CASTINE, Maine -- Maine Maritime won its third straight game, and fourth consecutive conference contest, with a 43-29 win over Colby-Sawyer in a North Atlantic Conference women's basketball game Saturday. The Mariners improved to 7-6 overall, 5-2 NAC, while the Chargers fell to 6-9, 5-3.

Cheyenne Malloy, Kari Jones and Leah Jackson each scored nine points to pace Maine Maritime. Jackson finished with 10 rebounds and Jillian Perron pulled down seven.

Kelsey Cahill scored a team-high six points for Colby-Sawyer and pulled down 10 rebounds.

Evened at 2-2 five minutes into the first half, Maine Maritime used a 6-0 run to take an 8-2 lead with 12:37 left in the opening half. Jackson and Kristi Willey each netted three points in the run for MMA. The Chargers made it a four-point, 8-4, game when Marquis MacGlashing made a layup with 11:31 on the clock. The Mariners answered with an 11-1 run to lead 19-5 with 4:56 before halftime. Malloy scored six in the run, Mackenzie Vosburgh and Ashley Shine two and Jones one for Maine Maritime. 

The Mariners led by as many as 13 after a pair of Vosburgh free throws made it 21-8 and went into the break ahead 21-11.

Maine Maritime opened the second half with a 11-4 run to lead 32-15 with 13:54 left in the game. Malloy scored three in the run, while Perron, Jackson, Jones and Vosburgh each netted a pair of points. The Mariners led by as many as 20, 40-20, after a Jones three with 7:57 left, while the Chargers got as close as 14, 43-29, on two MacGlashing free throws with 23 seconds left.

Maine Maritime returns to action next weekend at Lyndon on Friday and Johnson on Saturday.

MAINE MARITIME 43, COLBY-SAWYER 29

COLBY-SAWYER (6-9, 5-3 NAC)

Kelsey Cahill 1-9 4-6 6; Katie McCarthy 2-3 1-3 5; Kristin Ellis 2-5 0-0 4; Mari Meserve 1-2 1-4 3; Ashley Fruzzetti 1-7 0-0 3; Jessica Shenkel 1-9 1-2 3; Marquis MacGlashing 0-2 2-4 2; Sara Roy 1-2 0-0 2; Kelsey Bragdon 0-9 1-2 1; Katie Krauss 0-0 0-0 0; Helena Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0; Lexi Iannone 0-4 0-0 0; Ally Mignault 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 9-52 10-21 29.

MAINE MARITIME (7-6, 5-2 NAC)

Kari Jones 3-6 1-2 9; Leah Jackson 3-5 3-5 9; Cheyenne Malloy 3-6 0-0 9; Mackenzie Vosburgh 1-3 4-4 6; Kristi Willey 1-3 0-0 3; Ashley Shine 1-9 1-3 3; Rebekah Campbell 1-3 0-0 2; Jillian Perron 0-2 2-2 2; Rachael Redles 0-1 0-0 0; Hanna Lyons 0-3 0-0 0; Alex Winchester 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-41 11-16 43.

Colby-Sawyer.................. 11 18 - 29

Maine Maritime................ 21 22 - 43

3-point goals--Colby-Sawyer 1-17 (Ashley Fruzzetti 1-4; Katie McCarthy 0-1; Jessica Shenkel 0-7; Kelsey Bragdon 0-2; Lexi Iannone 0-3), Maine Maritime 6-19 (Cheyenne Malloy 3-6; Kari Jones 2-5; Kristi Willey 1-2; Ashley Shine 0-5; Rachael Redles 0-1). Fouled out--Colby-Sawyer-None, Maine Maritime-Rebekah Campbell. Rebounds--Colby-Sawyer 34 (Kelsey Cahill 10), Maine Maritime 45 (Leah Jackson 10). Assists--Colby-Sawyer 5 (Katie McCarthy 2), Maine Maritime 11 (Leah Jackson 4; Hanna Lyons 4). Total fouls--Colby-Sawyer 16, Maine Maritime 20. Technical fouls--Colby-Sawyer-None, Maine Maritime-None. A-73