Jan 22, 2015
WATERVILLE, Maine --- Brooke Chandor finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds and MaryKate Caverly hit clutch free throws in the final minute to help the Colby College women's basketball team to a 56-45 win over University of New England on Thursday night at Wadsworth Gymnasium.
The Mules moved to 12-4 overall heading into Saturday's 3 p.m. league game at Bowdoin College. Colby picked up its biggest non-conference victory of the season as the Nor'easters fell to 12-3 overall. UNE was the second team receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com national poll and had earned wins this year against Bowdoin and University of Southern Maine.
Both teams put on a great defense and rebounding show. The Mules shot just 27.8 percent (15-for-54) from the field, but still won by 11 points. The Nor'easters shot 30.9 percent (17-for-55). Both teams had 40 rebounds.
The difference for the Mules was a 17-for-18 effort from the foul line, while UNE was 9-for-15. Colby also hit nine 3-point shots in 35 attempts and the Nor'easters were 2-for-12.
Carylanne Wolfington had 10 points, eight rebounds, and three steals for the Mules. Caverly was 8-for-8 from the free-throw line on the way to 10 points and added a game-high six assists. Caitlyn Nolan finished with nine points and four assists, Mia Diplock had seven points and five boards, and Lauren Barnhart had two 3-point shots for six points.
Alanna Vose and Kelly Coleman were scoring a combined 28.2 points coming into the contest, but the Mules held the duo to just 13 points and 3-for-20 shooting from the field. Meghan Gribbin led the Nor'easters with nine points, six rebounds, and three assists. Coleman added nine points and nine rebounds, Lauren Hayden had seven points and seven boards, and Vose had nine defensive rebounds.
Colby took a 23-20 lead into halftime, but started the second half slowly and UNE went up by six points at 31-25 with 13:06 to go in the game. The Mules turned the momentum with back-to-back 3-pointers from Diplock and Chandor to tie the game at 31-31 with 12:32 to go.
UNE's last lead was at 34-33 with 10:50 to play. Caitlyn Nolan scored on a layup to put Colby up for good and then the Mules caught a break on a UNE foul and then a technical foul on the bench. Kate Parsons hit two free throws after being fouled and Caverly nailed the two for the technical and suddenly the Mules led 39-34 with 8:36 to go.
Colby still led 42-37 when neither team managed a point for about 2:30. Nolan hit a big 3-point shot to put the Mules up eight at 45-37 with 3:04 to go. The Mules went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line, including 6-of-6 from Caverly, to push the lead to double digits in the final minute.
COLBY 56, U. NEW ENGLAND 45
U. NEW ENGLAND (12-3)
Meghan Gribbin 4-9 0-1 9; Kelly Coleman 2-11 5-6 9; Lauren Hayden 2-10 3-6
7; Alicia Brown 3-4 0-0 6; Brooke Flaherty 3-5 0-0 6; Alanna Vose 1-9 1-2 4;
Sam MacDonald 2-5 0-0 4; Michaela Flanagan 0-2 0-0 0; Sadie DiPierro 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 17-55 9-15 45.
COLBY (12-4)
Brooke Chandor 4-8 2-2 12; MaryKate Caverly 1-6 8-8 10; Carylanne Wolfington
3-11 2-2 10; Caitlyn Nolan 3-12 1-2 9; Mia Diplock 2-12 2-2 7; Lauren
Barnhart 2-5 0-0 6; Kate Parsons 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 15-54 17-18 56.
U. New England................ 20 25 - 45
Colby......................... 23 33 - 56
3-point goals--U. New England 2-12 (Meghan Gribbin 1-3; Alanna Vose 1-6;
Lauren Hayden 0-2; Michaela Flanagan 0-1), Colby 9-35 (Carylanne Wolfington
2-9; Lauren Barnhart 2-3; Brooke Chandor 2-6; Caitlyn Nolan 2-7; Mia Diplock
1-7; MaryKate Caverly 0-3). Fouled out--U. New England-None, Colby-None.
Rebounds--U. New England 40 (Alanna Vose 9; Kelly Coleman 9), Colby 40
(Brooke Chandor 11). Assists--U. New England 11 (Meghan Gribbin 3; Sam
MacDonald 3), Colby 13 (MaryKate Caverly 6). Total fouls--U. New England 15,
Colby 16. Technical fouls--U. New England-TEAM, Colby-None. A-190