SUMMARY
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey – The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (4-5) was unable to hold off Marquette (4-2) after a long week of tournament play as the Hawks lost 74-48 in the Battle on the Banks.
THE SCORE
Marquette (4-2) - 74
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (4-5) - 48
HOW IT HAPPENED
Marquette managed to get out to an early lead in the first quarter as the Golden Eagles outscored the Hawks 18-4 through the opening frame. UMES pushed the pace in the second quarter, though, as the Hawks outscored Marquette 17-16 behind a collective team effort with six players scoring.
Through the first half UMES was paced by Dakieran Turner's six points and six rebounds. Ce'nara Skanes and Jayla Butler added another four points through the two quarters. The Hawks' second quarter surge, however, was unable to cut too much into Marquette's 34-21 lead after the Golden Eagles sank six three-point shots in the half.
The third quarter went Marquette's way with a 20-2 run through the first seven minutes of the quarter to take a 57-32 lead into the final frame. UMES and Marquette split the fourth quarter with the Golden Eagles taking the slight 17-16 advantage to cap the game.
BY THE NUMBERS
The Hawks were outrebounded for the only time this season, 42-32. UMES still holds an average of 40 rebounds a game.
Lainey Allen was named to the All-Tournament team after recording a collective 15 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and two steals against Georgia Southern and Marquette.
Brianna Barnes paced the Hawks against Marquette with her season-high of 18 points while adding three rebounds, three assists and a steal.
In her second game of the season, Ce'nara Skanes kicked in another seven points while pulling down a six rebounds and adding an assist.
The Hawks shot 30% from field, going 15-of-50 shooting and 3-of-11 from beyond the arc. Marquette shot 40.3% (25-62) while hitting 9-of-26 from three.
COMMENTS FROM HAWK HEAD COACH MALIKAH WILLIS
Reflection on game
"We're always going to play hard. I think the four games caught up to us this week, we didn't have any legs. We didn't have urgency. I'm going to count it off as having no legs. We couldn't hit a lot of shots, we took the right shots, just didn't hit them. I think the length of the week caught up to us."
Expectations after this week
"I think they know that all of this is setting them up for later on in our season. They're definitely accountable, we talk about that all the time. My expectation is that they continue to fight, and continue to work hard."
What this week's challenge against four teams does for the Hawks
"We played four different styles this week, on defense and offense. We're challenging ourselves to read defenses better and read the plays we're supposed to be making. And also going against their defense and see how our offense is going to work versus them, their zone, their man, their length. It's just a complete challenge. It's good stuff we can see on film; we get to go back now and break it down and show it to them."
Getting ready for next game
"Film. A lot of film. They're going to be off their legs a lot next week. We're just going to show them a lot of film. They're visual learners, for sure, and when they see it on film and see what could have happened, what didn't happen, different things good or bad, they'll be ready next weekend."
NEXT UP
The Hawks are off until Dec. 7 when they will travel to Washington, D.C., to take on Arizona State at 1:45 p.m. in the Coaches vs. Racism Roundball Classic.
