Worcester, Mass. - Behind a balanced scoring attack that only one play reach double figures, Clark cruised to a season-ending 58-47 win over visiting Coast Guard in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference women's basketball action on Saturday at the Kneller Athletic Center.

The win for the Cougars wasn't enough to put them into the postseason however, as Smith's 55-35 win over MIT, secured the No. 8 seed in the upcoming NEWMAC tournament for the Coast Guard.

It marks the first time since Clark entered the NEWMAC in 1996-97 that they will miss the conference tournament.

In today's game, the Cougars came out firing, making 50 percent of their first half shots, including a 6-for-10 performance from behind the arc.

As the clock wound down in the first half, Clark led by as many as 19, as the defense held the Bears to 27 percent shooting and forced 11 turnovers in the opening stanza.

The 40 first half points for the Cougars are the most for them in the first half this season and are equaled to or more points than they have scored in two games this season.

Things changed in the second half, as the Bears outscored the Cougars 24-18, with most of those points coming from Melissa Martinelli, who had 14 of her game-high 20 points and all 13 of her rebounds in the final 20 minutes.

Coast Guard got the Clark down to ten on a few occasions in the second half, but never got closer as Cougars picked up their fifth win of the season.

Ivori Aiken (Harlem, N.Y.) led the Cougars with 11 points off the bench in just 16 minutes, while Jillian Camilleri (Lancaster, Mass.), Kate Minister (Manchester, England) each had nine points and Maggie Croft (East Aurora, N.Y.) and Shinikwa James (The Bronx, N.Y.) each added eight.

Coast Guard will visit Babson on Wednesday in the quarterfinal round of the NEWMAC tournament.