Jan. 16, 2011
Box Score
NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - Twelve of 14 players scored points as the Marist women's basketball team defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles 95-48 in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game on Sunday afternoon at the `Taps' Gallagher Center. The 95 points was the most since the Red Foxes scored 98 points against Niagara on Jan. 9, 2009. Freshman guard Leanne Ockenden (Syracuse, N.Y.) netted a career-high 11 points on 4-for-5 shooting and 3-for-3 from long distance.
Ockenden was one of four Red Foxes who posted double figures. She also set career-highs in assists with three and field goals with four. Ockenden was joined in double figures by a game-high 14 points from senior guard Erica Allenspach (Miamisburg, Ohio), junior Kate Oliver (Sydney, Australia) added 10.
The Red Foxes opened the game on a 13-0 run over the first 4:18. The stretch was sparked by an Allenspach layup while three other starters etched their names in the box score. Oliver hit a pair of layups, Brandy Gang (Hartville, Ohio) sank a pair of free throws and Yarde scored five of her 13 first half points during the run. With her 2-for-2 mark at the line, Gang has sunk her last 28 free throw attempts dating back to Nov. 20. She is 38-for-40 from the charity stripe on the year.
Liz Flooks stopped the Marist (15-2, 6-0 MAAC) run and hit a jumper for the Purple Eagles to make the score 13-2, but Niagara never got the deficit to single digits for the remainder of the contest.
Marist stretched the lead to 20 points, 37-17, with 4:33 to go in the first half on a layup by Élise Caron (Quebec, Canada), and scored five of the final six points of the stanza to take a 24-point advantage into the locker room. Freshman Emma O'Connor (Lynbrook, N.Y.) completed a conventional three-point play in the final minute and senior Maria Laterza (Brooklyn, N.Y.) hit a layup with 17 seconds remaining. The halftime score was 47-23.
In the first half the Red Foxes forced 12 Niagara turnovers, including seven in the first 4:52 of the matchup. Marist shot 53.1 percent (17-for-32) from the field in the period and 5-for-10 from three point range. Yarde scored all 13 of her points during the first half.
A 10-0 run over a span of 3:35 gave Marist a 36-point lead, capped by an Emily Stallings (Newburgh, N.Y.) jumper at the 12:50 mark. The Red Foxes took their largest lead of the season, a 57-point margin, 95-38, on a Casey Dulin (Milford, Conn.) layup with 3:53 remaining. Dulin scored six points in the game behind two field goals and a pair of free throws. She added two assists, three steals and tied a career-high five rebounds.
In the game, Marist attempted 17 more shots than Niagara. The Red Foxes took 63 shots while Niagara (1-16, 0-6 MAAC) only attempted 46 field goals. Marist assisted on 20 of its 34 field goals. It outrebounded Niagara 34-25.
The Red Foxes committed a season-low five turnovers and tied a season-high with 11 three-point field goals made. Marist shot 16-for-17 from the free throw line on Sunday and totaled 30-for-32 against Canisius and Niagara this weekend.
Marist will conclude a four-game road trip at Manhattan on Saturday, Jan. 22. Tip-off at Draddy Gymnasium is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Red Foxes are 6-0 on the road this year.
Notes: Ockenden set career-highs in three categories: points (11), assists (three) and field goals (four)... Stallings matched a season-high in points with seven... Four players reached double figures for the third time this year... Marist is 3-0 in those games... The 95 points was the Red Foxes' most since Jan. 9, 2009 when they scored 98 against Niagara... The 47-point victory was Marist's largest margin of the season... The Red Foxes have won their six MAAC games by an average of 25.1 points per game... Marist scored 48 points in the second half. Niagara scored 48 points in the game... The Red Foxes grew the lead as large as 57, their largest advantage of the season... The previous mark was 42 against Saint Peter's on Jan. 8... Marist leads the all-time series with Niagara 16-11... The Red Foxes have defeated the Purple Eagles in 13 of the last 14 matchups... Marist is 6-8 against Niagara when the Red Foxes are the road team... The Red Foxes are 6-0 in road games this year... Marist shot 30-for-32 from the free throw line in the two games this weekend.
