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The University of Maine women’s basketball team used a 7-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to build a 10-point lead, and Binghamton could get no closer than six the rest of the way as the third-seeded Black Bears scored 64 points. -54 win over the sixth-seeded Bearcats in their America East quarterfinal Wednesday at Memorial Gym.
Anne Simon scored a game-high 24 points for 16-13 UMaine and grabbed nine rebounds. League Player of the Year Adi Smith had 13 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, and Olivia Rockwood had 11 points off the bench.
Genevieve Coleman and Denai Bowman each had 16 points for Binghamton 13-17, and Jadyn Weltz had 14.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Simon and Rockwood at the end of the third period gave UMaine a 46-41 lead entering the fourth quarter, its largest lead for either team.
The first half was a see-saw in which neither team managed to build more than a four-point advantage.
UMaine took a 14-10 lead on Simon’s 3-pointer to close the first period.
But the Bearcats followed with a 7-0 run to take a 17-14 lead before UMaine ended the half outscoring Binghamton 11-7 to take a one-point lead into the break.
Simon had seven points in the first half, and Paula Gallego and Caroline Bornemann had five each, but Smith was held to four points as Coleman did a good job on defense.
Bowman’s 10 points, Weltz’s six and Elle Wanzer’s five points paced the Bearcats.
Neither team shot the ball well in the first half, and UMaine turned the ball over 11 times.
UMaine shot 34.6 percent from the floor and 30 percent from beyond the 3-point arc, while Binghamton shot 37.6 percent and 16.7 percent, respectively.
Binghamton scored 13 points off turnovers while UMaine had just five as Binghamton turned the ball over just five times.
Binghamton also outscored UMaine 16-8.
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