Jan. 28, 2011
Box Score
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - The Marist women's basketball team won its 14th straight game on Friday and improved to 8-0 in road games as it defeated the Rider Broncs 70-41 in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) contest on Friday night. The Red Foxes outscored the Broncs 41-23 in the second half, an advantage that was keyed by a 22-3 run. Junior guard Maria Laterza (Brooklyn, N.Y.) added a career-high 11.
Laterza posted double figures in the scoring column for the first time in her career. She shot 5-for-7 from the field and grabbed five rebounds. Yarde made six of 11 field goals. She had five rebounds, three assists, a block and two steals.
After Alyssa Parsons opened the game with a three pointer, Marist responded with a 15-1 run over the next 6:54 to open up a 15-4 lead with 12:20 to go in the stanza. Junior Élise Caron (Quebec, Canada) hit triples during the run and sophomore Kate Oliver (Sydney, Australia) went 4-for-4 from the line during the spurt. Caron finished the game with eight points and Gang finished with seven points, three assists and three steals.
Rider used a 6-0 run to get as close as two, 19-17, with 4:19 to play in the half, but the Red Foxes scored 10 of the final 11 points of the half to take a 29-18 point lead into the locker room. Yarde hit a runner in the lane as time expired in the period.
The Broncs scored the first five points of the second half before the Red Foxes sparked a 22-3 run to gain a 24-point advantage, 55-31. During the run, Marist got six points from Yarde, five from freshman Emma O'Connor (Lynbrook, N.Y.), four from classmate Casey Dulin (Milford, Conn.) and two from Allenspach.
Marist grew the lead to as many as 33 points with 2:12 to play after junior Emily Stallings (Newburgh, N.Y.) sank a pair of foul shots. The score after the free throws was 68-35.
The Red Foxes shot 44.3 percent from the field in the game and had 16 assists against nine turnovers. Marist also amassed season-high 15 steals. Junior guard Kristine Best (Commack, N.Y.), Dulin and Gang each amassed three steals each. Best finished with four assists and no turnovers.
Marist outscored Rider in the paint 44-14 and scored 32 points off 28 Broncs' turnovers. The Red Foxes' reserves outscored their counterparts from Rider 32-12. Rider was led by Parsons who scored nine points and Sarah Homan snatched a game-high eight rebounds. The Broncs fell to 2-18 overall and 2-6 in the MAAC.
Marist returns to the McCann Center on Monday, Jan. 31 when it hosts the Siena Saints in a MAAC contest. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.
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Notes: Laterza's 11 points was a career-high and marked the first time she reached double figures in her career... Allenspach moved into seventh place on the all-time scoring list with 1,221 points. She passed Marie Fusci who had 1,219 points... The Red Foxes scored more points in the paint (44) than the Broncs did in the game (41)... Marist's starting five shot 10-for-11 from the free throw line in the game... As a team Marist was 13-for-16... Dulin matched a career-high with eight points... The Red Foxes compiled a season-high 15 steals... Friday marked the sixth game this season Marist had single-digit turnovers. The Red Foxes finished the game with nine giveaways... The 14-game win streak matches the longest stretch from the 2008-09 season... Marist improved to 31-13 against Rider all-time... The Red Foxes have won the last 16 meetings... Marist is 13-7 all-time at Rider and on a seven-game win streak.
