Box Score
Bangor, ME - The Husson University Eagles downed the St.
Joseph's College Monks 92-67 at Husson's Newman
Gymnasium. Husson's Shelby Bradford (Sr., Lee, ME) and
Brianna Hanscom (So., Mattawamkeag, ME) both recorded
double-doubles on the victory. With the win, Husson improves
to 2-5 and St. Joseph's falls to 5-4.
In a back and forth first half with several lead changes,
Husson's Bethany Sevey (Jr., Skowhegan, ME) put the Eagles on the
scoreboard first with a three point shot. Kelli Murray (Fy.,
Shawmut, ME) hit a layup to tie the game at 11 off an assist from
Bradford. St. Joe's Megan McDevit (So, Cumberland, ME) hit
both foul shots to bring St. Joseph's within 6 points of Husson at
29-23. St's Joe's Danyelle Shufelt (Fy., Sutton, VT) hit both
of her foul shots to bring the score to 29-25 with Husson in the
lead. An inside pass to Hanscom put the Eagles up by
three and an immediate steal by Murray led to a Bradford layup to
end the half at 35-30
The second half opened up with a layup by Bradford to make it
37-30 Husson. St. Joe's Meghan Daigle (Sr.,
Grantham, NH) made both foul shots to put the Monks within
five. A jumper from Sevey put Husson up by 13 at 45-32.
St. Joe's Ashley Geel (So., St. George, ME) immediately answered
with an inside layup. A slew of fouls called against Husson
lead to a 73-56 score with St. Joseph's trailing. St. Joe's
Carolyn Freeman (Sr., Scarborough, ME) hit a three pointer to make
the score 77-59 and Shufelt hit another three with 3 minutes left
in the game. The point deficit proved too great for the Monks
to overcome and Husson emerged the winner at 92-67.
Husson's Shelby Bradford tallied 22 points and 14 rebounds on
the win followed by Brianna Hanscom with 14 points and 10
rebounds. Amanda Gifford (So., Lee, ME) followed with 15
points on the victory. St. Joseph's Megan McDevitt collected
17 points and four rebounds followed by Meghan Daigle who recorded
15 points and 4 rebounds.