Lee breaks 1000 in season-opening loss to Seahawks
ST MARY’S CITY, Md. – Despite Chanelle Lee’s (Brunswick, Md./Saint John’s Catholic Prep) double-double and 1000th point, women’s basketball fell 77-64 to St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Inside the Box Score
Chanelle Lee (Brunswick, Md./Saint John’s Catholic Prep) posted a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds. She added in three steals and a pair of blocks on the defensive end.
Aliyah Taylor (Randallstown, Md./Pikesville High School) scored 11 and grabbed five rebounds.
Na’Vaye Quarles (Glen Burnie, Md./North County) and Libby Kiley (Taneytown, Md./Springdale Prep) each scored ten points. Kiley led the team with four steals.
How it Happened
The Seahawks started the game with a pair of 3-pointers in front of the Blazers’ bench. Kiley responded with a jump shot of her own from the top of the key, giving Lee the assist. Lee proceeded to make her next three field goals as both teams went back-and-forth scoring. Tam Stanford (Baltimore, Md./Our Lady of Mount Carmel) checked into the game and hit a three-pointer immediately. Quarles also came off the bench to score six points in the quarter. Hood trailed by one point after the first ten minutes; the score was 17-18.
Kourtney Johnson (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch High School) made her presence felt early in the second quarter when she was able to score consecutive baskets to tie the game 21-21. Kiley’s defense led to her offense as she turned one of her four steals into two points on the other end. The rest of the half looked to be in the Seahawks’ control. Hood added a pair of free throws, but St. Mary’s went on a scoring run to close the half 36-25.
Lee and Taylor took turns scoring to keep Hood in what was a tightly contested game. Quarles and Stanford also contributed as they helped the Blazers tie the game up 47-47. With 19 seconds left, Sam Blaylock made a three-pointer to give the Seahawks the lead that they never gave back.
The Blazers battled with the Seahawks in the final frame but were unable to come out victorious. Hood fought hard but fell 77-64. The final stretch was highlighted by Lee scoring her 1000th point. The milestone basket came after she drove between defenders and made a floater.
For the Opponent
Sam Blaylock scored 17 points and made five three-pointers.
Keira Mason scored 14 points and had seven rebounds.
Analysis
St. Mary’s shot 64 percent from the free throw line, compared to 25 percent from Hood.
Both teams tied for bench points with 15.
Up Next
The Blazers head to Farmville, Va. for a Division I exhibition game at 12 p.m. against Longwood University, on Sunday, November 9. The event will be livestreamed on ESPN+.
