GAME INFORMATION
Score: Smith College 72, Southern Maine 64
Records: Smith (2-0); USM (0-2)
When: Saturday, November 18, 2017
Location: Northampton, Mass.
Smith Starters: Bondi, Marquez, Holland, Guest-Pritchett, Barriscale
USM Starters: Eells, Srolovitz, Luckhardt, Nicholson, Nicely

Head coach Lynn Hersey won her 150th game at Smith College as the Pioneers opened the 25th Annual Tyler Tip-Off Tournament with a 72-64 win over Southern Maine Saturday afternoon at Ainsworth Gymnasium. The Pioneers improve to 2-0, while the Huskies drop to 0-2.

SMITH HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior Kennedy Guest-Pritchett (Fairburn, Ga./The Lawrenceville School) led all players with 21 points and 11 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.
• Senior Amanda Barriscale (Mill Valley, Calif./Tamalpais) finished with 12 points, nine boards, and three assists.
• Junior Lauren Bondi (Burnaby, BC, Can./Notre Dame Secondary) totaled eight points, five rebounds, and four helpers.
• Katy McClellan (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra Area) and Paige Marquez (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prepatory) each added nine points and four rebounds.

USM HIGHLIGHTS

• Sophomore Chantel Eells recorded a career-best 14 points on 5-8 shooting from the floor.
• Freshman Kristen Curley also had a career-best scoring 13 points on a perfect 6-6 effort from the field, adding four rebounds and two steals off of the bench.
• Juniors Alexa Srolovitz and Kimberly Howrigan each had 10 points.
• Sophomore Jackie Luckhardt added eight points, three assists, and three steals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Guest-Pritchett opened with back-to-back buckets, giving the Pioneers an early 4-0 lead.
• An 11-6 lead by the home team at the 4:16 mark of the first was quickly erased as Kimberly Howrigan drained a three-pointer and Srolovitz added a layup to tie the score at 11-11.
• With the Huskies ahead 16-11, a three-point play from Holland and a jumper from Guest-Pritchett tied the game at the end of the first quarter.
• The Pioneers outscored Southern Maine 21-9 in the second stanza to take a 37-25 lead into halftime, powered by eight points from Guest-Pritchett.
• Smith's largest margin of the game was 16 points 59 seconds into the third quarter, however, Southern Maine closed out the period on an 11-6 run to make it 47-36.
• After a trey from Srolovitz made it 66-58 in favor of the Pioneers with just under a minute to play, Smith made 6-of-8 free throws to close out the game.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Field Goals: Smith 24-52 / USM 25-53
• 3-Point FG: Smith 4-14 / USM 5-19
• Free Throw: Smith 20-27 / USM 9-11
• Points off Turnovers: Smith 11 / USM 19

GAME NOTES

• Senior guard Meghan Holland (Atherton, Calif./Sacred Heart Prepatory) made her first start of the season.
• Guest-Pritchett posted the 25th double-double of her career.
• The Pioneers out-rebounded Southern Maine 41-19.
• Smith is now 2-0 against the Huskies.
• The Pioneers open the season 2-0 for the second consecutive year.

UP NEXT
The Pioneers host Bates in the finals game of the 25th Annual Tyler Tip-Off Tournament Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

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