The Coast Guard women's basketball team came to within three points of Wellesley University on Wednesday night, but couldn't defeat the Blue. The following information was provided by Jason Southard, sports information director at the Coast Guard Academy:
Sophomore Leslie Leong led all scorers with 21 points including 12 for 12 from the foul line to go with a game-high nine rebounds leading Wellesley to a 54-46 win over Coast Guard in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) game.
Wellesley improves to 12-10 overall and 11-6 in the NEWMAC while Coast Guard drops to 5-18 overall and 1-16 in conference play.
The Blue did most of its damage from the foul line converting 25 of 33 from the stripe while shooting just 27.1 percent from the floor (13-48). The Bears went the the foul line just 14 times and made 11 of 14.
In a low scoring first half, Wellesley had its largest lead 11-5 with 8:20 left in the first half and the Blue led 22-20 at the break.
Wellesley used a 9-1 run in the first three minutes of the second half and take a 31-21 lead with 16:58 left.
Coast Guard cut the lead to three on two different occasions the last being 47-44 with two minutes left following a pair of free throws by freshman Jamie Waterman.
The Blue put the game away as freshman Natalie Anderson and senior Elisha Orama each made a pair of free throws to make the scord 51-44 with 1:10 left.
Anderson added ten points off the bench for Wellesley.
Sophomore Larla Brown led the Bears with a season-high 16 points off the bench as she hit on eight of 13 from the floor.
Coast Guard shot well, 40.5 percent from the field (17-42), but made just one of nine from three-point range.
The game was Senior Day and the final home game of the season for Coast Guard, which honored seniors Sam Coonan and Mary Mills before the game.
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