Quincy, Mass. November 24, 2009. The Eastern Nazarene College Lions picked up
their second win of the season tonight as they beat the Mitchell College
Mariners, 82-52, in the PE Lahue Center while going into the Thanksgiving Day
Weekend Holiday. Freshmen post players Shardae Brown (Waterbury, Conn.) and Alexis Malloy (Greenbelt, MD) led the Lions to the victory as they each posted double-doubles, 19 pts-11 rebs and 12 pts-17 rebs respectively.
A 15-2 run to open the
second half gave the Lions the distance they needed on the scoreboard, 53-30,
as their defense kept constant pressure on the visiting Mariners. The home team made it a 30-point lead, 66-36,
eight minutes into the second half on a Ja’na
Jenkins (Oakland, CA) jumper from the baseline before the contest ended in
their favor as they shot a hot 44.6% from the field.
The Lions held a small lead through the ninth minute of the game
as each player chipped in to take a 9-5 lead.
The Mariners went on a 7-2 run capped by Kaylee Cerruto’s (Torrington, Conn.) two free throws to take a
12-11 lead. The two teams traded
possessions and leads through this tightly officiated first half as both teams
reached the bonus in the 13th minute.
Eastern Nazarene gained the largest lead of the half off of
a 11-0 run, led by Shardae Brown’s
(Waterbury, Conn) consecutive buckets and four free throws, over a three
minute period to take a 30-21 lead with 3:15 remaining in the half.
The Lions inside game carried the first half, as Brown hit
for 13 points and Malloy hit for 9 points while pulling in 11 rebounds, as the home team
went into the locker room with a 10 point, 38-28, lead.
Brown and Malloy each had a double-double and were followed by senior captain Christine Tucker's (Antioch, CA) 17 point performance. Junior Victoria
Sontag (Mont Vernon, NH) made it back for her first two points at home
since her ACL injury last season.
Jennifer Iglesias
(Waterbury, Conn.) led the visitors with 15 points and 5 rebounds.
The Lions rise to 2-3 on the season as they take a week off
before they return to action December 1st in an away contest against Newbury
College at 7:00 pm. Mitchell College
falls to 0-2 and return to play on the same day at home versus Albertus Magnus
College.