Dowling Defeats Mavericks in ECC Women’s Basketball Quarterfinals 73-61; Baxter Scores 1,500th Career Point
NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Result
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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| Christina Baxter |
Dowling Defeats Mavericks in ECC Women's Basketball Quarterfinals 73-61; Baxter Scores 1,500th Career Point
OAKDALE, NY
- The Mercy College women's basketball team's
season came to an end after second-seeded Dowling defeated the
seventh-seeded Mavericks in the East Coast Conference (ECC)
Quarterfinals by a score of 73-61 on Wednesday. It was Mercy
College's first tournament appearance since 2001-02 and the most
wins (10) in a single season since 1996-97.
Senior guard Christina Baxter (Greenwood
Lake,
NY) led the Mavericks with 19
points and four assists. In the process, she became the fifth
player in program history to reach 1,500 career points, finishing
at 1,501. She broke the program record for assists in the
final regular season game and finishes with 538 in her career.
Sophomore forward Delmara
Reece (Yonkers,
NY) scored eight points
and grabbed 15 boards. Sophomore guard Ashley Borofsky
(Southington,
CT) added nine points and four
rebounds.
Reece connected on the game's first field goal at the 16:03 mark to
give the Mavericks (10-18, 7-11 ECC) the early advantage. The
Golden Lions (21-7, 14-4 ECC) broke an 8-8 tie with a three-pointer
from freshman guard Kelly Puwalski
(Queens,
NY).
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| Delmara Reece |
Dowling extended its lead by going on a 7-0 run capped off with a three-pointer by senior guard Shanasia Franklin (Uniondale, NY) to take a 24-13 advantage.
The Mavericks went into the
intermission trailing 38-23.
The Blue & White opened up the second half by going on a 9-2
run to cut the deficit to eight points (40-32) with 16:16
remaining. Borofsky began the run with a shot from downtown.
Dowling pushed the lead back up to 11, but the Mavericks fought
back with consecutive baskets by Reece, freshman guard
Simone Williams (Waldorf, MD) and Borofsky to
trail by five points (45-40) with 12:31 left on the clock.
However, the Golden Lions went on an 11-2 run highlighted by senior
forward Molly Tubridy (Broad Channel, NY) who
connected on three shots to extend their lead to 56-42.
The Mavericks got within 11 points, but could get no closer as
Dowling advances to the ECC Semifinals.
Tubridy led the Golden Lions with 23 points on 9-of-18 shooting
from the floor. Puwalski added 14 points and was 2-for-2 from
downtown.
Dowling held the edge in rebounding 48 to 44.
The Mavericks will look to build upon this year's success when the
2009-10 season begins.
