Fast Start Shoots UNE Over Women's Basketball

BIDDEFORD, Maine – Sophomore Maddy Foster (Lewiston, Maine) of the Wentworth Institute of Technology women's basketball team led all point-getters with 20 points in a 72-54 battle against the Nor'Easters of the University of New England in a Commonwealth Coast Conference showdown Wednesday night.

RECORDS:

• Wentworth: 4-16 (0-13 CCC)
• University of New England: 14-6 (10-3 CCC)

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

WENTWORTH LEADING SCORERS: Maddy Foster, 20; Abriana Busbey, 12; Brianna Carroll; 8
WENTWORTH LEADING REBOUNDERS: Foster, 9; Gabby Amoddio, 7; Busbey, 5
WENTWORTH ASSIST LEADERS:  Busbey, Amoddio, 3

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• UNE started the night by scoring eight points unanswered, taking an 8-0 lead just over three minutes into the first quarter. A bucket by senior Abriana Busbey (Palmer, Alaska) cut the deficit to 8-2. After a three-point play by junior Juliana Tracey (Quincy, Mass.), Busbey notched a three-point play of her own and followed it up with another two points to mark the score at 11-7. After a three by freshman Grace Boucher (Wells, Maine) put the hosts ahead 14-7, sophomore Maddy Foster (Lewiston, Maine) scored her first points of the net to make the score 14-9. The Nor'Easters scored the last four points of the quarter, giving themselves an 18-9 lead after the first.
• After the two teams traded baskets to start the second quarter with a 20-11 score, graduate student Keagan Dunbar (Middlebury, Vt.) drained a three and sank a free throw to extend UNE's lead to 24-11. After junior Nattaly David (Hyde Park, Mass.) sank two free throws, UNE went on an 11-0 run that was ignited by three three-pointers by Tracey, posting a 35-13 score. Foster sank a layup and sophomore Brianna Carroll (Douglas, Mass.) drained a three to cut the Leopards' deficit to 35-18 at the half.
• UNE scored the initial two baskets of the third quarter to go ahead 39-18 before Foster drained a free throw. After a Dunbar bucket, Foster made another layup to bring the score to 41-21. Tracey drained another three to put the Nor'Easters ahead 44-21 just before the Leopards got five free throw makes from the duo of Busbey (3) and Foster (2), marking a 44-26 score. Junior Faye Veilleux (Wrentham, Mass.) scored four more points for the hosts before sophomore Brooke Carlson (Contoocook, N.H.) made a layup, bringing the score to 48-28. UNE then went on a 13-5 run, sparked by threes from Boucher and freshman Nora Barmashi (Bourne, Mass.), to bring the score to 61-33, before layups from Foster and sophomore Gabby Amoddio (Wethersfield, Conn.) cut the Leopards' deficit to 61-37 after three quarters of action.
• Barmashi kicked off the scoring in the final frame with two points before four points split between Carlson and Amoddio, bringing the score to 63-41. A Dunbar three teed up seven-straight points for the Nor'Easters before a Carroll three slowed their roll at 70-44. After another two from Tracey, the Leopards ended the game scoring ten-straight points, with six from Foster, to mark a 72-54 final score.

SERIES NOTES:

• The Nor'Easters lead the all-time series, 41-2, as tonight marked the 43^rd meeting between the two teams.

NEXT UP:

• The Leopards host Endicott on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

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