Box Score
Waterbury, Conn. – Senior Aubrey Latham (Mystic, Conn.) scored 32 points, and junior Jacquelynne Pugh (Grahamsville, N.Y.) scored 26 points off the bench as the Post University women's basketball team won its final game of the season, 107-100 over Mercy in an out-of-conference game in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Eagles. The Eagles finish the season at 10-16 overall and 9-10 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC).
Post struggled midway through the first half after keeping the game close in the first seven minutes of the game. With the score tied at 11, the Mavericks rattled off of a 19-6 run to take a 30-17 run, but Pugh's eight points in a 23-15 run to close the half knocked the Post deficit to five points, with Mercy leading 45-40.
The Mavericks extended their lead out of the break with a 23-14 run over the first 6:21 of the half, going up 68-54.
Latham, for one last time in an Eagles uniform, scored 19 points in a 35-11 run, and putting Post up by 10 points and effectively shutting down the Mavericks for the rest of the game.
With the loss, the Mavericks have now lost 15 straight games and are 2-23 on the season, and 1-18 in the ECC.
Freshman Liz Falcigno (Middletown, Conn.) and senior Raven Wright-James both scored 13 points. Freshman Jessica Ayala (Middletown, N.Y.) scored 10 points in a starting role. As a team, the Eagles shot 51.9 percent from the field and hit eight of their 19 three-point attempts.
Maggie Salomone scored 28 points to lead the Mavericks. Alexis Monserrate chipped in with 21.
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