BY KALLE OAKES
StaffWriter

AUBURN, ME - It's one way the uninitiated half-seriously fill out their March Madness col­lege basketball pool brackets: Select the winners by compar­ing the nicknames and decid­ing who would win a real-life confrontation between an an­imal and a storm or a demon and an inanimate object. Not to oversimplify things, but that approach might have worked if you were handicap­ping Wednesday night's wom­en's game at Kirk Hall. Central Maine Community College's Mustangs ran freely, passed crisply and found open shots routinely. The short-handed University of Maine at Augus­ta Moose were content to bleed the shot clock, exercise the pa­tience of kindergarten teach­ers and pound the ball inside.
Pedal-to-the-metal pre­vailed. CMCC hit its stride with dizzying efficiency after a frosty beginning and cruised, 88-50, past its Yankee Small College Conference rival.

According to Central Maine guard Sara Martin of Strong. "No matter who we play, we always con­centrate on what we do, and we always run."
Martin was the chief bene­ficiary of an increasing num­ber of uncontested perimeter shots, draining six 3-pointers on her way to 22 points.
She's hit 16 shots from be­yond the arc in the last three games. CMCC (7-4) rained down 13 as a group against UMA.
Alex Donald of Litchfield, a first-semester transfer from Maine Maritime, contributed four treys to the win.

Central Maine CC, 88-50
Women
UMAINE-AUGUSTA (5-9, 3-5) Trask 0-0-0, Hartkins 4-2-10, Dyer 0-0-0, St. Amand 1-1-3, Peaslee 4-5-13, Poirier 8-8-24, Webb 0-0-0. Totals 17-16-50.
CENTRAL MAINE CC (7-4, 7-0) Hebert 3-1-7, Durgin 4-3-13, Henderson 2-0-4, K. Martin 5-0-10, Hayden 0-3-3, S. Martin 7-2-22, McAuliffe 2-0-4, Ellis 2-0-5, Fusco  0-0-0, Donald 6-0-16, Sabine 1-0-2, Lougee 1-0-2. Totals 33-9-88.
Halftime: CMCC, 37-27
3-point goals: UMA 0; CMCC 13 (S. Martin 6, Donald 4, Durgin 2, 
Ellis).