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Terre Haute

Coverage of the women's Final Four

2002 season

Emmanuel 63, Southern Maine 51
GORHAM, Maine — Senior guard Brianne Bognanno scored a team-high 16 points and Emmanuel overcame a defensive struggle with Southern Maine en route to a 63-51 triumph Tuesday night at the Hill Gymnasium.

Emmanuel, which improved to 27-2, will now travel to Bowdoin College (24-1), which received a first-round bye, for a second-round game on Saturday afternoon. Southern Maine concludes the year with a 25-3 slate.

The Saints employed an aggressive, trapping defense to pull away from the Huskies late in the game. With the scored tied at 49-49 with 6:26 remaining in the contest, the Saints closed out the game with a 14-2 run. Emmanuel forced 25 turnovers, and held Southern Maine to 20 field goals on 59 attempts (.339).

Emmanuel took the lead for good at 51-49 on a running layup by Bognanno with 6:09 remaining. After sophomore guard Nessie Parham hit the second of two foul shots to extend the lead to 52-49 with 5:20 remaining, Southern Maine scored its final hoop of the night with 3:05 remaining when senior guard Niki Dominiczak pulled the Huskies within 52-51.

Emmanuel responded with a follow-up shot by junior forward Julia Dermirer to grab a 54-51 lead with 2:43 remaining, and ignite a game-ending 11-0 run.

Despite the final outcome, the Huskies held the upper hand throughout much of the second half. The game was tied 28-28 at the break and witnessed three additional ties early in the second half as the two teams traded baskets.

Southern Maine opened its largest lead of the second half at 45-40, when sophomore guard Nikki Allen hit a layup and made the ensuing foul shot with 11:43 remaining. The Saints, who would outscore the Huskies by a 23-6 margin the rest of the way, took their first lead of the second half at 48-47 with 8:42 remaining, when Dermirer sank a pair of free throws.

Sophomore guard Meg Cressler answered with a running layup to give the Huskies their final advantage of the game at 49-48 with 6:26 remaining. Senior Marcy Tillman tied the game at 49-49 when she sank the second of two free throws.

Senior forward Jaime Zahm led the Huskies with game highs of 17 points and 16 rebounds, while junior guard Jess Libby added 10 points, and Cressler contributed 11 points.

Emmanuel received 14 points from sophomore forward Melanie Sloan and 10 points from Dermirer.

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