New York, NY----After almost a month's layoff, the Brooklyn College women's basketball team rolled to an 85-49 conference win at John Jay on Monday night. BC improves to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in CUNYAC with the win while the Bloodhounds drop to 5-6 and 0-1. The Bulldogs will look to keep their momentum going at Baruch on Wednesday for another conference tilt at 5:30 pm. Fans will be permitted to attend Wednesday's game by registering beforehand
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Brooklyn junior guards,
Ericka James and
Gianna Gotti, led the way offensively scoring 23 points each while combining for 11 three-point makes on the night. James shot 7-15 from beyond the arc. Gotti added 8 assists to her line on the evening.
Trailing the home team 14-13 at the end of the opening period, Gotti gave the Bulldogs the lead for good with a three-point make on BC's first possession. Brooklyn opened the quarter with an 8-0 run. The Bloodhounds responded, cutting the BC lead to 28-26 with 4:20 left in the first half before Brooklyn went on a 12-2 run for a 40-28 halftime advantage.
The Bulldogs controlled the second half and maintained a double-digit lead from the start of the third quarter until the final buzzer.
Brooklyn shot close to 40% from the field as a team including close to 39% from beyond the arc on the night while holding the Bloodhounds to under 30% shooting from the field.
BC senior forward,
Chanel Jemmott, grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. Junior guard,
Nancy Pham, chipped in 12 points on the night.
John Jay was led by Bobbi Green's team-high 15 points. Katie Healy grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds in the loss.
