BANGOR, Maine—Senior Erianna Moore reached 1,000 career points at Maine Maritime Academy with a game-high 19 to help the Mariners begin their North Atlantic Conference women's basketball title defense with a convincing 68-44 victory over rival Husson University at William P. Newman Gymnasium on Wednesday. The visiting Mariners improve to 4-2 on the season (1-0 NAC-East) while the Eagles remain winless in six outings (0-1 NAC-East).

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Moore finished 9-for-14 from the floor to go along with game highs of five assists and three blocked shots. She also two steals.
• Senior Sydney Briscoe (6 points, 2 assists) pulled down a game-best 10 rebounds.
• Junior Evelyn Dagan chipped in 14 points on 4-for-8 three-point shooting.
• Junior Grace Huntwork and freshman Addison Forry added eight and seven points, respectively, off the bench.

Husson Highlights

•  Hannah Richards and Lilly Roy led the Eagles with nine points apiece.
• Jordyn Lengle (6 points) led HU with five rebounds and Laela Martinez came off the bench to nab a game-high four steals.

How it Happened

• Maine Maritime shot 56.3 percent from the field (9-16) and held Husson to just 23.5 percent (4-17) to take a 19-8 lead after the opening quarter.
• The Mariners made four of their first five buckets to take an 8-0 lead.
• Maine Maritime continued to excel both offensively and defensively in the second quarter, building a 37-22 lead at halftime.
• Husson got to within 26-20 on a Roy layup with 6 minutes and 13 seconds left in the second, but MMA ended the quarter with an 11-2 run on the way to its biggest lead of the first half.
• Maine Maritime never trailed on the evening.
• In the second half, the Mariners wouldn't let the Eagles cut their lead to single digits.
• In fact, the MMA lead swelled to 27 points on a couple occasions in the third (55-28) and fourth (68-41) quarters.
• For the game, Maine Maritime, which shot 47.4 percent from the field, held Husson to a 25.0 clip.
• The Mariners used their size and aggressiveness to outscore the Eagles, 28-16 in the paint.

Beyond the Boxscore

• Husson leads the all-time series, 25-22, but MMA has won the last five meetings.
• Maine Maritime 24-year head coach Craig Dagan is sitting at 399 career NCAA victories – all with the Mariners.
• Forry is the reigning Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association Rookie of the Week.
• The Mariners pushed their winning streak to nine games in NAC openers to improve to 18-5 under Dagan, who is also 16-7 in the first road game in conference play. (The NAC did not have a conference schedule in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)

Next Up

• Maine Maritime will have its NAC home opener on Saturday at Smith Gymnasium against UMaine-Farmington, starting at 1 p.m.