The last weekend of the women's basketball team's season was a story of two halves. Strong defense and spotty scoring left the team winless in their final two games of the season at the Longwood Tournament in Farmville, Va.
The first match up of the weekend against Florida Gulf Coast University saw a stellar defensive effort, but lacked the ability to find the bucket.
"I do want to complement our team for the defensive effort, but we just need to get the ball into the hole," said head coach Joan Bonvicini.
Sophomore Maggie McCarthy provided a first-half spark by making jump shots and doing work on the boards. Down 24-23 at the half, the team was unable to find any offensive rhythm in the second half, shooting only 21 percent from the floor. McCarthy finished with a team high 10 points and eight rebounds in the Redhawks 51-38 loss to Florida Gulf Coast.
In the final game of the weekend against North Carolina Central University, the Redhawks got off to a hot start. Senior Ashley Brown started off strong for the Redhawks when she made two three-pointers that started a 17-0 run to start the game. With the lead 33-30 going into the half, the Redhawks experienced another second-half lull as they saw their half time lead quickly diminish. Shooting a meager 3-12 beyond the arch in the second half left the Redhawks struggling for offense. Although a great offensive game from Brown—who scored 21 points and snatched 6 boards—it was not enough to fend off North Carolina Central who took the game 62-58.
One bright spot of the weekend was Brown being named to the Longwood-All Tournament team. During her 68 minutes of play over the span of the tournament, the forward scored 28 points, made nine rebounds, had five steals and six assists. In the final game of her collegiate basketball career against North Carolina Central, Brown led the team in scoring and made five-three pointers.
Losing their final two games at the Longwood Tournament, Seattle U finished their first Division I season with a record of 6-24.
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