2000-01 Schedule/Results
2000-01 Statistics
Maine 61, Northeastern 51
Feb. 24, 2001
Alfond Arena (Orono, ME)
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
Final
|
| Northeastern (12-14, 8-9) |
23
|
28
|
51
|
| Maine (12-14, 9-8) |
30
|
31
|
61
|
Northeastern shot a season-low 28.6 percent and lost at Maine, 61-51, in a key America East game on Saturday. Both teams entered the game with 8-8 conference marks. The Black Bears now have the inside track on the fourth seed for the America East Championship. NU moves into a three-way tie for fifth with New Hampshire and Hartford, both winners on Saturday.
NU trailed the Black Bears 30-23 at the half, but used a 9-2 run in the first two minutes of the second half to tie the game at 32. The Huskies took the lead for the first time when Aisha Williams hit a three-pointer for a 37-36 edge with 14:50 to go. After a Maine turnover, Lani Lawrence was fouled and sank a pair of free throws for a three-point advantage, 39-36.
Maine then took control, holding the Huskies to just one field goal in the next 8:22. The Black Bears outscored NU 17-2 during the Husky drought and took a commanding 53-41 advantage, their largest of the afternoon, with 5:34 left. NU used a 10-2 spurt of its own to cut the deficit to four as Kiarsha Curtis made one of two free throws to make it a 55-51 game with 1:47 showing. The Huskies would not score again, however, as Kizzy Lopez made a key basket at the other end to start a 6-0 run that provided the game’s final margin.
Melissa Kowalski led NU with 17 points, 12 coming in less than 12 minutes to start the game as she netted four three-pointers. Maine jumped out to a 10-3 edge, but Kowalski kept NU close, hitting the fourth of her three-pointers to cap a 13-6 NU run that tied the game at 16 with 8:11 left before halftime. Up 19-18, Maine outscored the Huskies 11-5 to close out the half with a 30-23 lead, matching the Black Bears’ biggest of the first 20 minutes.
Genny Caruso added 11 points for the Huskies, including three three-pointers. Maine got great production from its bench as reserves Ellen Geraghty (15 points on 7-11 field goal shooting) and Julie Veilleux (14 points) led the way. Lopez, playing in her final home game, made just 2-11 field goals, while standout freshman Heather Ernest netted only eight points with four rebounds, well below her season averages. Still, with NU’s cold shooting (9-33 in the second half), the Huskies could not take advanatge.
VISITORS: Northeastern 12-14, 8-9
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
13 Williams, Aisha * 1-8 1-4 0-0 2 3 5 3 3 5 2 0 0 32
15 Kowalski, Melissa * 5-14 4-8 3-3 2 5 7 4 17 2 2 0 1 30
21 Caruso, Genny * 4-11 3-6 0-1 1 3 4 0 11 0 0 0 1 30
24 Harris, Laurie * 2-7 0-2 1-1 3 0 3 0 5 1 3 0 0 23
45 Lawrence, Lani * 3-10 0-0 2-2 6 4 10 2 8 3 2 0 0 35
20 DiMaria, Jessica 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 18
23 Newsome, Lori 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
32 Curtis, Kiarsha 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 12
33 Jefferson, Joi 3-8 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 3 6 0 2 0 1 17
TEAM ........................................ 2 3 5
TOTALS 18-63 8-20 7-9 19 23 42 15 51 11 20 0 4 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 9-30 30.0% 2ndH: 9-33 27.3% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 28.6% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 4-9 44.4% 2ndH: 4-11 36.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 40.0% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 1-1 100.0% 2ndH: 6-8 75.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 77.8% 1
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HOME TEAM: Maine 12-14, 9-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Heon, Melissa * 4-11 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 2 8 0 1 1 1 33
11 Ernest, Heather * 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 3 8 0 4 1 0 26
12 Guerrette, Tracy * 1-3 1-2 4-4 1 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 2 25
21 Lopez, Kizzy * 2-11 1-3 0-2 2 6 8 1 5 0 2 1 3 31
33 James, Anna * 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 4 0 5 0 1 0 27
10 Moldre, Eva 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 3
23 Veilleux, Julie 6-12 2-3 0-3 0 6 6 1 14 0 1 0 0 29
30 Geraghty, Ellen 7-11 0-1 1-1 0 4 4 1 15 1 3 0 0 26
TEAM ........................................ 4 1 5
TOTALS 26-60 4-9 5-10 14 27 41 13 61 13 14 5 6 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 13-37 35.1% 2ndH: 13-23 56.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 43.3% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 3-7 42.9% 2ndH: 1-2 50.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 44.4% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 1-5 20.0% 2ndH: 4-5 80.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 50.0% 2
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OFFICIALS: Ed Meier, Kathy Jenkins, Rita Brown
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Northeastern - none
Maine - none
ATTENDANCE: 2601
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Northeastern 23 28 51
Maine 30 31 61
