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WENHAM, Mass. -- The University of New England out-scored Gordon College by a 32-8 margin over the final 12:20 and picked up a 77-55 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) women's basketball victory on Wednesday evening (Feb. 19) at the Bennett Center.
The Nor'easters (18-6, 12-3 CCC) maintain the second spot in the league standings entering Saturday's regular-season finale at home (1 p.m.) against Roger Williams University (11-4 CCC). The Fighting Scots (14-10, 9-6 CCC) will now hold the fifth seed when the postseason tournament begins next week.
Abby Cavallaro went for her highest point total in 11 outings, tossing in 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting from deep while grabbing a team-high nine rebounds.
Jocelyn Chaput added 12 points, eight assists, five boards, and four steals for UNE.
Sadie Nelson,
Ashley Coneys, and
Kaylee Beyor all registered 10 points, and
Madalyn Sanborn contributed eight more.
The visitors made just less than half of their field goal attempts (30-for-61), and drained 10-of-19 from three-point territory. Conversely, Gordon connected on just 3-of-19 from downtown (15.8%); only twice versus conference opponents have the Fighting Scots hit less than 23.5 percent, and both were against the Nor'easters (12.5% on Jan. 22).
The hosts received 17 points, eight caroms, and six steals from Meghan Foley. The CCC's leading scorer on the year had averaged 27.0 over the last four contests, but only made 7-of-24 shots and missed all six tries from behind the arc. Madison Wynbeek totaled 16 points and nine rebounds in support, and Serianna Anderson notched 14 points.
Gordon led at the start and built the margin up to 27-17 in the early stages of the 2nd quarter. UNE soon struck for 11 in-a-row to take its first lead (30-29), but the Fighting Scots sat on a 33-32 edge at the half.
The advantage went back-and-forth in the 3rd frame, before a 7-1 closing stretch set the Nor'easters with a 52-48 cushion heading into the last period. The spread reached double digits for good with 4:15 remaining in the match (66-55).
