MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — The Keuka College Women's Basketball team picked up its first win of the season Wednesday evening, pulling away from SUNY Morrisville for an 81-59 victory at Morrisville.
Lillian Mullen led Keuka College (1-2) with 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting.
Emiley Anderson added 13 points,
Ava Carpenter scored 12, and
Emilee Bacon pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds.
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SUNY Morrisville scored the first four points, but the Wolves found their footing quickly. Mullen hit a three-pointer to cut a four-point deficit to one, and
Brooke Burd gave Keuka its first lead, 7-6, with a jumper two and a half minutes into the game. After the Mustangs tied the game at 9-9 midway through the frame, Keuka closed the quarter on a 14-5 run. Carpenter made a pair of free throws and a layup, Anderson hit a three-pointer, and
Courtney Moreau knocked down a three as the Wolves took a 23-14 lead into the second quarter.
Keuka pushed the lead to 25-14 on a Burd layup early in the second quarter, but the Mustangs answered and got within five, 28-23, with six minutes left in the half. The Wolves countered with a 7-0 run, getting a Mullen jumper, a Carpenter three-pointer, and a Mullen layup to restore a 12-point cushion. Bacon added a pair of layups in the quarter, and Moreau's second three-pointer of the night made it 40-28 on the way to a 40-30 halftime lead.
Morrisville opened the second half with a basket, but Keuka took control from there, outscoring the Mustangs 25-11 the rest of the quarter. Mullen answered with a jumper and Anderson hit a pair of threes to push the lead to 16, 50-34. Burd scored six points in the quarter on three layups, and
Addison Foster and Carpenter closed the period with back-to-back three-pointers for a 65-43 lead.
The Mustangs opened the fourth quarter with a 5-0 burst to get within 17, but Foster answered with a layup at 7:22, and the Wolves went on an 8-0 run, with Moreau and Mullen adding layups to make it 73-48. The Wolves would lead by as many as 27 in the fourth on their way to the 81-59 victory.
KC Notes:
- The Wolves improved to 17-12 all-time against SUNY Morrisville, including 8-6 at Morrisville. It is Keuka's second straight win in the series after a 63-54 victory last season
- Keuka's 81 points tied the most it has scored against Morrisville, matching the total from 2021-22
- The Wolves forced 26 turnovers and turned them into 23 points, finishing with 16 steals.
- Keuka College hit 10 three-pointers in the game and held Morrisville to 2-of-14 from beyond the arc
- Junior guard Lillian Mullen scored a game-high 22 points and set a career high with 10 made field goals. Her two three-pointers gave her 80 for her career, tying Katie Stuart '17 for 10th in program history
- Sophomore forward Emilee Bacon grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds, four of them on the offensive end, and went over 200 career rebounds with 206. She also set career highs with four steals and four assists
- Junior guard Emiley Anderson scored 13 points and tied her career high with three three-pointers. She also had three assists and two steals
- First-year guard Ava Carpenter scored a season-high 12 points and dished out four assists.
- Senior center Brooke Burd shot 5-of-6 from the field for 10 points and added six rebounds and three steals, tying her career high in steals
- The bench scored 15 points, led by sophomore guard Courtney Moreau's season-high 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting with three steals. First-year guard Addison Foster added five points, and first-year forward Erin Marone had five rebounds and four assists
Up Next for Keuka College: The Green and Gold return home to face SUNY Delhi on Saturday, Nov. 14, with a 2 p.m. tip at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center in Keuka Park.
