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Postgame Reaction:
Kate Mager
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. – With her fifth rebound of the night senior forward
Denia Davis-Stewart became the second player in Merrimack College women's basketball history to score over 1,000 points and pull in over 1,000 rebounds. She joins Stacy Knapp as the only other Warrior to accomplish the feat. Davis-Stewart finished the game with her 17
th double-double of the season with 18 points and 19 rebounds. Not to be outdone, sophomore guard
Kate Mager scored a career-high 29 points in the win over St. Francis Brooklyn College. Mager shot 10-14 from the field, including going 7-11 from long range. Freshman point guard
Jayme DeCesare also scored a career-high 19 points. She shot 7-9 from the field and also went 3-3 from deep.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 80, St. Francis Brooklyn 54
Records: Merrimack (13-8, 6-4 NEC) | St. Francis Brooklyn (6-15, 2-8 NEC)
Location: Hammel Court | North Andover, Mass.
Rapid Recap
- Merrimack came out on fire, starting the game on a 19-4 run. DeCesare scored 12 of her 19 points during the run, including two of her three deep balls. The Warriors went up by 19 with just over two minutes left in the quarter after one of Mager's seven three-pointers. Davis-Stewart gave Merrimack a 19-point lead heading into the second quarter after hitting a layup with under a minute left.
- The Warriors continued to stay hot in the second quarter. They jumped out to a 25-point advantage after a 9-0 run midway through the quarter. Heading into the second quarter media timeout the Terriers cut the Warrior lead to 20. Mager made the lead 28 after knocking down another three. Abby Anderson hit a three as time expired to cut the Merrimack lead to 23 heading into halftime.
- Mager opened up her second half with another three to make the Warrior lead 26. With just under three minutes left in the quarter freshman Kaylee Thomas pushed the Merrimack advantage to 29. Yet another Mager three created a Warrior lead of 32 points with just over two minutes to play in the quarter. Davis-Stewart scored the last Merrimack bucket of the quarter after a nice post move and finish.
- Senior Emily Houle opened up the Warrior fourth quarter scoring with a jump shot. Graduate student Courtney Clasen cut in the lane and hit a layup to push the Merrimack lead to 31. Junior Marissa Gattuso scored the last two points of the game on a pair of free throws to give Merrimack the 26-point win.
Notes and Numbers
- Davis-Stewart is only 35 blocks away from 400 on her career. She is already the all-time leader in blocks with 365 in her Merrimack career.
- DeCesare and Mager knocked down 10 threes between the two of them. This is the first time that two teammates have combined for double figure threes.
- The Warriors scored 34 points in the paint and 27 points off of turnovers
Up Next
The Warriors head on the road for a rematch with Long Island. The game is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on NEC Front Row.
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