For Immediate Release · By Nairem Moran · nmoran@smcm.edu

The Basics

• Score: St. Mary's 72, Wesley 64
• Records: St. Mary's (6-12, 4-7 CAC), Wesley (7-11, 3-8 CAC)
• Location: St. Mary's City, Md. · Michael P. O'Brien Athletics & Recreation Center Arena
• The Short Story: Junior captain Kerri Kline (Hagerstown, Md./Saint James) and senior center Nina Haller (Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase) joined forces for 45 points Wednesday night in leading the St. Mary's College of Maryland women's basketball team to an exciting 72-64 overtime victory over Wesley College.

What It Means

• With tonight's win, the Seahawks take the Capital Athletic Conference season series from Wesley and move into seventh place in the conference standings. St. Mary's is currently a game out of grabbing one of the six playoff spots with seven contests left in the regular season.
• Tonight's victory also halted a two-game skid for the Seahawks.

How It Happened

• The Seahawks stretched their lead to nine at the start of the fourth period but Wesley worked the deficit down to one over a six-minute span as sophomore guard Monshea Newsome-Murray (Seaford, Del./Seaford) capped the 12-4 run with a layup at 3:23. Newsome-Murray kept the run alive with five points while St. Mary's didn't score in over four minutes.
• Kline made the second free throw to give the Seahawks a 58-56 lead at 2:28 before both teams went scoreless for the next two minutes until senior Brionna Johnson (Smyrna, Del./Smyrna) snapped the drought with 29 seconds on the clock to tie it up at 58-all.
• Four seconds later, Newsome-Murray handed the Wolverines their first lead since the 4:55-minute mark of the third quarter with a steal and fast-break layup.
• Kline knocked down a pair of three throws with two ticks on the clock while first-year guard Paige Hailstock's (Rockville, Md./Rockville) three-point attempt was off the mark as time expired to send the game into overtime.
• Wesley claimed its final lead of the contest 36 seconds into overtime on a basket by senior guard Brittany Kerns (Bear, Del./William Penn) and after that, it was all St. Mary's.
• The Seahawks closed out the game strong on a 12-2 run for the key conference win as Haller notched five points and two blocks in the run.

Inside the Box Score

• Kline finished the night with a game- and season-best 23 points behind four three-pointers and a 7-of-9 effort at the free throw line.
• Haller recorded her sixth double-double of the season on 22 points and a game-high 16 rebounds in addition to a career-high seven blocks and two assists.
• Sophomore forward Kobe Chaney (Edgewater, Md./South River) contributed 11 points, eight boards, a career-best five steals, and two blocks in the win.

Up Next

• St. Mary's will be back in the Michael P. O'Brien Athletics and Recreation Center Arena this Saturday, January 28 at 2:00 p.m. against Marymount University (14-4, 8-3 CAC). The Seahawks will look to split the season series with Marymount after dropping a 74-46 decision in Arlington, Va., on December 3.
• After the Seahawk men's basketball team concludes the conference doubleheader with Marymount on Saturday, both teams will be sponsoring a FREE youth clinic.

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