Reece Tallies Season-First Double-Double In 62-54 Loss At Georgian Court
November 18, 2009
Reece Tallies Season-First
Double-Double In 62-54 Loss At Georgian Court
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Ashley Borofsky. |
Junior Delmara Reece scores 14 with 12 rebounds in road trip.
Lakewood, N.J. – The Mercy College women’s basketball team saw two Maverick juniors combine for 34 points in their 62-54 close loss to Georgian Court at the Georgian Court Wellness Center on Wednesday night. Ashley Borofsky (Southington, Conn./Norwich Free Academy) posted 17 points, shooting 6-for-12 from the floor and a perfect 4-for-4 at the charity stripe. Classmate Delmara Reece (Yonkers, N.Y./Saunders) tallied 14 points with 12 boards, 10 defensive for her season-first double-double. Both Borofsky and Reece had two swipes against Georgian Court.
At the half, Reece only had two points, both coming off free throws, she was 0-for-3 in shooting. Borofsky had nine points in nine minutes played in the first half.
Maverick sophomore Jasmine Williams (Stratford, Conn./Greens Farms Academy) also had a solid outing for Mercy College with four assists and seven points, shooting 3-for-4 from the floor and 1-for-2 from the free throw line.
With the loss, the Mavericks fall to 0-2 in non-conference action in their young season. Georgian Court University advances to 1-0 on the season.
Georgian Court took a slow lead in the first half, gaining an 11-point lead, 24-13 with 8:27 left in the first period. The Mavericks started slowly chipping away, sparked by a jumper from Williams at 6:54, and topped off with a layup from Borofsky, set up by Reece with just under four minutes left to bring the score to within two, 27-25. Georgian Court extended the lead back to four with a jumper by GCU’s Christina White. White turned the ball over twice in the waning two minutes of the half, and the Mavericks capitalized with a free throw made by rookie Rachel Ferri (Cranston, R.I./Cranston Ward) and a pair added by Borofsky to bring Mercy College within two-points again as time expired in the first period, 27-25.
Georgian Court went on a 12-0, 3:47 run to start the second half, before Ferri broke the momentum with a 3-pointer, passed over from sophomore Ann Butehorn (Farmingdale, N.Y./Jacksonville State).
GCU held a steady lead until just less than nine minutes before the Mavericks started aggressively fighting back. Reece hit a jumper, but missed the point to make the score 47-37. Senior Samantha DeVore (Norwich, Conn./Norwich Free Academy) hit a layup and one to cut the Georgian Court lead to seven, 47-40. Borofsky continued with the run with a jumpshot at 6:43 to shorten the lead further still to five.
Georgian Court got another wind and pushed their lead back to 11 with 3:23 remaining, 58-47. Time ran out on the Mavericks once again slow come back as GCU took the win, 62-54.
Lauren Staats led Georgian Court with 13 points, shooting 4-for-20 from the floor, 3-for-6 from the 3-point arc and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe. White tallied a second-best team high of 12 points.
The Mavericks have almost a full week of rest before they look to rebound off their tough loss with a third-straight road contest at Post University. Mercy College will tip off against Post at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at the Drubner Center in Waterbury, Conn.
