Taylor Reed equalled her season high with 15 points (Photo by Jacob Dewald)
Taylor Reed equalled her season high with 15 points (Photo by Jacob Dewald)
Posted: Feb 18, 2015

Mesa women hang on for 66-59 win at Chandler-Gilbert

Mesa Community College
66
AT
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
59
Game Leaders
Mesa Community College
Pts: Taylor Reed - 15
Reb: Kylie Herd - 10
Ast: 2 Players (#24, #32) - 3
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Pts: Shinaya Betsoi - 12
Reb: Symaani Joiner-Lister - 9
Ast: Naomie Klah - 10
Team Stats
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  CHANDLER, AZ - Despite scoring a 51-point victory over Chandler-Gilbert when the two teams met in January at Theo Heap Gym, the Mesa women had to battle for a 66-59 win over the Coyotes Wednesday night on the road.

  Combined with Pima's 82-68 loss to Central Arizona, MCC regains the ACCAC Division II lead by one game. The T-Birds, however, must finish ahead of Pima to claim the top spot in the region tournament as the Aztecs have a tie-breaker over MCC.

  After five lead changes in the first half, MCC (18-9, 13-7) took a 28-23 halftime margin.

  It never trailed in the second 20 minutes, but never had more than an 11-point lead.

  The Coyotes (3-25, 3-17) cut the margin to four several times, the last at 55-51 with 3:49 to play on a layup by Jessica Neff, but the T-Birds responded with seven straight points to build the margin to 62-51 with 1:09 to play.

  Taylor Reed (Fr., Kingman, AZ/Kingman H.S.) equalled her season high with 15 points to pace Mesa. Megan Gillespie (So., Phoenix, AZ/Arcadia H.S.) added 14 and Kylie Herd (So., Phoenix, AZ/Arcadia H.S.) had 11. Herd had a double-double with ten rebounds as MCC out-rebounded CGCC, 43-33.

  Mesa hosts Eastern Arizona Saturday at 2:00 p.m.