Box Score

Fredericksburg, Va. - Balanced scoring was the name of the game as the third-seeded University of Mary Washington easily ran away from the sixth-seeded St. Mary's College of Maryland women's basketball team with a 66-34 victory in first round action of the 2009 Capital Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Tuesday night.

Mary Washington (21-5, 12-4 CAC) started the contest shooting 51.7 percent from the floor, including 3-of-8 threes, while limiting the Seahawks to 17.9 percent and forcing 13 turnovers in the first half.  The Eagles did all their damage in the first half as the home team rolled to a 37-12 halftime advantage.

UMW's freshman guard Jenna McRae (Springfield, Va./Annandale) led all scorers at intermission with 12 of her game-high 16 points as McRae was 4-of-6 from the floor and 2-of-2 threes.

The contest settled in the second half as Mary Washington only outscored St. Mary's, 29-22.  For the game, the Eagles capitalized on the Seahawks' 25 turnovers with 24 points and notched 26 points in the paint to the visitors' six.

Along with her game-high 16 points, McRae hauled in nine rebounds, while senior guard Kaitie Clarkin (Centreville, Va./Westfield) grabbed a game-high 10 boards and dished out a game-high six assists.

Freshman guard Bethany Townsend (Accokeek, Md./Gwynn Park) paced the Seahawks with 11 points off the bench on 5-of-11 shooting.  Townsend and senior forwards Kiely Murphy (Olney, Md./Good Counsel) and Allie Scott (Laurel, Md./Atholton) grabbed six caroms each.

With tonight's loss, St. Mary's is eliminated from the CAC tournament and ends its season at 9-17 (6-10 CAC).