PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Sophomores
Amanda Pemberton (Las Vegas, Nev./Liberty) and
Spencer Shore (Boca Raton, Fla./West Boca Raton) set career highs with 17 and 15 points, respectively, leading the Manhattanville College women's basketball team to a 62-36 victory over the College of Mount Saint Vincent Dolphins Wednesday, Dec. 18, at Kennedy Gymnasium.
Senior
Kayleah McGuire (Somers, N.Y./Somers) matched her season average with 16 points, continuing her run of double figures scoring in every game this season, while sophomore
Sarah Coutu (Cranston, R.I./Cranston East) stuffed the stat sheet with six points, eight assists, four rebounds and four steals for Manhattanville (9-0). Yamirlesy Reyes and Dez Brown both had 10 points for Mount St. Vincent (2-8).
All five Manhattanville starters (Pemberton, Shore, McGuire, Coutu and freshman
Ali Mikaele (Silver Spring, Md./St. Andrew's Episcopal School)) and freshman Faith Johnson-DeSilvia all recorded at least one field goal in the first quarter, capped by a deep three-pointer from Shore at the buzzer, as Manhattanville opened a 20-9 lead after the opening 10 minutes.
With the Valiants leading 22-12 in a low-scoring second quarter, Pemberton scored four of eight straight Manhattanville points, all on layups, igniting a 10-4 Manhattanville advantage over the rest of the quarter, as the Valiants doubled the Dolphins, 32-16, at the half.
Manhattanville's surge continued out of the locker room, as the Valiants opened the second half on a remarkable 17-0 run, seven of those points coming from Pemberton, before Reyes scored on a layup with 1:19 left in the quarter.
Mount St. Vincent briefly cut the margin to 24 in the final quarter, thanks in large part to a 6-0 run, but Pemberton, McGuire and Shore combined for 26 of the team's 30 second-half points. The Valiants defense finished with 30-plus forced turnovers for the second-straight game -- fourth time this season -- and held their fourth team under 30 percent shooting from the field.
The Valiants wrap up 2018 at home next Saturday, Dec. 28, in a non-conference game against the Goucher College Gophers at 2:00 p.m.
