| Abby Anderson and Scranton rallied to a big road win to open Landmark Conference play on Saturday afternoon. University of Scranton athletics file photo |
No. 19 Scranton came from behind on the road to beat No. 25 Catholic while No. 10 Hardin-Simmons nearly did the same before falling at No. 9 East Texas Baptist on Saturday afternoon.
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In the Landmark Conference opener for both teams, Catholic built a nine-point lead, 50-41, when Amelia Baldo hit a three with 6:10 to play. Scranton held the Cardinals without a field goal for five minutes and rallied to take the lead, 52-51, on two free throws by Bridget Monaghan. Catholic briefly regained the lead on Rachel Bussanich’s layup with 50 seconds left, but Abby Anderson answered with a jumper for the Lady Royals. Catholic missed the shot on its next possession and Monaghan added two more free throws to seal Scranton’s 56-53 win and give Catholic its first loss. Box score
Anderson finished with 20 points and 14 rebounds, the latter a career-high that broke her mark of 13 rebounds while playing at Division I St. Francis (Brooklyn). Scranton (6-1, 1-0) outrebounded Catholic 50-34.
Mallory Stephens’ layup put the Tigers up 52-46 at home with three minutes left in the fourth quarter, but Hardin-Simmons chipped away at the deficit and eventually went in front, 54-53, on a Brittany Schnabel layup with 54 seconds left. East Texas Baptist (6-2, 2-1 ASC) called timeout and Kaia Williams scored to put the Tigers back in front. The Cowgirls (7-1, 2-1 ASC) had three chances to take the lead but missed two shots and then turned the ball over.
Emory turned 17 turnovers by No. 23 Rhodes into 24 points and turned a nine-point deficit entering the fourth quarter into an 80-76 win. Claire Brock scored 24 points for second game in a row for the Eagles (5-3). In a meeting of former CAC rivals, Mary Washington held Marymount to seven points in the fourth quarter and the Eagles pulled out a 54-52 victory. UMW improved to 8-1.
After losing to Bates earlier in the week, No. 4 Bowdoin started fast and cruised to a 65-44 win over Colby. The Polar Bears (8-1) outscored the Mules 38-18 in the first half, with Callie Godfrey getting all of her game-high 14 points before the break.
In early results, two ranked teams rode hot shooting performances to victory. Kennedi Stacey hit six 3-pointers in a 26-point game and No. 18 Transylvania held off Rose Hulman, 67-54. No. 16 Tufts got six 3-pointers from Erin Poindexter McHan and four more from Molly Ryan in a 76-59 road win at Mass.-Dartmouth.
Erin McQuillen scored 27 points for Susquehanna, but Elizabethtown's Summer McNulty had 19 points and help, and the Blue Jays topped the River Hawks, 71-65. Veronica Christ posted 16 points and Jessica King added a double-double (12 points, 13 rebounds) for Elizabethtown (6-1, 1-0 Landmark).
New Jersey City was able to take the court for the first time since its season opening win over St. Elizabeth on November 11, and the Gothic Knights had a similar result. NJCU romped over Rutgers-Camden 70-39 and improved to 2-0 in games played, but with a 1-2 record in conference. The Gothic Knights had several games cancelled due to COVID including two conference games that count as losses in the NJAC standings.