LAS VEGAS - In the first ever meeting in women's basketball between Amherst College and Salve Regina University, the 15th-ranked Mammoths held the Seahawks scoreless for nearly the first seven minutes and coasted to a 61-47 victory in the 15th Annual D3hoops.com Classic hosted at South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Salve Regina enjoyed a 14-10 edge in the third quarter and the teams both scored 16 points in the fourth quarter.

Senior captain Sofia Neary (Wayne, N.J.) led all players on the scoreboard and off the boards with a double-double (18 points, 13 rebounds) for Salve Regina (4-6, 0-0 NEWMAC). Neary's baseline jumper at 3:52 in the fourth made it a single-digit deficit, 51-42. Sylvia Liddle and Chase Anderson had identical scoresheets for the Mammoths (7-1, 0-0 NESCAC) with 10 points and 10 rebounds apiece. Anna Tranum led Amherst with 13 points.

The teams combined to shoot less than 12 percent from long range -- Amherst made just 3-of-25 and Salve Regina got its only triple (1-of-9) on the only field goal attempt from Liz McGuirl (Ellington, Conn.) with 4:29 to go in the game.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #15 Amherst 61, Salve Regina 47
Records: Salve Regina (4-6, 0-0 NEWMAC), #15 Amherst (7-1, 0-0 NESCAC)
History: First ever meeting between the two schools in women's basketball.

SUMMARY

• 1ST Q | . | MAMMOTHS 19, SEAHAWKS 8
• 2ND Q | . | MAMMOTHS 16, SEAHAWKS 9
• 3RD Q | . | SEAHAWKS 14, MAMMOTHS 10
• 4TH Q | . | SEAHAWKS 16, MAMMOTHS 16

NOTEWORTHY

• Sofia Neary has double-doubles in eight of her 10 games this season.
• Mammoths blocked 11 Seahawk shots with seven coming from Brielle Renwick (4) and Chase Anderson (3), both reserves off the bench.
• Emma Cochrane and Colleen Ohrtman combined for 14 points with seven apiece.

ON THE HORIZON
Salve Regina meets another school for the first time, Occidental College, on Tuesday at 1 p.m. (ET) / 10 a.m. (PT) at the South Point Arena in the 15th Annual D3hoops.com Classic. The Mammoths migrate to Whittier, California, to face Whittier College on Wednesday before returning to New England.