Box Score Galvin tops Panthers on Senior Day
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Freshman center Kristen
Morrison posted an impressive double-double with 22 points and 16
rebounds Saturday afternoon as the University of Massachusetts
Boston outlasted Plymouth State University in overtime, 75-69, in a
Little East Conference women's basketball contest at Foley Gym.
Freshman guard Lauren Perra led all scorers with 23 points for the
Beacons, including nine in overtime, and junior Teresa Pina added
10 points. UMB stopped a six-game losing streak and moved to
6-16 overall and 3-9 in conference play.
Senior Michaela
Galvin topped the Panthers with 18 points and seven
rebounds, converting 3-of-5 from three-point range. Junior
Kellie
Walsh added 11 points but the Panthers slipped to 5-17
overall and 1-11 in LEC games.
The Panthers battled from behind early after falling behind 10-0 in
the first five minutes, answering with a 10-0 run of their
own. UMB regained the lead on five unanswered points from
Perra and went on to a 32-23 lead at halftime.
The Beacons maintained their nine-point margin early in the second
half until PSU went on another 10-point burst, capped by a Galvin
three-pointer, that gave the Panthers a 41-40 lead. It stayed
a one or two-possession game until PSU pulled ahead by seven
points, 58-51, with 4:40 to play, but Morrison and junior Elisa
Ogawa combined for seven straight for UMB to knot the game at
58 with less than three minutes left in regulation.
PSU junior Katie
Seraikas and Morriston traded a pair of free throws
with a minute and a half to play, and neither team was able to
convert several opportunities in the final minute of regulation,
forcing the extra session.
Perra came alive for UMB in overtime, scoring the first six Beacon
points and scoring nine in the five-minute frame. Her
traditional three-point play with two minutes remaining put UMB up
by six (71-65) and PSU couldn't recover.
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Shooting percentages for both teams were fairly even, but UMB had a
commanding 50-30 advantage on the glass.
Plymouth State started the day by honoring seniors Galvin,
Kristin
Crotts and Kristen
Cournoyer, and student assistant Stephen
Condon.
Both teams play conference games again on Tuesday, Plymouth State
traveling to the University of Southern Maine and UMass Boston
hosting rival UMass Dartmouth.
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