Women's Basketball Rolls To Fifth Victory In Colorado

LAKEWOOD, Colo. – The Barry University women’s basketball team continued their strong start to the season, as they rolled to another victory, 81-69, Friday night against Western State College at the Colorado Christian Thanksgiving Classic.

Seniors Lucy Martinez and Princess Bailey carried the load for the Bucs (5-0), as the two combined for 41 points, with Bailey scoring 21.

The teams remained close throughout most of the first half, until a Bailey jumper at the halfway point helped give Barry a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

WSC (1-4) trimmed the lead to two twice over the final ten minutes, but went into halftime trailing the Bucs by 11 following an 11-5 run over the final four minutes.

Martinez made sure the Bucs would hold on for the victory, as she opened the second frame hitting two three-pointers and tallying 12 points in all in the second half.

Mariesa Greene continued her solid week of basketball, as she followed up her double-double performance from Tuesday night against Caldwell, with 12 points and nine rebounds against the Mountaineers.

Shanna Suttington provided a spark off the bench, as she tallied nine points, six coming in the first half, including a three-point-play to cap the half.

The Bucs will look to remain undefeated as they will play the host team Colorado Christian Saturday night at 6 p.m. to conclude the Thanksgiving Classic.

Newspaper Box Score
Barry vs Western State Women
11/28/08 4pm at Lakewood, CO
At Lakewood, CO

BARRY 81, WESTERN STATE WOMEN 69

BARRY (5-0)


BAILEY, Princess 8-15 4-5 21; MARTINEZ, Lucy 7-11 2-2 20; GREENE, Mariesa
5-6 2-3 12; SUTTINGTON, Shanna 3-6 2-2 9; SANFORD, Alisha 1-2 4-4 6; HENRI,
Alexandra 2-2 0-0 6; SINGLETARY, Kristy 2-2 0-0 5; PALMER, Kia 1-2 0-0 2;
SMITH, Raina 0-0 0-0 0; HOUSTON, Yvonne 0-2 0-0 0; DUNCAN, Kisa 0-0 0-0 0;
O'MALLEY, Tara 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-48 14-16 81.

WESTERN STATE WOMEN (1-4)

Nikki Trujillo 5-16 2-2 16; Brooke Pendergraft 5-13 1-2 16; Kelsie Tipping
3-6 2-2 9; Amber Murray 3-8 2-2 9; Carletta Hernandez 3-10 2-2 8; Sarai
Martinez 2-3 1-7 5; Kristen Forbes 0-2 2-4 2; Kayla Mellegard 1-2 0-0 2;
Michelle Dobbs 0-2 1-2 1; Phaliesha Kodaseet 0-1 1-2 1; Chesley Hastigan 0-2
0-0 0; Danielle Zehnder 0-1 0-0 0; Jennifer Garner 0-2 0-0 0; Lindsi Holm
0-2 0-0 0; Krista Cona 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-70 14-25 69.

Barry......................... 45 36 - 81
Western State Women........... 34 35 - 69

3-point goals--Barry 9-18 (MARTINEZ, Lucy 4-7; HENRI, Alexandra 2-2; BAILEY,
Princess 1-5; SUTTINGTON, Shanna 1-2; SINGLETARY, Kristy 1-1; HOUSTON,
Yvonne 0-1), Western State Women 11-24 (Brooke Pendergraft 5-6; Nikki
Trujillo 4-7; Amber Murray 1-4; Kelsie Tipping 1-2; Chesley Hastigan 0-2;
Lindsi Holm 0-1; Carletta Hernandez 0-2). Fouled out--Barry-None, Western
State Women-None. Rebounds--Barry 40 (GREENE, Mariesa 9), Western State
Women 34 (Brooke Pendergraft 7). Assists--Barry 14 (BAILEY, Princess 3;
SINGLETARY, Kristy 3), Western State Women 9 (Sarai Martinez 4). Total
fouls--Barry 20, Western State Women 20. Technical fouls--Barry-None,
Western State Women-None. A-210