1/10/08

Women's basketball bests Plymouth State

FARMINGTON -- Caitlyn Laflin (Farmingdale, ME) tallied 26 points with nine rebounds to help the University of Maine at Farmington women's basketball team end a five-game losing skid with an 80-70 victory over Plymouth State University at Dearborn Gymnasium tonight.

The Beavers improved to 4-7 and are scheduled to host North Atlantic Conference foe Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday (men at 1 p.m., women at 3 p.m.). The Panthers slipped to 5-6 and are slated to face Rhode Island College in New Hampshire on Saturday.

A tight game throughout, Farmington led 43-40 at halftime, but Plymouth State built a 57-50 advantage with 10:20 left in the contest on an Annie Alosa 3-pointer. The Beavers awoke to put together a 13-0 run over the next 2:30 -- highlighted by 3-pointers from freshmen Jillian Ross (Belfast, ME) and Ashley Busque (Belgrade, ME) -- to storm back to a 63-57 lead with 7:27 remaining.

The Panthers knocked the lead down to two points before a 12-0 stretch from the Beavers with eight points from Laflin to put together a 75-61 command with 2:27 left in the game. Plymouth State closed to within seven points with 1:21 left, but the Beavers held on for the 80-70 win.

Following Laflin, Amanda Byrne (Winslow, ME) tallied 13 points with three 3-pointers in the win with Erin Porter (Bangor, ME) adding 11 points. The Beavers had assists on 21 out of 28 field goals with Samantha Wiley (Lincolnville, ME) and Elizabeth Bell (Waterville, ME) each dishing out five.

Lauren Daniels and Laura Kent each posted a double-double with Daniels scoring 15 points and snagging 14 boards and Kent notching 10 points and a like number of rebounds. Amanda Kania (12 points), Karly Gray (10 points) and Kayla Morin (10 points) also got into double-digit scoring for the Panthers.

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