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The University of Maine women’s basketball team picked up another win Tuesday night against Northeastern at the Alfond Arena. The 71-45 win for UMaine was their eighth in row.
The Black Bears were led by senior Monica Peterson, who had 15 points.
“We did a good job of rebounding and pushing the ball,” said senior guard Kim Corbitt. “We got a lot of transition baskets. We executed the offense very well, and we were able to get some scores out of executing.”
Peterson and the Black Bears got off to a good start in the first half. With a five point lead Peterson went to the basket for a lay-up and was fouled. Her free throw gave UMaine a 16-8 lead with 12:07 left in the first half.
The Black Bears increased their lead to as much as 17 with 7:27 left in the half. The Huskies pulled to within nine, but a three-pointer with one second left on the clock by Missy Traversi gave Maine a 35-22 halftime lead.
In the second half, the Black Bears lead did not change much. It was 11 with 6:29 left to play, but a 12-0 run by the Black Bears gave them a 64-41 lead with 2:57 remaining. Ashley Underwood hit a three-pointer with less than a minute to play, and the Black Bears won 71-45.
Underwood scored 11 points for UMaine off the bench, including three three-pointers.
“I thought we played very well when we did go to the bench,” said UMaine coach Sharon Versyp. “We still played good defense, we may not have scored as easily.”
Versyp also said that Peterson played well, once again.
“I thought Monica did an incredible job defensively as well as offensively,” said Versyp. “Monica’s a big key to our success.”
Corbitt hurt her hand in the game, and played most of the game with her hand taped up. After the game she said she was fine.
“It’s her senior year she’s going to play,” said Versyp, “no matter what is wrong with her hand.”
UMaine improved their conference record to 11-2, putting them a game-and-a-half ahead of second-place Hartford. The Black Bears are 15-8 overall. Northeastern fell to 4-9 in the America East and 9-13 overall.
The Black Bears will take their eight-game win streak to Hartford on Saturday. The Hawks beat UMaine earlier in the season by four points in Orono. UMaine’s players say they are excited to go back and play on the court that they won the America East championship on last year.
“We’re excited to go back there,” said Traversi.
“It’s kind of like our home court too,” said Corbitt.
Versyp says that she and her coaching staff are approaching the game as if it were any other game.
“Right now I think our players need to get a lot of rest,” said Versyp. “We know if we want to do what we want to do than we’ve got to go back to Hartford and win some games.”
Saturday’s game is scheduled for 2 p.m. in West Hartford, Conn. It is the site of the America East Championship that takes place in March.
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