WILLIMANTIC, Conn – Senior forward Anna Barry (Andover) scored ten of her career-high 27 points in the third quarter to help the Eastern Connecticut State University score the first 13 points of the second half and the Warriors closed the regular season with their 11^th straight victory with a 64-37 Little East Conference verdict over Western Connecticut State University Wednesday evening at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
 
 Leading by three points, 28-25, at halftime, Eastern (17-8, 14-2 LEC) limited Western Connecticut (7-15, 2-11 LEC) to 12 second-half points. The visitors were 1-of-11 from the floor and were outscored, 19-3 in the fourth quarter. WestConn's only field goal in the fourth quarter came with 1:32 remaining.
 
If conference leader Rhode Island College (14-1 LEC) is upset by Plymouth State University (0-14 LEC) Saturday, the Warriors will finish with a share of the LEC regular-season title for the fifth time in seven years. RIC, however, has clinched the No. 1 tournament seed based upon its sweep of third-place UMass Dartmouth (Eastern split with the Corsairs during the regular season).
 
Western is guaranteed to be the No. 8 seed in the nine-team conference and will host Plymouth State in a play-in game Monday at Feldman Arena.
 
A winner of its final five regular-season home games after absorbing a 71-45 loss to RIC (playing without Barry), Eastern has won seven straight and 16 of its last 17 against WestConn.
 
Barry, who is first in the LEC in field goal percentage, rebounding and blocked shots and second in scoring, was 11-of-17 from the floor en route to her career-high point total. She also had five rebounds, blocked two shots (improving her program career record to 181) and three steals before departing with four minutes remaining and her team leading by 20.
 
There were five ties and eight lead changes in the first half before the Warriors used a modest 7-0 run to erase a one-point deficit and take the lead for good, 24-18, in the final four minutes of the half. Barry and senior guards Julie Keckler (Trumbull) and Danielle O'Brien (Rockland, MA) combined on those seven points, with O'Brien connecting on a three-point field goal for the ninth straight game and for the 20^th time in the last 21 contests.
 
WestConn opened the second half by missing its first seven shots and Barry and Keckler combined to score 11 points when the Warriors opened the second half on a 13-point run that ballooned their lead to 16, 41-25, four minutes into the half.
 
During its current 11-game winning streak, Eastern has limited its opponent to 50 or less points eight times and under 60 ten times (Southern Maine scored 63 in Eastern's 73-63 double-overtime win this past Saturday).
 
Senior guard Jenna Serrantino (Cromwell) added 11 points and Keckler finished with ten (seven in the second half. Like Barry, O'Brien and Keckler each grabbed five rebounds and Serrantino and first-year guard Kya Mayo (Middletown) matched Barry with three steals each. O'Brien and Keckler also had four assists each, with Keckler moving to within four of 100 on the season.
 
Freshman guard Reilly McKiverkin (Congers, NY) came off the bench for a team-high nine points in 18 minutes for WestConn, with freshman forward Alysssa Virtue (Groton) adding eight points and five rebounds.
 
Eastern started five seniors in the game while WestConn started two freshmen, a sophomore, junior and senior.