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The University of Maine women’s basketball team defeated Northeastern 72-55 in Boston Massachusetts on Wednesday night in an America East match-up. Junior guard Melissa Heon had 18 in 37 minutes to lead the Black Bears while senior forward Heather Ernest had 17 points and nine rebounds. Maine remains undefeated in its conference and has won 23 consecutive regular season conference games.
The Black Bears led at half-time 38-26. To start off the game Maine took a 14-0 lead. Northeastern did not get a basket until nearly six minutes had gone by in the first half. It was Maine’s fast start that did in the Huskies. The lead would prove to be too much for them to overcome. At one point the Black Bears had a lead of 19 points, 25-6, which was their largest lead of the half. The Huskies went on a 10-2 run at one point in the first half. They were able to cut the Maine lead to 12 by the break.
Early on in the second half the Huskies cut Maine’s lead to nine on a three-pointer by Melissa Kowalski. It was 38-29. Senior forward Julie Veilleux had 12 points on the game and helped the Black Bears down the stretch by hitting seven of her eight free throws. She was the third Black Bear to score in double figures during the night. At one point in the second half Maine’s lead grew to 20 points. With 3:35 to play in the game a Missy Traversi lay-up made the score 63-43. Maine would go on for the 72-55 win on the road.
The game for Maine improved their record overall to 12-5 and 7-0 in conference play. With the loss the Huskies fell to 9-7 overall and 3-4 against conference opponents.
The Black Bears will face Stony Brook on Sunday, Feb. 1. The game will start at 1:00 p.m. at Alfond Arena in Orono. Stony Brook is 1-6 and near the bottom of the America East, while Maine sits on top with their 7-0 conference record.
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