Jan. 31, 2011
Box Score
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Marist women's basketball team allowed a season-low 30 points and just 13 in the second half as the Red Foxes posted a 60-30 win over the Siena Saints in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) contest at the McCann Center Monday night. The win marks the 15th time that a Kate Oliver (Sydney, Australia) posted her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds to lead the team in both categories.
As a team, Marist (19-2, 10-0 MAAC) held Siena (8-12, 6-4 MAAC) to 23.6 percent shooting for the game and just 15.6 percent (5-for-32 in the second half). Conversely, the Red Foxes netted 25 of 55 field goals and shot an even 50 percent (13-for-26) from the floor in the second stanza.
The Saints jumped out to a 9-4 lead in the early going as Cathy Cockrum scored the first five Siena points and Serena Moore added the next four. The Red Foxes responded with a 14-2 run over a span of 7:41 to take an 18-11 lead, on they would never give up. Freshman Maria Laterza (Brooklyn, N.Y.) followed with a put-back on an Ockenden miss, while Corielle Yarde (Reading, Pa.) and Oliver combined for the final seven points of the spurt.
Marist pushed the lead to 12, 27-15, after an Élise Caron (Quebec, Canada) three-point play with 34 seconds to play in the half. Kanika Cummings hit a jumper in the final five seconds to make the halftime score 27-17.
A 19-0 run over a span of 4:55 for the Red Foxes put the game out of reach. When the run was at its largest, Marist led by 28, 49-21. Oliver scored the first four points of the run and freshman Emma O'Connor (Lynbrook, N.Y.) followed with the next five. The spurt was capped by back-to-back Ockenden triples. The Red Foxes held the Saints without a field goal for 8:21 and baskets by Missy Ramsey and Cockrum bookended the Red Foxes' run.
Marist won the battle of the boards 41-32 and moved to 15-0 on the season when it outrebounds the opponent. The Red Foxes amassed nine assists, eight steals and seven blocks, one shy of equaling a season-high.
Individually, Oliver had three blocks and shot 4-for-9 from the field. Yarde matched Oliver's shooting performance with an identical 4-for-9 performance. She scored nine points in total. Ockenden and junior Kristine Best (Commack, N.Y.) each had two assists. Ockenden shot 3-for-3 from behind the arc en route to a nine-point night. Defensively, Caron had three steals or more for the fourth time this season.
Marist returns to action on Friday, Feb. 4 when it hosts the Niagara Purple Eagles on Pack The House Night at the McCann Center. The Red Foxes will attempt to continue their string of three consecutive sell outs on the promotional night. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.
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Notes: Oliver turned in her first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds... The 23.6 percent shooting was the second lowest total of the season by one-tenth of a percent. Saint Peter's shot 23.5 percent on Jan. 8... Ockenden has hit 34 field goals this season, 24 have been three pointers... Marist scored 32 points in the paint, Siena scored 30 points in the game. It marks the second straight contest where the Red Foxes scored more points in the paint than the opposition did in the game... The Marist bench scored 31 points... The win coupled with a Duke loss makes Marist's 15-game winning streak the second longest in the country behind Baylor. The Bears have won 16 straight... Marist has won the last 13 meetings between the Red Foxes and Saints and the last six played in Poughkeepsie... Giorgis is 13-8 all-time against Siena.
