Opponent: at Monroe Mustangs
Score: #17 Harford 82 - Monroe 66
Records: #17 Harford 12-0, 4-0 Md Juco | Monroe 7-4
Location: New Rochelle, N.Y.
The Short Story: The Harford women's basketball team was able to defeat the Monroe Mustangs for the second time in five days, this time being a bit more of a comfortable win then the previous match.
Box Score: Click Here

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Adrienne Jones hit a couple of three pointers from the corner to lead the Fighting Owls in a first quarter that was marred by turnovers and missed shots.
• Tolulope Otoki started to get involved more in the second stanza as she scored on a driving lay-up followed by a trey from the top of the key as part of a 10 point quarter for her.
• Daisa Harris followed that up with a steal that led to a fast break lay-up with the and-one tacked on. Otoki again scored on an offensive rebound and put-back to get Harford up by 10 at 29-19 with seven minutes left in the first half.
• Just when Monroe started to get some momentum going, Alysha Berry answered with a long range shot and Harris made a couple of fast break baskets to extend the Harford lead to 43-30 at halftime.
• Harford led by as many as 15 in the third quarter, but that lead gradually shrank all the way down to 7 after a three pointer by Monroe with six minutes left in the fourth quarter. A big Danielle Durjan block was grabbed by Dominique Walker who threw a long pass back to Durjan for a lay-up to get the lead back up to 70-59 with five minutes left.
• Nichole Collins hit a late three pointer that extended the Fighting Owls lead to 18 as they were able to close out Monroe comfortably in the end.

GAME NOTES:

• Tolulope Otoki scored 18 points in just 22 minutes on the court to lead all players.
• Daisa Harris came back from a tough shooting night last week to score 14 points on 5-12 from the field along with 5 steals.
• Dominique Walker earned a double-double in the game with 10 points and 10 rebounds including 5 of the offensive variety.
• Alysha Berry, Dahnye Redd, and Adrienne Jones all finished with 9 points each.
• Danielle Durjan tied her lowest point total for a game this season with 8 points, but did tally a couple of big blocks.

UP NEXT:

• On the heels of being ranked #17 in the NJCAA Division I national poll, the Fighting Owls will return home to face Prince George's on Friday December 9th at 5:30 PM.
• The Prince George's Owls are 3-5 overall this season and 1-1 in the conference with a victory over Anne Arundel and a loss at Cecil.
• The game will be televised on the Harford Sports Network and will be called by Harford Athletic Director Ken Krsolovic and ESPN's "Mr. Bracketology" Joe Lunardi.