Endicott Athletics and Recreation

    • Emily Pratt's Career-High 17 Points Aids Gulls' Comeback Versus Nichols, 60-51

    BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's basketball team overcame a halftime deficit against Nichols Saturday afternoon to earn a 60-51 comeback victory inside MacDonald Gymnasium in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action.

    Photo by David Le
    Photo by David Le
    January 14, 2017
    Box Score

     RAPID REACTION w/ SARAH HOOD

    BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's basketball team overcame a halftime deficit against Nichols Saturday afternoon to earn a 60-51 comeback victory inside MacDonald Gymnasium in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action.

    The Bison raced out to a 20-8 advantage after one quarter of play for their largest lead of the game on junior forward Allison Cerrato's (Rockland, Mass.) layup and turned in a 32-27 lead at the break.

    Endicott grabbed its first lead of the day since senior forward Sarah Hood's (Burlington, Mass.) opening layup on senior guard Ilyza Holman's (Ashland, Mass.) trey with 5:31 to play in the third quarter.

    The Gulls took the lead for good (39-37 with 4:48 left in the third quarter) as freshman guard Emily Pratt (Gardner, Mass.) connected from downtown on one of her career-high four three-pointers en route to a career-high/game-high 17 points and seven rebounds in the come-from behind victory.

    Nichols chipped away to get the score within two, 53-51, with 2:31 left, but six straight points from Pratt helped put the game away.

    BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

    • The Gulls are 20-5 overall and 11-2 at home in the all-time series against Nichols.
    • Endicott has won the past three straight meetings, including last season's series sweep.
    • Pratt has scored in double-digits in six games this season.
    • Hood recorded her second consecutive double-double of the season as she poured in 10 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.
    • Hood now has five double-doubles this season.

    FOR THE FOES

    • The Bison have lost nine games in a row.
    • Nichols was up by as much as 12 with 1:08 left in the first quarter.
    • Cerrato registered a team-high 16 points and a team-leading nine rebounds.
    • Senior guard Taylor Daniels (Dudley, Mass.) chipped in 12 points to go with seven rebounds, two assists, and a tied-for-game-high three steals to join Cerrato in double figures.

    WHAT'S NEXT

    The Gulls (7-8, 6-2 CCC) travel to face Roger Williams on Tuesday, January 17th at 5:30 p.m.

    Nichols (1-13, 1-7 CCC) hosts Salve Regina on Tuesday, January 17th at 7:30 p.m.

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