
Aquinas by a score of 83-70 on Saturday.
Sophomore forward Delmara Reece
(Yonkers,
NY) led the Mavericks with 16
points and 14 rebounds. Freshman guard Aimee Levine
(Flushing,
NY) had 14 points and six
rebounds. Senior guard Christina Baxter
(Greenwood Lake,
NY) scored 11 points and added
three steals.
The Spartans (7-16, 4-10 ECC) got off to a quick start by going on
a 10-4 run. However, the Mavericks (7-16, 4-10 ECC) knotted the
score at 12 after Levine hit a jumper with 13:24 remaining.
St. Thomas Aquinas responded by going on a 13-2 run, capped off
with a lay up by freshman guard Natalie Catavero
(New Rochelle,
NY) to go up 25-14.
Trailing by eight points with 2:37 remaining in the first half, the
Mavericks scored seven consecutive points to cut the deficit to
one. Sophomore guard Ashley Borofsky
(Southington,
CT) hit a pivotal three-pointer
in trimming the lead.
The Spartans scored the final four points of the half to go into
the locker room leading 39-34.
In the second half the Spartans pushed their lead up to 13 after
freshman center Briana Sloper (Williston
Park,
NY) drained a lay up with 15:34
remaining. The Mavericks came right back and cut the lead to nine
(60-51) after Reece hit a free throw.
St. Thomas Aquinas turned up the heat by scoring the next eight
points to take a 17 point lead, their biggest of the game.
With 1:14 left on the clock, Reece connected on a lay up to trim
the deficit to seven, but that's as close as the Mavericks would
get.
Sloper scored 26 points and grabbed 11 boards for the Spartans.
Catavero added 18 points.
The Mavericks will be back in action on Wednesday, February 18 at 5
p.m. when the Blue & White take on Adelphi.
