Jan. 22, 2011

Box Score

RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Junior forward Brandy Gang (Hartville, Ohio) of the Marist women's basketball team tied a career-high with 19 points as the Red Foxes defeated the Manhattan Lady Jaspers 75-52 in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game at Draddy Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Gang shot 8-for-10 from the field and 3-for-4 from distance. With the win, the Red Foxes prevailed for the 12th straight time, which ties the fifth longest winning streak in program history.

Gang scored 17 of her 19 points in the first half as she shot 7-for-8 from the field and hit all three of her tries from beyond the arc. Junior guard Erica Allenspach (Miamisburg, Ohio) added 14 points and nailed five of her nine field goal attempts. She also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, including four on the offensive end.

After Abby Wentworth hit a three to open the scoring for Manhattan, the Red Foxes with a 10-0 run over the next 3:05 to take a 10-3 lead. During the run Marist used three Gang layups, a triple by Allenspach. Sophomore Kate Oliver (Sydney, Australia) also split a pair of foul shots.

The Lady Jaspers got as close as four, 10-6, on a Monica Roeder three-pointer with 14:22 to play. The Red Foxes responded by pushing the lead to double figures on a brief 8-0 run fueled by a Kristine Best (Commack, N.Y.) layup and back-to-back threes from Allenspach and Kelsey Beynnon (Burlington, Vt.). Beynnon scored her five first half points in succession.

Marist grew its first half lead to as many as 19 on two instances in the final 1:21 of the stanza. Roeder hit a jumper with five seconds left in the period to make the halftime score 38-21. In the stanza, Marist shot 53.8 percent (14-for-26) from the field.

Over the first 3:10 of the second half the Red Foxes used a 9-0 to push the lead to 26 points, 47-21. Gang scored her final basket of the game to start the period. Allenspach followed with a layup of her own and Yarde scored the final five points of the spurt with a triple and layup.

The Red Foxes pushed the lead to as many as 31 on three occasions. Layups by Yarde, Emma O'Connor (Lynbrook, N.Y.) at the 6:57, 5:47 and 4:20 marks respectively.

Marist shot 48.3 percent (29-for-60) from the field in the game and the Red Foxes scored 28 points in the paint to the Lady Jaspers' eight. Marist held a 41-31 edge on the boards and totaled 18 assists against just seven turnovers.

The Red Foxes will return home to the McCann Center on Monday, Jan. 24 when they host the Loyola Greyhounds at 7:30 p.m.

For ticket information call the Marist ticket office at 845-575-3553 or visit http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/tickets/mari-tickets-w-baskbl.html.

Notes: Gang tied a career-high with 19 points, 17 of which came in the first half... It is the second time this year she has totaled 19 points... It is the third time this season the Red Foxes hit 11 three-pointers in a game and second time in as many outings... Allenspach grabbed nine rebounds which tied a career-high... Caron totaled a career-high nine assists, which beat her previous career-high of seven... Marist trails the all-time series with Manhattan 20-18... The Red Foxes have won 15 of the last 16 meetings between Marist and Manhattan... Marist is 7-11 against Manhattan when the Red Foxes are the road team... The Red Foxes are 7-0 in road games this year and finished its four-game MAAC road trip with a perfect 4-0 record.