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Women's Basketball - Sweeney, Majcher Lead Bears Past Mitchell
Allison Majcher had a career-high 12 points in the win over Mitchell.
NEW LONDON, CONN.--(2/15/10)--Senior Carin Sweeney and junior Allison Majcher each had a career-high 12 points leading four Coast Guard players in double figures as the Bears held off cross town rival Mitchell 59-56 in a non-conference game.
Coast Guard (6-16) snapped a four-game losing streak and won the unofficial City of New London championship as the Bears also beat Conn. College 64-47 earlier in the season.
The Bears led by as many as 15 in the second half, 49-34 with 7:29 left before Mitchell used a 16-4 run to cut the deficit 53-50 with 1:22 left. Senior Jennifer Iglesias, who had 23 of her game-high 28 points in the second half, scored 13 of the Mariners final 15 points.
Sweeney made four straight free throws, a pair of free throws with 1:02 left and two more with 35 seconds left for a 57-50 lead.
Iglesias hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left before Coast Guard senior Sabrina Taylor made a pair of free throws with 20 seconds left for a 59-53 lead. Iglesias hit another deep 3-pointer with six seconds left to close the scoring.
Junior Alix O’Neil added seven points and a team-high nine rebounds for Mitchell (10-11), which had its three-game win streak snapped.
Senior Melissa Martinelli added 11 points for Coast Guard while freshman Karli Collins had her second career double-double as she finished with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Senior Leslie Hunt added a career-high eight rebounds while Sweeney also had eight rebounds for the Bears.
The Bears never trailed in the first half and matched their largest lead of eight following a deep 3-point buzzer beater by senior Sabrina Taylor at the end of the first half for a 32-24 lead.
Coast Guard shot 41.1 percent from the floor (23-56) while making two of six from 3-point range.
Mitchell shot 32.8 percent from the field (20-61) and hit eight of 27 from behind the arc (29.6 percent).
