CASTINE, Maine -- Bridgewater State used a suffocating defense to force 34 turnovers en route to a 68-48 win over Maine Maritime in the Mariner Classic Championship game. The Bears improved to 2-0 while MMA dropped to 1-1. Colby won the consolation game with a 63-51 win over Maine-Fort Kent.

Elisha Homich paced BSU with 17 points while teammates Megan Boutilette and Michaela Cosby pumped in 14 and 12. Boutilette and Cosby both pulled down eight boards which led to an All-Tournament selection for Boutilette and the MVP award for Cosby.

Leah Jackson and Bekah Campbell each scored a team-high 11 points for MMA. Jackson and Courtney Dufour were selected to the All-Tournament team for the Mariners.

Bridgewater State took an early 10-2 lead, sparked by Homich's four points, before the Mariners closed the gap to three, 10-7, with 14:15 left in the first half. Rachel Kusz's layup at 13:05 put the Bears ahead 15-7 before MMA scored seven unanswered. Layups from Hannah Lyons and Campbell and a trey by Kari Jones put the Mariners within one, 15-14, with 10:10 left. 

Bridgewater built its first half lead to 10, 24-14, at 5:03 on a pair of free throws from Boutilette and the Mariners answered with a 10-3 scoring run spanning nearly five minutes to trail by three, 27-24. Campbell dropped four points in the run while DuFour, Casey Everest and Jackson all netted two. BSU scored twice in the final 30 seconds, with a jumper by Cosby and a layup from Alana Watkins, to lead 31-24 at the break.

The Bears opened the second half 22-5 scoring run to lead by 24, 53-29, at 11:59 and never their lead dip below 15 in the remainder the game.

In the consolation game,

Colby's Diana Manduca netted a team-high 16 points, added five assists and nine rebounds, to lead the Mules to a 61-51 win over Maine-Fort Kent in the consolation game of the Mariner Classic. Colby improved to 1-1 while the Bengals fell to 0-2.

Jen Nale and Mia Diplock added 15 and 13 points, respectively, while MFK was led by a double-double from Ericka Christensen (19 points, 11 rebounds) and Taylor Boucher's 12 points. Manduca and Christensen were selected to the All-Tournament team.

Maine-Fort Kent jumped out to a short-lived 7-2 lead early in the contest  behind three points from Jennifer Colopitts and two each y Ericka Christensen and Kendashia Myles. Colby responded with a 25-10 scoring run to take 27-17 lead with Jamie Wallace's jumper at 3:33. Manduca's layup with 33 seconds left in the half gave Colby a 36-24 halftime lead.

The Bengals clawed their way back early in the second half to close the gap to seven, 43-36, before Manduca netted seven straight points to put Colby ahead 50-38 with 11:26 left in the game. Brooke Chandor gave the Mules its largest lead with a layup at 6:49 and Colby's lead would not fall below nine the rest of the game.

CONSOLATION 

COLBY 63, MAINE-FORT KENT 51

COLBY (1-1)

Diana Manduca 7-14 0-1 16; Jen Nale 6-13 0-0 15; Mia Diplock 5-6 0-0 13; Jacky McLaughlin 2-10 0-0 4; Desi Smith 1-3 2-2 4; Carylanne Wolfington 0-6 3-4 3; Kate Parsons 1-3 0-0 2; Gabe Donahue 0-2 2-2 2; Brooke Chandor 1-3 0-0 2; Jamie Wallace 1-4 0-0 2; Appalonia Tankersley 0-0 0-0 0; Taylor Peucker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-64 7-9 63.

MAINE-FORT KENT (0-2)

Ericka Christensen 6-12 7-8 19; Taylor Boucher 4-10 0-0 12; Jennifer Colopitts 1-6 4-7 6; Kayla Richards 2-4 1-2 5; Brooke Harris 2-10 0-1 5; Kendashia Myles 1-5 0-0 2; Samantha Carapelluci 1-7 0-3 2; Rachael Grew 0-0 0-0 0; Zsakiyah Brown 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-55 12-21 51.

Colby.........................   36   27  -   63

Maine-Fort Kent...............   24   27  -   51

3-point goals--Colby 8-30 (Jen Nale 3-7; Mia Diplock 3-4; Diana Manduca 2-5; Carylanne Wolfington 0-4; Gabe Donahue 0-1; Brooke Chandor 0-1; Desi Smith 0-1; Jacky McLaughlin 0-7), Maine-Fort Kent 5-12 (Taylor Boucher 4-6; Brooke Harris 1-5; Jennifer Colopitts 0-1). Fouled out--Colby-None, Maine-Fort Kent-None. Rebounds--Colby 50 (Gabe Donahue 9), Maine-Fort Kent 36 (Ericka Christensen 11). Assists--Colby 12 (Diana Manduca 5), Maine-Fort Kent 10 (Kayla Richards 4). Total fouls--Colby 16, Maine-Fort Kent 10. Technical fouls--Colby-None, Maine-Fort Kent-None.

CHAMPIONSHIP

BRIDGEWATER 68, MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY 48

BRIDGEWATER (2-0)

Elisha Homich 4-9 5-8 17; Megan Boutilette 5-8 4-7 14; Michaela Cosby 6-11 0-2 12; Alana Watkins 3-5 3-5 9; Jenna Williamson 3-8 0-0 7; Rachel Kusz 2-3 0-0 5; Colleen Hanscom 1-11 2-5 4; Kelly O'Neill 0-0 0-0 0; Vanesa Conceicao 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 14-27 68.

MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY (1-1)

Leah Jackson 4-6 3-7 11; Rebekah Campbell 4-8 3-3 11; Alexis Bennett 3-10 1-2 7; Hanna Lyons 3-6 0-0 6; Casey Everest 0-1 4-4 4; Kari Jones 1-2 0-0 3; Jillian Perron 1-3 0-0 2; Mackenzie Vosburgh 1-2 0-0 2; Courtney DuFour 1-4 0-0 2; Devyn Curless-Clark 0-3 0-0 0; Rachael Redles 0-1 0-0 0; Alyssa Severance 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-46 11-16 48.

Bridgewater...................   31   37  -   68

Maine Maritime Academy........   24   24  -   48

3-point goals--Bridgewater 6-23 (Elisha Homich 4-8; Jenna Williamson 1-5; Rachel Kusz 1-2; Colleen Hanscom 0-5; Vanesa Conceicao 0-3), Maine Maritime Academy 1-8 (Kari Jones 1-1; Rebekah Campbell 0-1; Alexis Bennett 0-2; Courtney DuFour 0-3; Rachael Redles 0-1). Fouled out--Bridgewater-None, Maine Maritime Academy-None. Rebounds--Bridgewater 28 (Michaela Cosby 8; Megan Boutilette 8), Maine Maritime Academy 40 (Hanna Lyons 8). Assists--Bridgewater 14 (Michaela Cosby 6), Maine Maritime Academy 10 (Hanna Lyons 3). Total fouls--Bridgewater 10, Maine Maritime Academy 17. Technical fouls--Bridgewater-None, Maine Maritime Academy-None. A-57

All-Tournament: Ericka Christensen (MFK), Diana Manduca (Colby), Leah Jackson (MMA), Courtney DuFour (MMA), Megan Boutilette (BSU) MVP: Michaela Cosby (BSU)