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Women's Basketball - Bears Fall to Trinity in Season Opener |
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 Melissa Martinelli led the Bears with 20 points and seven rebounds.
The Bears jumped out to an 8-2 lead with 16:35 left in the first half as juniors Leslie Hunt and Sabrina Taylor each connected on 3-pointers.
Trinity then scored eight straight and took the lead 10-8 on a basket by junior Claire Arnstein with 14:08 left.
The Bantams, who improve to 2-0 on the season, led 12-11 with 9:39 left before scoring 16 straight for a 28-11 lead with 5:20 left in half.
Coast Guard scored 12 of the final 16 points in the first half to pull to within 32-23 at halftime.
The first seven minutes of the half saw just six points, all by Coast Guard, as the Bears pulled to within 32-29 following a pair of free throws from junior Melissa Martinelli with 13:02 left in the game.
Trinity answered with six straight points as junior Jessica Sims scored Trinity’s first two points of the second half on a pair of free throws with 12:34 left before freshman Michelle Royals, who had a career-high 11 points, scored back-to-back buckets giving the Bantams a 38-29 lead with 11:06 remaining.
Coast Guard (0-1) behind the play of Martinelli, who had 15 of her game-high 20 points in the second half, pulled to within three at 42-39 with 5:44 left on a Martinelli basket before Trinity used an 8-2 run taking a 50-41 lead with 3:05 to go.
Freshman Kaitlin Ciarleglio had a career-high 14 points to lead Trinity while Sims led the Bantams with six rebounds.
Sophomore Jennifer Tamminen added nine points for Coast Guard while senior Chanel Lee and Martinelli led the Bears with seven rebounds each.
Trinity shot 36.1 percent (22-61) from the field while connecting on three of nine from 3-point range while Coast Guard shot 32.5 percent from the floor (13-40) and hit three of eight from behind the arc.
Coast Guard turned the ball over 28 times, 16 in the second half.
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