NORTHAMPTON - Senior guard
Hannah Martin (North Andover, MA/North Andover) scored her 1,000th career point in Smith basketball's 71-54 win over St. Lawrence University in the championship game of the Tyler Tip-Off Tournament on Sunday evening. Senior guard
Uta Nakamura (Manhattan, NY/Long Island Lutheran) was named the tournament Most Valuable Player and first year guard
Gabriella Mittelman (Glen Rock, NJ/Northern Valley Demarest) earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team.
The Bears improve to 2-0 on the year, while the Saints drop to 1-1.
Game Highlights
First Quarter
- Summer Warren (Canton, MA/Brooks School) opened the scoring with a layup before St. Lawrence moved ahead 5-2 on baskets by Elizabeth Flynn and Norah Niesz
- The Bears answered with an 8-0 run to make it 10-5
- The Saints worked back within 16-13 on Mia Tartaglia's 3-pointer, but Nakamura hit a 3-pointer on the Bears' next possession and later added a layup.
- Felicia Fongemie (Ashford, CT/Marianapolis Prep) closed the quarter with a jumper at :08, giving the Bears a 23-13 lead after the first quarter.
Second Quarter
- Bre'Aria Cannon (Christiana, TN/Link Academy) scored off an offensive rebound early in the quarter before St. Lawrence answered with a 3-pointer from Josie Cancro and two free throws from Elizabeth Flynn to make it 25-18.- Selam Maher (St.Louis Park, MN/St. Louis Park) accounted for the Bears' next eight points, hitting 3-pointers at 7:02 and 4:46 and adding a fast-break layup at 3:52 as the Bears moved ahead 33-19.
- Mittelman and Nakamura added late 3-pointers for the Bears, while Nico Cuba hit a 3-pointer and two free throws for the Saints before the Bears took a 39-26 lead into halftime.
Third Quarter
- After St. Lawrence made an early free throw, the Bears got a fast-break layup from Maher, a Mittelman 3-pointer and a Martin layup to move ahead 46-29.
- The Saints answered with a Mia Tartaglia 3-pointer and an Annie Perry jumper, bringing the score to 46-34 before the Bears steadied the stretch with a Williams free throw.
- Bre'Aria Cannon (Christiana, TN/Link Academy) scored off a Martin assist, and Fongemie followed with a layup and free throw as the Bears pushed the score to 52-34 midway through the quarter.
- The Bears closed the quarter with points from Fongemie and Shea Montague (Amesbury, MA/Central Catholic), including Montague's second-chance layup and Fongemie's fast-break basket, and carried a 59-40 lead into the fourth.
Fourth Quarter
- The Bears turned Mittelman's steal into a free throw, kept the possession with Summer Warren's (Canton, MA/Brooks School) offensive rebound and got a Gracie Ward (Frederick, CO/Holy Family) 3-pointer at 8:50 before Maggie Fleming's (Downers Grove, IL/Downers Grove) layup made it 65-40.
- St. Lawrence answered with two 3-pointers from Norah Niesz, then added two Stevie Bannon free throws to move the score to 65-48.
- Fleming scored again off a Ward assist, and the Bears later got an offensive-rebound layup from Ella Andrews (Boxford, MA/Dexter Southfield) before Andrews blocked a late shot and Ella Trefethen (Bow, NH/Milton Academy) made two free throws to finish the 71-54 win.
By the Numbers
- Nakamura and Selam Maher (St.Louis Park, MN/St. Louis Park) each scored 10, while Mittelman added 12 points off the bench
- Martin scored her 1,000th career point on a fastbreak layup with 5:28 left in the first quarter
- The Bears shot 54% from the floor and 43.8% from three-point range
- The Saints went 37.5% from the field and 45.5% from long distance
- Smith finished with a 36-6 advantage in points in the paint and got 38 points from their bench
Up Next
Smith returns to action on Tuesday, November 17 when the Bears travel to Bowdoin for a clash with the nationally ranked Polar Bears
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