Box Score

BIDDEFORD, Maine - Sophomore Maggie Rossi scored a career-high 21 points on 9-14 shooting to lead Colby-Sawyer past the University of New England, 61-51 on Saturday afternoon. The Chargers win their third straight contest to improve to 7-4 in the conference and 10-13 overall. The first place Nor'easters drop their second TCCC game of the season, falling to 9-2 and 18-5 overall.

Rossi added eight rebounds and four assists to go with her game-high point total. Senior forward Terri Duffy recorded her 14th double-double of the season with 12 points and a game-high 16 rebounds. She moved into sole possession of third place on the school's all-time scoring list with 1283 career points.

The Nor'easters were led by sophomore Kelley Paradis who finished with 15 points and four steals. Classmate Kari Pelletier chipped in with 11 points -- including 7-of-10 from the free throw line -- and picked up a career-high six steals.

UNE struggled shooting the ball, converting just 19.4 percent (13-for-67) of its attempts from the field and a mere eight percent (2 of 25) from long range.

As a result, Colby-Sawyer held a 54-33 advantage on the glass.

The Chargers jumped out to a 10-2 lead 3:26 into the contest. The cushion grew to as many as 11 (20-9) midway through the period, before the Nor'easters cut the margin to three (24-21) with 3:35 left in the half. Rossi scored the final to baskets of the opening frame to take a 28-21 lead at intermission.

Trailing 32-27 less than three minutes into the second stanza, UNE used a 7-0 spurt to take its only lead of the game with 13:43 to play. Colby-Sawyer responded over the next six minutes with eight unanswered points to re-take control, 40-34.

The Nor'easters would get as close as two (42-40) with 5:40 on the clock, but the Chargers made 12 of 13 attempts from the charity stripe down the stretch to seal the win. Colby-Sawyer has been doing damage to their opponents over the past couple of games from the free throw line. For the second straight contest, the team knocked down 17 of 19 attempts (89.5%).

Colby-Sawyer, who defeated UNE for the eighth time in the last 10 meetings between the two teams, prevailed despite committing 29 turnovers for the game. The hosts only coughed it up 10 times.

Colby-Sawyer, who sit in a tie for fifth place with Wentworth, will host the Leopards on Wednesday at 5:30 pm. UNE will travel to Gordon for a 6:00 pm tip also on Wednesday.

-- UNE sports info