December 5, 2007

STANDISH, ME - The Saint Joseph's College Women's Basketball team hosted in-state rival Thomas College on Wednesday evening and was edged by a five point margin, 64-59. SO Allison Miner (Pembroke, NH) had her best game of the season with 9 rebounds and a season-high 15 points. The Terriers were led by JR Amy Miles (Waldo, ME) and FY Cortney Barrett (Monmouth, ME) with 17 point apiece.

St. Joe's drops to 4-3 on the young season and Thomas College improves to 3-2 with the victory.

St. Joe's fell behind 15-8 with nine minutes remaining in the first half after forward Cortney Barrett hit jumpers on consecutive Terrier possessions. The five minutes that followed was all St. Joe's, as they went on a 14-3 run to take the lead 22-18 with 3:39 left in the half. FY Erin Cartwright (Acton, MA) sparked the run, grabbing 2 steals and a rebound on defense. Cartwright also dealt 2 assists and hit a jumpshot in the SJC run. SR Marie Lint (Orono, ME) provided some offensive punch off the bench, as she nailed two jump shots during the five minute span.

Saint Joseph's College led the Terriers of Thomas College, 29-28, going into halftime.

The St. Joe's women extended their lead to six points when Marie Lint hit a jump shot to put her team ahead, 42-36, four minutes into the second half. The Terriers turned up the heat on SJC and went on a 16-4 run to take the lead, 52-46, with eight minutes left in the game. The Terriers "D" grabbed four steals and FY Cortney Barrett scored 6 points off two jumpshots and 2 free throws to help stake her team's advantage.

Erin Cartwright and Allison Miner led the way as St. Joe's rattled off eight unanswered points to regain the lead, 54-52, with 5:44 remaining. Thomas fought back to take the lead, 64-55, with a 12-1 offensive outburst highlighted by the Terriers making 6 of 8 free throw attempts. St. Joe's ran out of time on their comeback bid, losing by a final score of 64-59.

St. Joe's Erin Cartwright displayed a solid effort in the loss and scored 9 points while grabbing 8 boards and 3 steals. Marie Lint played well off the bench and scored 8 points and SO Carolyn Freeman (Scarborough, ME) racked up 10 rebounds in the game for Saint Joseph's College.

Terrier's guard Mallorie Blakney scored 13 points with 6 rebounds and 5 steals in the Thomas victory.

St. Joe's will host Maine-Maritime on Sunday, 12/9 @ 2:00 PM.