Bangor, ME: The Husson Women's basketball team improved to 5-8 (2-0 in NAC) after holding off Maine Maritime of Castine Friday night 71-62. The Eagles were led by the strong play of Shelby Bradford (Sr.  Lee, ME) who finished the first home conference matchup with 21 points and 17 rebounds. Bradford also shot 7-9 from the charity stripe in 33 minutes.

The Eagles fell early to a 13-8 Mariner lead at the 15:18 mark of the 1^st half with strong play from MMA's Sam Goda (So. Eliot, ME), though Husson would play hard and control the rest of the half.  Husson would take their first lead of the game with 10:28 to go in the 1^ston a 3 point jumper from Amanda Gifford (So. Lee, ME) and would not relinquish the lead the rest of the game. In the final 7:46 of the 1^st Husson would outscore Maine Maritime 14-1 and take a 41-26 lead into the half.

The Mariner women would not roll over, however, coming out of the locker room with a 12-0 run in the first 5:30 of the 2^nd half. The Eagles would get 2^nd half contributions from across the board and push their lead back to 14 with 8:12 to go only to see it fall to a 3 point deficit with 3:10 left in the contest. Bradford would score a couple of baskets and an and-one in the final minutes to keep the Mariners at bay pushing the lead to 9 as the Eagles took the 71-62 victory.

Goda finished with 14 points and 11 boards for Maine Maritime as Gifford had 13 and 8 rebounds along with Brianna Hanscom's (So. Mattawamkeag, ME) 13 and 7.

The Eagles improved to 5-8 on the season and 2-0 now in NAC play, as the Mariners fall to 6-6 and 1-1 in the NAC. Both teams will play their next game on Tuesday, January 19^th at 7:30 with Maine Maritime at Thomas and Husson at U. Maine Farmington.