Box Score
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy defeated Mount St. Mary's 63-46 in
non-conference women's basketball action on Wednesday.
Selina Mann (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) paced the Mount (1-6)
with a season-high 11 points and a personal-best seven assists.
Freshman Kelly Guerriero (Floral Park, N.Y./Archbishop Malloy)
added a career-high 10 points and fellow freshman Ashley Christie
(Miamisburg, Ohio/Archbishop Alter) also recorded 10 points in the
loss.
Cassie Consedine fueled the Midshipmen (5-4) with 14 points and
six rebounds. Chey Arvin added 12 points and Angela Myers chipped
in 10 points in the winning effort.
Navy used a strong finish to the first half and never looked
back to earn its second-straight win against Mount St. Mary's in
the first meeting between the two programs since the 2005-06
campaign.
The Midshipmen closed the first half with a 17-0 run in the
final 5:36 of the stanza to go into the locker room with a 35-19
advantage.
After Sandra Andresson (Tallinn, Estonia/Audentes School) gave
the Mount its fourth lead of the night at 19-16 on a 3-pointer at
6:26, Navy scored the final 17 points of the half. Jade Geif
started the run by making two free throws at 5:36 to give the
Midshipmen a 20-19 lead.
Kara Pollinger then hit a jumper at 4:55 and Meyers drilled two
charity tosses at 4:22 to extend the margin to 24-19. Alix Membreno
then scored in the paint at 3:51 before Consedine converted two at
the free throw line at 2:10. After Arvin nailed a 3-pointer at 1:22
and hit the backend of two free throws 26 seconds later, Pollinger
drilled a trey with 19 ticks left to give the Midshipmen a 35-19
lead at the break.
Navy started the second half with a 14-6 run to take a 49-25
advantage with 12:31 left in the game. Fueled by 10 points from
Guerriero, Mount St. Mary's went on a 14-2 run to cut the deficit
to 51-39 at the 8:56 mark. The freshman scored eight-straight
points on a jumper and two triples in a span of 80 seconds.
Consedine answered for Navy with four unanswered points and the
Mount could get no closer the rest of the way.
The Mountaineers grabbed a 5-0, 10-5, 16-14 and 19-18 advantages
before Navy made its run to end the first half. Mann paced the
Mount with eight points in the first stanza after scoring
eight-straight points for Mount St. Mary's.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday at Loyola. Game
time is 1:30 p.m.