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Julia McClure (left)
*12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 steals (career high), 4 assists
Kellie Crouch
*12 points (4-of-8 from 3-point range)
 *Now ranked 10th on Wagner Single-Season 3-Pt. Made List (63)

Staten Island, NY – Ashlee White scored a game-high 17 points while Caroline Hummell and Alexis Carter added 10 points apiece as Mount St. Mary's came back from an 18-point third-quarter deficit to record a 70-59 win over Wagner tonight at the Spiro Sports Center.
 
With the win, the Mountaineers improve to 11-16 on the season, 9-7 in Northeast Conference (NEC) play while the Seahawks fall to 4-23 overall, 3-13 in league.
 
Wagner shot 57 percent from the field in the first half, which including a sizzling 72.7 percent (8-of-11) in the first quarter, in galloping out to a 35-26 halftime. Freshman guard Kellie Crouch (North Brunswick, NJ / St. John Vianney) led the way in the opening stanza with nine points which came on three jumpers from beyond the arc while junior guard Tanasia Russell (Vineland, NJ / Vineland) and sophomore guard Julia McClure (Secaucus, NJ / Secaucus) supplied seven first-half points for the Seahawks.
 
The Green & White continued to have the hot hand through most of the third quarter, coming out of the intermission on a well-executed 16-7 run that gave the Seahawks a 51-33 lead with 3:26 remaining in the period quarter.
 
The Mount got back into the game by going on a 13-0 run in slicing the deficit to five points, at 51-46, heading into the final period. Kayla Bates then knocked down a three-pointer for the Mountaineer to open the fourth quarter, making it a 51-49 game. After McClure missed a pair of free throws, Katrice Dicknson banged home a corner three-pointer to give the Mount the lead for good a 52-51 with 7:58 remaining in the game.
 
The Mount then outscored Wagner 14-5 over the next six minutes in opening a 66-56 lead en route to the 70-59 win. The Mountaineers outscored the Seahawks 24-8 in the fourth quarter as Wagner was just 1-of-8 from the floor in the final quarter, in addition to sinking 6-of-8 from the free throw line.
 
Wagner exhibited balanced scoring on the night, placing four players in double figures with McClure and Crouch leading the way with 12 points apiece, while Baggs and freshman forward Kerstie Phills (Charlotte, NC / Charlotte Christian) finished with 10 each. Phills' 10-point outing kept her double-digit scoring streak going as the 5-9 North Carolinian has now reached double figures in 17 straight games, including all 16 NEC contests, and 20 of her last 21 overall.
 
The Seahawks are next in action on Saturday, February 25 when they host Bryant at 1:00 p.m. before concluding the regular season on Monday, February 27 at home vs. LIU Brooklyn in a 7:00 p.m. tip.
 
Notes
Crouch Enters Wagner All-Time Single-Season Top 10 in 3-Pointers Made
Crouch went 4-of-8 from three-point range on the night and, in the process, moved into the Wagner All-Time Top 10 list in single-season treys as the 5-6 Jersey Shore native has now hit 63 trifectas on the year, which ranks 10^th. Crouch, who has hit 63-of-139 (.453) from deep, is now in good company, just three behind Jasmine Nwajei (2015-16) and Marie Laurence Archambault (2012-13).

Three Seahawks Hand Out Four Assists Apiece
Three different Seahawks handed our four assists on the night in Russell, McClure and senior forward Taylor Butigian (Rockaway Park, NY / Christ the King), as Wagner was credited with 14 helpers on 20 made field goals. For Butigian, the four assists tie her career high while Russell's four helpers are one shy of her career high. McClure, meanwhile, had a career-high nine-assist assist game vs. Central Connecticut back on February 17. The 5-8 McClure did, however, set a career high tonight with five steals.
 
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