Jan 25, 2009
Women’s Basketball Falls to Pace 70-52 Sunday
NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Merrimack women’s basketball
team was defeated by visiting Pace University 70-52 Sunday
afternoon at the Volpe Gym.
Amanda Shannon (North Andover, MA) led the
Warriors with 15 points and three assists, shooting 5-for-18 from
the field. Casey Miller (Fairbanks, AK) added 11
points on 5-of-10 shooting in 27 minutes off the bench.
The Setters took control early, as Brittany Shields scored her
team’s first 11 points to grab an early 11-3 lead. Pace used
an 11-3 run late in the half and took a 36-22 halftime lead as the
visitors shot 50% from the field. The Warriors, led by seven points
from Miller struggled offensively, shooting 27% overall and 12.5%
from three-point range, and were outscored 18-6 in the paint in the
first half.
Pace used an 11-0 run to grab a 52-30 lead midway through the
second half, capped off with an offensive second opportunity lay-in
from Shiesha McCollum.
Merrimack put together a 12-3 spurt to cut the lead to 13 at 55-42
as Tiffany Colon (Lawrence, MA) scored five
straight. But the Setters went on an 8-1 run to put the game away
led by Kristin Connolly who finished with nine points, nine
rebounds and four assists.
Colon finished with nine points, while Hannah DeGraffinreed
(Raleigh, NC) scored seven points down low and pulled down
nine boards while blocking four shots.
The Warriors forced 18 turnovers and only committed 10, but were
outrebounded 44-29 and outscored 32-12 in the paint.
Three Setters were in double figures, led by 16 from Taylor Losey.
Shields finished with 13 while Brittany Huggins added 12 off the
bench in 17 minutes.
Merrimack (5-13, 4-9 NE-10) heads to UMass Lowell Wednesday for a 7
p.m. battle with River Hawks.
