FINAL SCORE: #1 Concordia College Alabama Hornets (73), #5 University of Maine Fort Kent Bengals (57)

FINAL SCORE: #1 Concordia College Alabama Hornets (73), #5 University of Maine Fort Kent Bengals (57)

RECORDS: Concordia (23-3); Maine Fort Kent (20-6)

LOCATION: Penn State Fayette Main Arena, Uniontown, PA

IN BRIEF: The number one seed Concordia College Alabama Hornets defeated #5 Maine Fort Kent 73-57 to advance to the USCAA Women's Division I Final.  Erica Ousley led all scorers with 31 points to lead the Hornets to the championship round, while Shuntavia Harris added 11 and Ashley Henley contributed 10 points.

ON THE COURT

• Concordia jumped out to an early 12-4 lead to start the game following an and-one conversion by Erica Ousley at the 6:05 mark.
• Over the next two minutes, Maine Fort Kent went on a 6-2 run to make it 14-10 with 4:01 to play in the quarter.
• The Hornets established their first double-digit lead of the contest with 13 seconds left in the first quarter with an Ousley layup, making the score 22-12.
• Concordia pushed its lead to 32-16 at the 6:26 mark in the second quarter after two straight Ousely three-pointers.
• Then, the Bengals roared back with a 13-2 run over the next five minutes to make the score 34-29 with 1:42 left in the quarter.  It would be the closest they would come to the Hornets the rest of the game.
• Following a pair of Ousley baskets, Concordia took a 38-29 lead into half.
• Coming out of the break, Concordia layups by Lashanique Youngblood and Rayshell Harris made it 42-29 and reestablished a double-digit lead for the Hornets that they would not relinquish.
• Concordia would push its lead to as much as 18 in the fourth quarter, and would go on to win the game by a 73-57 margin.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

• Concordia's Erica Ousley led all scorers with 31 points off 11 of 22 shooting and 6 of 7 from the charity stripe.  Shuntavia Harris recorded 11 points and 9 rebounds on the day, while Ashley Henley also reached double-digits scoring with 10 points.
• The Bengals were led by Danielle Carrillo, who scored 17 points, followed by Ericak Saucier's 16, Samantha Carapellucci's 14, and Romanalyn Inocencio's 10 points.
• Concordia recorded 15 points of 12 Fort Kent turnovers.
• The Fort Kent starting five played all 40 minutes.

NEXT UP

The top-seeded Hornets will face the winner of #6 Rochester and #2 Iowa Wesleyan in the Championship game Saturday at 12:30pm in Main Arena.