Led by 23 points from junior guard Ashley Addison the Molloy Lions defeated the Mercy Mavericks 93-73 at Mercy Gymnasium on the campus of Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Junior Ikema Ross added a double-double, 12 points and 14 rebounds, for the Lions.
Ross saw the importance rebounding in the Lions second straight win. “It feels great to win back to back games after dropping five straight,” Ross said. “It is very important to rebound are coach can’t stress that enough. Every practice he enforces how crucial it is to rebound and the last two games we did exactly that and it paid off big time. If we continue as a whole to rebound the way we have in the last two games than there are more wins to come.”
The Lions led 8-7 early, but Mercy came back with four consecutive free throws to take an 11-8 lead. The Lions would tie the game at 13, when sophomore Jessica DeNicola, who had 11 points, hit a layup. With Mercy up 17-16, junior Julia Finlay, who had 15 points, knocked down a triple to give the Lions the lead. Then after Mercy tied it at 19, Finlay knocked down another three to put the Lions up 22-19. The Lions would take a five point24-19, lead when graduate guard Amanda Bartlett, who scored 20 points, knocked down a pair of free throws. The Lions would go up nine, 33-24, when Addison hit a three. On the next trip down the floor, Bartlett hit a jumper to give the Lions a double- digit lead, 35-24. Then later in the half the Lions went up 12,46-34, when freshman Nicole Arnone hit a layup. At the half the Lions led Mercy 48-40.
The Lions opened up the second on a 12-0 run to go up 20,60-40, led by six points from Addison. This put the game out of reach as the Mavericks had no response for the Molloy offense, which had five players in double figures.
Lions coach Tim O’Hagan liked the way his offense played it the victory. “I feel we are starting to shoot it better as a group, when the ball goes in everything looks better,” O’Hagan said. “When we put the team together we really thought this was going to be our strong point that we can really shoot it. Things didn't start that way hopefully this is a sign of things to come.”
The Lions return to action on Wednesday when they host the Bridgeport Knights.
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