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Brothers Leads Suffolk CC To NJCAA Women's Final
 

March 15, 2003

Her team turned to her and Molly Brothers did not let the Clippers down. Suffolk CC-Selden rode its marquee player and knocked off defending
champion College of DuPage (Ill.), 59-46, Friday in an NJCAA Division III women's basketball semifinal at Corning CC.

No. 4 Suffolk (24-1) scored the first eight points and never trailed against the top seed.

"We got the ball into her and she scored the first six points," coach Kevin Foley said of Brothers. "We had the lead the whole game and were
able to maintain it through two dry spells."

Brothers had 32 points, 15 rebounds 8 blocks and 4 steals. She made 12-for-18 from the field and 8 of 9 free throws.

Suffolk will play Madison Tech (Wis.) in the title game at 8 p.m. Saturday. Brothers already has the career tournament scoring record with 149
points in five games. Karen Geiger of Ocean County (1998-99) had the previous record of ' in six games.

Even Brothers' only assist was big. With 10:26 left, Suffolk led by six. Suffolk's Katie Brown hit a jumper and after a stop, DuPage (24-6) pressed.
Brothers dribbled to midcourt and fired a pass to Katie Burke at the blocks for an easy layup and a 10-point lead.

"It was her game," Foley said. "Thursday was a team game and tonight, we rode her. Now we're in the one game everybody has dreamed about
since they were kids."

Merrimack 88, Dowling 73: Mary Kacic had 28 points, 6 steals and 5 assists for Dowling (25-6) in an NCAA Division II Northeast Regional
quarterfinal. Merrimack (21-8) will face Bentley at 8 p.m. Saturday in a semifinal.

Men's Basketball

Suffolk CC-Selden 79, Montgomery College (Md.) 70: Maurice Manning hit four consecutive free throws and Tamien Trent followed with two
more as Suffolk scored the final six points and held off Montgomery in an NJCAA Division III semifinal at SUNY-Delhi.

Suffolk (31-1) will face the winner of Richland College (Texas) / College of DuPage (Ill.) at 8 p.m. Saturday in the program's first championship
appearance. Suffolk is riding a 17-game winning streak.

Daren Miller's back-to-back three- pointers with 5:14 left sparked a 10-2 run that gave Suffolk a 57-48 lead. The timely three pointers came just
after Montgomery (21-10) opened the second half with an 18-11 run to cut its deficit to 47-44.

"Those two threes were huge," Suffolk assistant coach Eric Brown said. "But we know Miller's going to come through with baskets for us.
We're confident in him, he's an outstanding shooter."

Manning scored 21 points and Trent 16 for the Clippers. Marcele Street (12) and Vernon Alonzo totaled 23.
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