Women’s Basketball Back In The Win Column With 80-45 Victory At Bard

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O’Connor comes off the bench to net career-high 19 points

1/19/2010 -

Kerry O'Connor knocked down five triples on her way to a career-high 19 points.

Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. – Junior Kerry O’Connor (Bethpage, N.Y.) came off the bench to knock down five three pointers on her way to a career best 19 points as the College of Mount Saint Vincent Women’s Basketball team cruised past Bard 80-45. O’Connor was one of two Dolphins to record a career-high point total as Andree DeLeon (Flushing, N.Y.) netted 12 points for the Mount.

Mount Saint Vincent was in control of the contest throughout as it never trailed. The score would be tied once by Bard in the early going, but a pair of DeLeon free-throws with 18:22 left in the opening half pushed the Mount in front for good in the contest.

The lead would grow to double-figures on a Jill Brady (Rockaway Beach, N.Y.) triple with 13:12 left in the half and would balloon to a high of 16 points in the first half on three occasions, including on a Ciara Clarke (Warwick, N.Y.) layup in the closing seconds to send the Mount to the locker room with a 38-22 advantage.

The Dolphins shot a red hot 53.3-percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and outscored the Raptors 22-4 in the paint. The Mount Saint Vincent defense also excelled in the opening period, holding Bard to just eight field goals and a 28.6 shooting percentage.

Mount Saint Vincent used a 20-4 run over the first 9:30 of the second half to open its advantage to 30 on the Raptors. The advantage would not fall under 27 points the rest of the contest and grew to a game-high 39 points on an O’Connor layup in the final 40 seconds.

Overall in the game Mount Saint Vincent was 32-for-59 from the floor and also knocked down 10 treys, with half of those coming from O’Connor. For the game the junior guard was 7-10 from the field and 5-7 from behind the arc to reach her 19 points. She also grabbed two rebounds, swiped a steal and recorded a blocked shot for the Dolphins.

DeLeon also stood out for the Dolphins on Tuesday, finishing 4-for-7 from the floor and a perfect 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. She also recorded three rebounds, two assists and four steals.

Courtney Heesemann (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) finished the night with 14 points and nine rebounds and Lauren Percodani (Staten Island, N.Y.) chipped in with seven points and game-highs in steals and assists with five in each category.

The win snaps a two game losing streak for the Dolphins and moves them to 9-6 overall and to 6-3 in the Skyline Conference. The Mount will return home to face Yeshiva on Thursday night. Due to construction the game will be played at Baruch and will tip-off at 8:00 p.m.