PRINCESS ANNE, Maryland — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore jumped out to a 33-6 lead in the first half, behind a strong six minutes by the starting lineup and then coasted to an 86-28 win against Division III Bryn Athyn (1-1) on Tuesday.
None of the 14 players on the roster played less than four minutes and everyone scored.
"I thought our kids did well from top to bottom," head coach Fred Batchelor said. "I thought we took this opportunity to get better. We were playing an opponent that I think we kind of challenged them a little bit with our size and athleticism and I thought we got better today because we worked on things that we are going to need to do going forward and a lot of kids got extensive minutes to get them on the floor and get them used to playing college basketball."
Eastern Shore (2-1) outscored the Lions 21-3 in the opening six minutes before Batchelor began going to his bench. The Shore shot 63% from the field in the opening quarter and was 4-of-6 from behind the arc dished out 11 assists and grabbed 12 rebounds.
"I thought our starters got us off to a really good start with 33 points in the first quarter and they only played six or seven minutes of that," Batchelor said. "By the time they went out of the game, they had pretty much done the damage and set the tone. I thought the kids that came in did a good job of finishing up."
Sophomore Asia Pearly (Greensboro, North Carolina) had the team's first double-double of the season with 11 points and 11 boards in 19 minutes. Classmate Zamara Haynes (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was the game's leading scorer with 13 points to go along with six assists and four steals in 33 minutes.
Junior Jamaya Blanks (Greensboro, North Carolina) pulled down 10 rebounds, scored eight points and dished out six assists. Senior Taylor Clayborne (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) added eight points and three boards in just seven minutes.
In total, the bench scored 63 points and pulled down 40 rebounds.
"I thought they did what we asked them to do," Bathchelor said of his reserves. "I thought they showed a lot of discipline and a lot of class too and I think that is really important in something like this because we have been on the other end of some of these games before and you try to teach kids something more. We all want to compete and competing is a big part of what we do, but it is also about developing character and class and I thought today our kids did a good job of doing both."
The Hawks will return to action on Saturday (Nov. 20) at 2 p.m. when they host Drexel.