FINAL SCORE: #1 Concordia College Alabama Hornets (73), #5 University of Maine Fort Kent Bengals (57)
March 4, 2016
FINAL SCORE: #1 Concordia College Alabama Hornets (73), #5 University of Maine Fort Kent Bengals (57)
RECORDS: Concordia (23-3); Maine Fort Kent (20-6)
LOCATION: Penn State Fayette Main Arena, Uniontown, PA
IN BRIEF: The number one seed Concordia College Alabama Hornets defeated #5 Maine Fort Kent 73-57 to advance to the USCAA Women's Division I Final. Erica Ousley led all scorers with 31 points to lead the Hornets to the championship round, while Shuntavia Harris added 11 and Ashley Henley contributed 10 points.
ON THE COURT
- Concordia jumped out to an early 12-4 lead to start the game following an and-one conversion by Erica Ousley at the 6:05 mark.
- Over the next two minutes, Maine Fort Kent went on a 6-2 run to make it 14-10 with 4:01 to play in the quarter.
- The Hornets established their first double-digit lead of the contest with 13 seconds left in the first quarter with an Ousley layup, making the score 22-12.
- Concordia pushed its lead to 32-16 at the 6:26 mark in the second quarter after two straight Ousely three-pointers.
- Then, the Bengals roared back with a 13-2 run over the next five minutes to make the score 34-29 with 1:42 left in the quarter. It would be the closest they would come to the Hornets the rest of the game.
- Following a pair of Ousley baskets, Concordia took a 38-29 lead into half.
- Coming out of the break, Concordia layups by Lashanique Youngblood and Rayshell Harris made it 42-29 and reestablished a double-digit lead for the Hornets that they would not relinquish.
- Concordia would push its lead to as much as 18 in the fourth quarter, and would go on to win the game by a 73-57 margin.
BEHIND THE BOXSCORE
- Concordia's Erica Ousley led all scorers with 31 points off 11 of 22 shooting and 6 of 7 from the charity stripe. Shuntavia Harris recorded 11 points and 9 rebounds on the day, while Ashley Henley also reached double-digits scoring with 10 points.
- The Bengals were led by Danielle Carrillo, who scored 17 points, followed by Ericak Saucier's 16, Samantha Carapellucci's 14, and Romanalyn Inocencio's 10 points.
- Concordia recorded 15 points of 12 Fort Kent turnovers.
- The Fort Kent starting five played all 40 minutes.
NEXT UP
The top-seeded Hornets will face the winner of #6 Rochester and #2 Iowa Wesleyan in the Championship game Saturday at 12:30pm in Main Arena.