Nov. 12, 2010
Box Score
MANHATTAN, KAN. - The Marist women's basketball team lost its season-opener to 14/16 St. John's on Friday afternoon at the Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic at Kansas State University's Bramlage Coliseum. Senior Erica Allenspach (Miamisburg, Ohio) led the Red Foxes with 10 points, while sophomore Kate Oliver (Sydney, Australia) grabbed seven rebounds to lead Marist. She scored nine points.
St. John's (1-0) was led by Da'Shena Stevens who notched a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds. Shenneika Smith added 12 points, while Centhya Hart grabbed 13 boards.
After a Red Storm 7-0 run opened the game in the first 1:20, junior Emma O'Connor (Lynbrook, N.Y.) hit a jump shot in the paint, to make the score 12-11 in favor of St. John's.
Following a Hart jumper with 8:49 to play in the period, Oliver hit a layup for Marist to make the score 14-13 in favor of the Red Storm. During the stretch, the Red Foxes' defense held St. John's without a field goal for 7:40. Despite the dry spell for the Red Storm, they took a nine-point lead into the break. The score was 27-18.
Marist surged to start the second half and got the margin as close as three at 27-24. The Red Foxes used a 6-0 run over 1:23 to open the frame. Yarde hit a layup to start the run and Oliver and senior guard Elise Caron (Quebec, Canada) each hit two free throws a piece.
Stevens responded with a layup and a pair of free throws to take the St. John's advantage to 41-28 with 12:44 remaining in the game. Following a Yarde three-pointer for the Red Foxes, Stevens hit a layup to take the lead back to 12 with 11:35 to play.
St. John's held its largest lead, 14 points, on two occasions in the final 10 minutes of the contest. At the 7:34 mark, Stevens hit a jumper to make the score 51-37. However, the Red Foxes would not go down quietly.
Marist cut the St. John's lead to as little as five points with 5:07 to play after a Caron layup made the score 51-46. During the 9-0 run Allenspach, freshman Casey Dulin (Milford, Conn.), Oliver and the aforementioned Caron all made baskets. The Red Foxes could not come closer than five in the final minutes of the game.
In the contest, St. John's held a 51-34 edge on the glass and grabbed 35 defensive rebounds in the game. Offensively, the Marist benched outscored its counterparts from St. John's 13-10, while the Red Foxes committed 10 turnovers to the Red Storm gave the ball away 19 times.
Of Marist's nine assists in the game, Caron had five and committed no turnovers.
The Red Foxes will play in the consolation game of the Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic on Saturday, Nov. 13. Marist will take on Grambling (0-1) who lost to Kansas State 67-44 in the first game of the tournament.
Notes: Allenspach is 42 points from 1,000... Giorgis is six wins from 200... Caron totaled five assists against zero turnovers in the game... Oliver sets career-high in rebounds with seven... The Red Foxes are 1-2 all-time vs. St. John's... Marist moves to 9-21 in season-openers all-time ... The loss snaps a two-game win streak in season-openers... The Red Foxes fell to 3-6 in openers under Giorgis... Marist moves to 0-13 all-time against nationally-ranked teams during regular season games.
