Castine, Maine --- The Husson University women's basketball team overcame a 15-point first half deficit to defeat the Lady Mariners 66-60 on Tuesday night at Maine Maritime Academy in a conference match-up. With the win Husson improves to 13-8 on the season while MMA drops to 12-9.

The Lady Mariners jumped out to an early 26-11 lead before Husson battled back to close the gap to 32-25 ending the half on a 14-6 run. Husson inched within two points after scoring the first five points of the second half but MMA maintained a slim lead thanks in part to consecutive three pointers. Both teams battled back and forth until the Eagles jumped out to a six-point advantage with just 3:12 left in the game. The Lady Mariners closed the lead to three points on two separate occasions but couldn't get over the hump as the Eagles made their foul shots down the stretch to win by the count of 66-60.

Senior Shelby Bradford (Lee, ME) led the Eagle's attack with 24 points and 13 rebounds. Sophomore Brianna Hanscom (Mattawamkeag, ME) played an outstanding second half scoring 14 of her 16 points while grabbing nine rebounds. Bethany Seavey (Skowhegan, ME) was the only other Husson player in double figures with 11 points.

Sophomore guard Maggie Smith (Bath, ME) led the Mariners with 16 points while Katie Pushard (Winthrop, ME) added nine points and a team high five assists. Sam Goda (Eliot, ME) grabbed a team high 12 rebounds for the Lady Mariners.

The Eagles stay undefeated in NAC play improving to 10-0 while the Lady Mariners drop to 7-3 in NAC play.