Brooklyn, NY---For the sixth straight year, the Brooklyn College women's basketball team is heading to the CUNYAC Championship.  The No. 1 seeded Bulldogs cruised in the second half to a 72-45 victory over No. 5 seed York College in the semifinals of the conference championship tournament at the West Quad Center tonight.  Brooklyn improves to 20-6 with tonight's win while York closes out the season at 11-15.  In a rematch of last year's final, the Bulldogs will take on No. 2 seed Hunter College at York College at 5:30 pm.  Following the completion of the women's final, the Brooklyn men's team will take on No. 2 seed Baruch at 8:30pm in the championship.  

How It happened

• With Bulldogs leading 33-17 at halftime, the Cardinals didn't go away, cutting the BC to 38-29 with 6:19 to go in the third quarter.  However, the Bulldogs responded with a 19-0 run to close the quarter to grab a 28-point lead heading into the final quarter. 
• Brooklyn continued to cruise in the fourth quarter, leading by as many as 32 points in the game's final six minutes. 
• A back-and-forth contest in the first five minutes of play, the Bulldogs clung to a 6-4 lead following a three drained by York's Destiny Drummond at the 5:08 mark.  Brooklyn would then close out the first quarter with a 10-0 run sparked by a three buried by freshman guard, Ericka James.  
• BC led by as many as 19 points in the first half The Bulldogs shot 41% from beyond the arc as a team in the first 20 minutes of action.

Quotable

• "It felt good getting the win tonight on the this stage," Ericka James would comment following her CUNYAC Player of the Game performance. "Work hard for this and we expect a tough matchup against Hunter on Friday, and we just have to out-work them." 

Box Score Breakdown

• Brooklyn forced 25 York turnovers while only committing 13 on the evening as a team. The Bulldogs scored 25 points off of turnovers to the Cardinals' six. 
• The Bulldogs shot over 43% (13-30) from three. 
• Both teams finished with 21 offensive rebounds on the night.  

Leading the Bulldogs

• Ericka James finished with a game-high 17 points while shooting 5-10 from beyond the arc. She also grabbed four boards and came up with a pair of steals. 
• Junior forward, Chanel Jemmott, chipped in 14 points and grabbed seven boards. 
• Senior guard, Kailyn Richburg, scored 12 points off of the bench in 18 minutes of action.