Box Score WATERVILLE, Maine--Sophomore Hailey Blanchard came off the bench to score a career- and game-high 14 points, senior Erianna Moore matched her with 14 points, and classmate Sydney Briscoe pulled down a game-best 13 rebounds, to power the Maine Maritime Academy women's basketball team to a 60-54 non-conference victory Wednesday at Colby College at the Margaret M. Crook Center. The Mariners improve to 3-1 on the season while the Mules (2-1) lose for the first time.

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Blanchard added two rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes of action, and Moore notched six rebounds.
• Sophomore Laney Lyle (2 rebounds) dished a career-high five assists to top all playmakers.

Colby Highlights

•  Lydia Mordarski and Kate Olenik led the team with 13 points apiece. The former added five rebounds while the latter made seven.
• Chelsea Ibenegbu (4 rebounds) chipped in 11 points, a team-high three assists and led all student-athletes with three steals.

How it Happened

• Junior Evelyn Dagan (11 points, 3 rebounds) made a pair of free throws to put Maine Maritime ahead for good, 53-52, with 3 minutes to go.
• An Olenik layup on the Mules' nine seconds earlier gave the home team their last lead, 52-51, at 3:09.
• Briscoe made a couple key plays under 30 seconds remaining: an offensive rebound following a missed free throw and a steal to seal the win.
• Colby missed three field goals, two missed free throws and had a turnover on its last six possessions.
• Maine Maritime held a 14-11 lead after the first quarter behind Blanchard's five points.
• The Mariners also led 31-25 at the intermission, building the game's biggest advantage of eight points, 31-25, at 1:25 before halftime.
• Colby began the second half on a 7-0 run to take a 32-31 lead on an Ibenegbu free throw at the 4:31 mark.
• The teams traded points before Moore closed the quarter with a put-back layup on a free throw miss and MMA up 40-39 as time expired.
• Dagan opened the fourth with a trey to put the Mariners up 43-39.
• Mordarski nailed a 3ball of her own to give Colby a 46-43 lead at 6:59.
• The close game featured eight ties and 13 lead changes as neither team led more than eight points.
• Maine Maritime made the most of their rebounding advantage (44-39), outscoring Colby 19-9 in second-chance points.
• The Mules stayed in the game by taking advantage of 15 MMA turnovers for a 14-7 scoring edge off miscues.
• The Mariners had a more productive bench, 27-13.

Inside the Boxscore

• Maine Maritime leads the all-time series 9-6, including 3-3 at Colby.
• The Mariners have held opponents to 55 points or less in three of their first four games--the first such occurrence since 2018-19 (40-46-26-45).

Next Up

• Maine Maritime will break for the Thanksgiving break and return to action at home in Smith Gymnasium against Keene State on Dec. 1 (1:30 p.m.) in the final tune-up for the North Atlantic Conference slate.