Feb. 2, 2008

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Final Stats

HAMILTON, N.Y. - Cassie Consedine scored eight of Navy's second-half opening 15 points and tallied a career-high 20 points in the game to help the Mids record a 64-49 victory over Colgate, Saturday afternoon at Cotterell Court in Hamilton, N.Y.

"I'm happy for our players," said Navy head coach Tom Marryott. "They have continually worked hard all season and just didn't see it reflected in the results of the games."

Navy held a 19-18 lead late in the first half, but outscored Colgate 10-4 over the final six minutes to head into halftime with a 29-22 lead. Consedine and fellow freshman Angela Myers both scored nine points in the opening half for the Mids.

Navy then scored the opening seven points of the second half as part of a 15-4 run to take a 44-26 lead with 15:45 left to play. Colgate was able to climb as close as 11 points at 47-36, but Navy went on a 9-0 run to build a 56-36 advantage with 5:30 remaining in the game. Poor free throw shooting down the stretch by the Mids allowed Colgate to narrow the margin down to 13 points at 62-49 before Ali Currier converted a pair of attempts from the line with 2.5 seconds remaining for the final points of the game.

Navy's defense forced 15 Colgate turnovers on the day and its offense scored 17 points following the Colgate miscues. Conversely, the Mids allowed the Raiders to score just four points following the 10 Navy turnovers.

The defense by the Mids also forced Colgate into a 2-of-12 effort from behind the three-point line and allowed the Raiders to shoot 35.8 percent from the field. Navy drilled six triples on the day and converted 40 percent of its shots from the floor.

"Our defense was key this afternoon," said Marryott. "In addition to what shows up on the box score, we also didn't allow Colgate to start looking towards the basket for a shot until the shot clock was winding down. On offense, we took very good care of the basketball."

Consedine sank a trio of three-point field goals on her way to leading all players in scoring on the day. She also added a Navy-best eight rebounds, while Myers totaled 14 points and dished out five assists.

Colgate was led in scoring by Georgia Gier and Shevorne Martin, with both players tallying 15 points.

"We now need to use this experience and confidence to start the second half of the league season with a much better start than we had to the first half," said Marryott.

The Mids improve to 5-17 on the season and 1-6 in the Patriot League with the win, while the Raiders fall to 1-21 on the year and 0-7 in league play with the loss.

Navy will open the second half of the Patriot League season Feb. 9 when the Mids plat at Bucknell.