COLCHESTER, Vt. (November 20, 2013) – Senior guard
Brooke Coderre (Woonsocket, R.I.) drained
back-to-back three-pointers in the opening minutes of overtime to
reverse momentum and help the Franklin Pierce University
women's basketball team stave off a potential devastating
collapse by pulling out a 75-69 overtime win at Saint
Michael's on Wednesday night in Colchester, Vt.
Coderre was one of four Ravens to
score in double-figures to help Franklin Pierce win its
second-straight game to improve to 2-2 (1-0 Northeast-10), while
St. Mike's dipped to 1-3 (0-1 NE-10).
Her first three-ball came on the
opening shot of the extra session, and snapped a 64-all tie after
Indira Evora rained in a three of her own with just :04 remaining
in regulation to send it to overtime. Evora's tying three
capped a furious 34-12 run by the Purple Knights over the final
13:32 of the game to come all the way back from a 52-30
deficit.
Coderre followed once again with a
triple a minute later to push Franklin Pierce's lead out to
70-64, which proved to be the winner as this time St. Mike's
could not come up with an answer.
Coderre's second three was
part of her 12 points on the night, and came after junior forward
Jessica Hurd (Kegworth, England) ripped down an
offensive rebound to keep possession for the Ravens. Hurd came off
the bench to log a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds,
and her offensive board prior to Coderre's bomb was one of
the three huge rebounds on the offensive glass in overtime that
enabled the Ravens to seal the win.
Franklin Pierce clung to a slim
72-69 lead with just :16 remaining, as Hurd grabbed another board
off a Franklin Pierce miss, thus now allowing St. Mike's a
potential game-tying possession. Her third offensive board came
just seconds later after a Franklin Pierce miss at the free throw
line. Hurd was immediately fouled and sunk the ensuing two free
throws to cap the win.
Sophomore forward Kara
Charette (Fairhaven, Mass.) and senior guard
Brittany Martelle (Brookfield, Conn.) were
Franklin Pierce's other double-digit scorers with 22 and 20
points, respectively. Charette logged 20-or-more points for the
fourth time in as many games this season, while Martelle rained in
a pair of three's, including one with 13:32 remaining to push
the Ravens' lead out to a comfortable 52-30 advantage.
The Purple Knights, though, rallied
and began slowly chipping away at the deficit before finally
busting through with a furious 18-1 run to cut their deficit to
59-57 with 2:42 to go. Makenzie Burud, Kaitlin Geary, and Evora
each pumped in a three to begin the surge with nine-straight
points, and after a Charette free throw halted the first string,
the Purple Knights were back at it with another nine points in a
row, highlighted by another five points from Burud.
Alexa Long finally equaled things
up at 61-61 with a jumper with 1:35 left, but the Ravens seemed to
settle things down with another free throw from Charette a;nd two
from Martelle in the waning seconds to give Franklin Pierce a
three-point lead. The settled feeling, though, didn't last
long as Evora's closing three sparked the extra five
minutes.
Long was Saint Michael's
offensive catalyst with 25 points and 14 rebounds, while Burud and
Evora pumped in 16 apiece. Evora's performance came in a
reserve role.
Franklin Pierce shot 45 percent
(29-of-64) from the field, and limited St. Mike's to just 31
percent shooting (22-of-70).
Long spearheaded St. Mike's
surge to start the game, as she scored six early points to help
give the Purple Knights a 13-10 lead, but the Ravens countered with
11-consecutive points on the strength of seven of those from
Charette.
Franklin Pierce stifled Saint
Michael's offensively the rest of the first half in building
a 36-23 lead at halftime, and then adding to it in the early stages
of the second half before the Purple Knights made things
interesting.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Saturday when the Ravens travel to North Andover, Mass. to take on
Merrimack at 1 p.m.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's basketball, please visit the team's page
at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu. To follow
the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on
YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports),
Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens).
Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce women's basketball
apparel can do so on the athletic department's online store
at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)
