St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s basketball player Tramarie Mobray drives to the basket in the second half of last Saturday’s United East Conference game against Penn State Abington. Monbray and the Seahawks dominated the second half en route to a 98-44 victory over the visiting Nittany Lions.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s basketball player Sidney Shaw looks to get some separation from Penn State Abington Amina Reid in the second half of last Saturday’s United East Conference game. Shaw and the Seahawks cruised to a 98-44 victory over the visiting Nittany Lions in that contest.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s basketball player Tramarie Mobray drives to the basket in the second half of last Saturday’s United East Conference game against Penn State Abington. Monbray and the Seahawks dominated the second half en route to a 98-44 victory over the visiting Nittany Lions.
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s basketball player Sidney Shaw looks to get some separation from Penn State Abington Amina Reid in the second half of last Saturday’s United East Conference game. Shaw and the Seahawks cruised to a 98-44 victory over the visiting Nittany Lions in that contest.
Three days after opening the January portion of the schedule with a lopsided 98-40 victory at Cairn University, the St. Mary’s College of Maryland women’s basketball team once again came painstakingly close to reaching the century mark when the Seahawks toppled visiting Penn State Abington 98-44 in another one-sided United East Conference contest on Saturday afternoon.
St. Mary’s College (10-5 overall, 4-0 in the UEC) and Penn State Abington were virtually inseparable through the first quarter and the opening stages of the second. But the Seahawks began to put some distance between themselves and the Lions.
St. Mary’s pushed the lead to 37-27 at the intermission then the Seahawks simply dismantled the Nittany Lions in the second half.
St. Mary’s sophomore Olivia Liszt is accustomed to being among the more productive players on the roster each game, but last Saturday afternoon the Seahawks’ shooting guard enhanced her resume with a stellar third quarter. Liszt connected on four three-point field goals in the third quarter and another in the fourth to lead all scorers with 28 points.
“When we’re all working together, we’re very unselfish,” Liszt said. “It all comes from the hard work in practice. We push each other every day in practice. Then on game days we all work together. I couldn’t have scored without the efforts of my teammates.”
St. Mary’s College took a 64-39 lead into the fourth quarter and the Seahawks promptly opened the fourth quarter with a 15-0 run highlighted by another three-pointer from Liszt and two from reserve guard Sam Blaylock. While Liszt provided plenty of production from the perimeter, senior Tramarie Mobray was a force in the paint as the Seahawks outscored the Nittany Lions 34-5 in the fourth quarter.
“One thing about this team is they work very hard in practice,” said St. Mary’s College coach LaTanya Collins. “I think that’s one thing they are really starting to appreciate and understand. They have to be pushed in practice in order to be ready for what’s going to happen in games. This group really works hard. Both Olivia and Trae are captains and they earned it.”
Three days earlier in the 98-40 trouncing of Cairn, the Seahawks started that game very quickly. St. Mary’s College raced to a 27-3 lead at the end of the first quarter, extended the margin to 52-18 at the intermission.
Five Seahawks players scored in double figures including Liszt as Skylar Woodward led all scorers with 18 points on eight of nine shooting from the floor.
