Castine, ME - The Lady Mariners continued their defensive ways on Friday night defeating the Eagles from Green Mountain in a North Atlantic Conference match-up at Margaret Smith Chase Gymnasium. MMA used a balanced offensive attack and collected 24 offensive rebounds in the victory.

Maine Maritime jumped all over the Eagles to take an early 22-6 lead and ended the half on a 14-0 run to jump out to a 40-11 halftime advantage. MMA held Green Mountain to four first half field goals and 20% shooting while making 18 of their own at a 42.9% clip. The Lady Mariners continued the onslaught in the second half, holding Green Mountain to 17 second half points, and eventually outscored the visitors by 45 points.

Leah Jackson (Dedham, ME) led the Lady Mariners with a career high 12 p oints while Maggie Smith (Bath, ME) collected 11 and Samantha Goda (Eliot, ME) chipped in with 10 points. Kayley Rodriguez (Quincy, IL) finished with a team high six rebounds while Katie Pushard (Winthrop, ME) collected a game high five assists.

The Eagles from Green Mountain were led by Chelsea Paul's (Northville, NY) 12 points while Millicent Hopper (Gouverneur, NY) collected a game high 10 rebounds. The Eagles were hampered by 31 turnovers and got out rebounded 51-34.

With the win MMA improves to 9-5 overall and 3-0 in the NAC while the Eagles fall to 2-11 overall and 0-3 in the NAC.