Mariners Top Bears in Women’s Hoops Action
NEW LONDON, CONN.--(2/16/09)--Junior Jennifer Iglesias
(Waterbury, Conn.) had 29 points while sophomore
Allison Peck (Colchester, Conn.) added 20 points
and the Mariners hit fourteen 3-pointers leading host Mitchell to
its seventh straight win, a 67-52 victory over Coast Guard in a
non-conference game between the two New London schools.
Peck had six 3-pointers while
Iglesias finished with five treys. The Mariners
shot 43.8 percent from 3-point range (14 for 32) including six of
10 from 3-point range in the second half.
Junior Melissa Martinelli (Vero Beach, Fla.) was
14 for 22 from the floor and had a game-high 33 points and tied her
season-high with 17 rebounds in the loss for Coast Guard (4-19)
which dropped its fourth straight. It was
Martinelli's fourth game with 30 or more points
this season.
The Mariners (13-9) took control of the game scoring seven
straight, the final three on three free throws by freshman Bianca
Young, turning a 40-38 lead into a 47-38 advantage with 10:14 left
in the game.
Mitchell opened up a ten point lead, 36-26 in the first two minutes
of the second half, before the Bears answered with nine straight
making it 36-35 with 15:58 left.
Martinelli single-handedly kept the Bears in the
game in the first half as she accounted for 19 of the team's 21
points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Martinelli was
nine for 14 from the floor in the first 20 minutes while the rest
of the team was one for 15 with the one basket coming from freshman
Maddie Buchert (New Orleans, La.).
Mitchell relied on its 3-point shooting in the first half as the
Mariners knocked down eight of 22 from behind the arc with
Iglesias hitting four trifectas, including three
for the Mariners final nine points of the half, as she finished
with 14 first half points and Mitchell led 26-21 at halftime. The
Mariners had eight trifectas, but were just one for nine from
two-point range and the bigger Bears had 24 rebounds to Mitchell's
12 in the first half.
The Mariners led by as many as eight in the first half as sophomore
Allison Peck hit back-to-back 3-pointers as part
of a 9-0 run which turned a 9-8 deficit into a 17-9 lead with 7:39
left in the half.
Mitchell was 22 for 58 from the field (43.1 percent) while Coast
Guard shot 39.6 percent from the field (21-53) while making just
two of 13 from behind the arc.
The win is the seventh in a row for the Mariners, and they are now 13-9 overall and 11-2 in NECC play. Mitchell returns to action on Tuesday, February 17th when they host Bay Path College at 7:00pm.