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St. Mary's City, Md. - Senior guard
Megan Uglik (Mt. Airy, Md./Linganore) surpassed
the 1000-point mark with her 15 points as the St. Mary's College of
Maryland women's basketball posted a decisive 71-47 victory over
Johns Hopkins University in non-conference action Monday
afternoon. Uglik now has 1,001 points for her career.
The Seahawks (10-5) are currently riding a three-game winning
streak in which they are averaging 81.7 points per game, while
holding their opponents to 40.7 points per contest. St.
Mary's has outscored its competition, 245-122, in the last three
outings.
St. Mary's boasted a double digit margin for 34:41 minutes of
the game following a 13-3 start to the contest that was sparked by
an Uglik three-pointer at the 19:45-mark. The Seahawks
finished the afternoon shooting 50.0%, including 71.4% from
three-point range.
In the first half, St. Mary's connected on 16-of-29 attempts,
which included making all four three-pointers attempted, to own a
43-18 advantage at halftime. Uglik and sophomore guard
Steph Saint-Aubin (Bowie, Md./Elizabeth Seton)
each had 11 first-half points to lead all players. Johns
Hopkins' sophomore guard Anastasia Wynn
(Reisterstown, Md./McDonogh) netted seven to pace her squad.
The Seahawk defense held the Blue Jays (5-9) to only seven field
goals made in the first half, including 0-for-5 from
downtown. St. Mary's also out-rebounded JHU, 27-19 in the
first 20 minutes.
The Blue Jays fired off 17 three-point attempts in the second
half and connected on only three to finish the game, 3-of-22 from
behind the arc. The bright spot for JHU was freshman forward
Lyndsay Burton (Long Valley, N.J./West Morris
Central) who picked up nine second-half points to end the afternoon
as the only player in double figures for the Blue Jays.
Saint-Aubin notched a game-high 19 points, while Uglik added 15
and equaled her season-best with eight assists. Junior
forward Kiely Murphy (Olney, Md./Good Counsel)
matched her season-high with nine rebounds and dished out a
season-best four assists.
Burton finished with a double-double for Hopkins with 11 points
and a game-high 10 caroms. Wynn and senior forward
Andrea Dodrill (Baltimore, Md./Bryn Mawr) each had
nine for the Blue Jays.
St. Mary's will return to action this Wednesday when the
Seahawks entertain Capital Athletic Conference newcomer, Wesley
College, at 6:00. Johns Hopkins will host Centennial
Conference foe, McDaniel College, on Thursday night at 7:00.
