Home  Basketball (W) Women's Basketball - Martinelli, Moyer Combine for 62 in 2 OT Win
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Women's Basketball - Martinelli, Moyer Combine for 62 in 2 OT Win |
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 Melissa Martinelli had a career-high 32 points in the win. (photo by Jeff Bartlett).
Coast Guard improves to 13-2 overall and remains unbeaten at 6-0 and in first place in the conference.
Clark's Sarah Roderigue scored a season-high 28 points in the loss. Sara Hagstrom added 11 points with six assists for the Cougars.
The opening of the game was tightly played as neither team could get a lead larger than five points in the first ten minutes. Coast Guard took an early 6-3 lead on a lay-up from Moyer, but consecutive three-point baskets from Roderigue and Hagstrom gave the Cougars a three point advantage, their only lead in the half. Coast Guard slowly worked its way to a 13 point edge capped by a jumper from Martinelli, but two baskets from Roderigue moved Clark within single digits (36-27) at the half.
Martinelli opened the second period with a lay-up for the Bears, but Clark stormed back with 13 unanswered points to take the 40-38 lead, capped by a three-pointer from Nicole LeVecque. The Cougars gained a seven point lead (51-44) with back-to-back threes from Katie McCloskey and Hagstrom, but Coast Guard surged back to tie the game at 62 all when Corinne McCormack worked her way inside for the lay-up with 6.5 seconds left.
In the first overtime Martinelli notched eight points to pace the Bears. A clutch three from Kristin Healy kept Clark on par and a pair of free throws from Roderigue with 20 seconds left knotted the score at 72 and extended the game with a second extra period.
Martinelli and Moyer teamed up for five unanswered points to start the second overtime, and Clark was unable to keep pace. Coast Guard closed out the game with free throws to finalize the bout at 86-76.
The Cougars made 13 three-point baskets in the game, going 9-16 in the second half. Coast Guard ruled the paint with 34 points inside to Clark’s six.
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