Cochran Surpasses 1000 as Huskies Down Plymouth State 74-52

Game Leaders

Plymouth State
Pts: Kellie Walsh - 17
Reb: TEAM - 5
Ast: Kellie Walsh - 4
Southern Maine
Pts: Nicole Garland - 22
Reb: Courtney Cochran - 15
Ast: Haley Jordan - 4

Team Stats

Plymouth State
Southern Maine

Field Goals

(18-53)
(26-69)

Field Goal %

34.0%
37.7%

Rebounds

27
52

Assists

7
19

Turnovers

25
24

Pts off Turnovers

17
27

2nd Chance Pts

6
12

Pts in the Paint

10
30

Fastbreak Pts

0
0

Bench Pts

27
13
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More news about: Southern Maine
Feb 14, 2012
GORHAM, Maine – Senior forward Courtney Cochran (Waite, Maine/Woodland) became the 20th player in program history to score 1000 points in their career with her 12 double-double of the season on 18 points and 16 rebounds to help the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 74-52 win over the Plymouth State University Panthers in a Little East Conference women's basketball game Tuesday night at Hill Gymnasium in Gorham, Maine.

            Southern Maine improves to 19-5 on the season with the win and 10-3 in the Little East Conference.  Plymouth State falls to 5-18 overall and 1-12 in the Little East.

            Cochran now has 1005 career points and 720 rebounds in her career.  Senior forward Nicole Garland (Portland, Maine/Deering) led all scorers with 22 points on an outstanding 6-for-10 mark from three-point range.  Garland added two assists, one block and one steal in 26 minutes of action.  Junior forward Jordan Grant (Concord, N.H.) added 15 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals.

            Junior guard Kellie Walsh (Londonderry, N.H.) paced the Panthers with 17 points off of the bench.  Walsh was 7-for-13 from the floor and 3-for-5 from three-point range.   She added a team-high four assists and three steals.  Senior guard Michaela Galvin (Windham, N.H.) tossed in 12 points.  Junior forward Katie Seraikas (Concord, N.H.) had eight points.

            After a sloppy first half of play the Huskies lead the Panthers 39-32 at the half.  Cochran finished the first half with 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Garland knocked down 4-of-8 from long range for 12 points. 

            Southern Maine quickly took control scoring the first 10 points of the second half.  Junior forward Haley Jordan (Falmouth, Maine) scored the first bucket of the second stanza on a driving layup, and Garland drained a three after steal from senior guard Renee Nicholas (Sebago, Maine/Lake Region) and an assist from Jordan.  Cochran completed a feed from Nicholas in the paint and Garland capped the run with her sixth three-pointer of the game for a 49-32 USM lead with 17:33 to play. 

            The Panthers countered with a 7-0 run, including five straight point from Walsh, to trail the Huskies 49-39 with 14:23 to play, but it was as close as Plymouth State would get the rest of the way.  After the PSU push, the Huskies went on a 12-2 run over the next four and a half minutes to lead by 20, 61-41, with 9:58 to play.  Grant scored eight of her 15 points in the run, while Garland added four more.  From there, the Huskies led by as many as 23 points to roll for the 74-52 win.

            Southern Maine travels to UMass Dartmouth on Saturday (1:00 p.m.).  Plymouth State travels to Western Connecticut on Saturday (1:00 p.m.)    

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