Scarlett Demchak's ,who finished with four points ,jumper with 26 seconds left in the second half led the Molloy Lions to a 58-56 victory over the Mercy College Mavericks Wednesday night at Mercy College Gym on the campus of Mercy College. Demchak recalled her game winning shot "I remember coming across the baseline and catching the ball in the left corner and I had the open shot so I took it. When it went in, it felt great knowing we now had the lead because the team had been putting forth such great effort in fighting to come back for the win" Demchak said.
The lions were led by sophomore Christina Marra , who scored a team high 14 points
Marra was excited the Lions were able to come back and win, " Every game from here on in is huge for every team in this league. I am extremely happy and proud of our whole team for pulling it together for a big victory." Marra said," In order to be successful in this league, we need to play tough from beginning to end. It felt great to comeback and pull this win out."
Molloy started out with an early 5-0 lead but later in the half Mercy would go on a 9-0 run of their own. Which game them a 24-16 lead . Freshman Jessica DeNicola scored eight points down the stretch to cut the Mercy lead to 28-24. But Mercy Senior Ashley Borofsky hit a three pointer at the Buzzer to give Mercy a 31-24 lead at the end of the first half.
Mercy hoped out to their biggest lead of the game ,42-31, mid way through the second half . But the Lions would fight back .The Lions went on a 13-3 run led by 5 points from each Graduate student Delmara Reece and Marra. After the run the Lions led 45-44. Mercy would respond to this with a 6-0 run of their own. Reece hit a foul shot with 3:15 left to tie the game at 50. Mercy led 56-55 with 1:11 left . This set up the play that would win the game for the Lions.
Mercy Transfer Delmara Reece recorder her fifth double-double of the season with, 12 points and 17 rebounds. Reece was happy to come back to her old school at pick up a victory. "It felt really good to come back to the gym where I played three years. It felt really good to play here with a different team and coming out with a victory." Reece said, " Being down at half was an eye opener for us, it helped us as a team to work together and pull out the win."
With the win the Lions improve to 3-9,3-2 in ECC play. They return to action Saturday for a league game against at Dowling.
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