NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND RD. Northampton, MA----Despite a valiant effort, the Brooklyn College women's basketball team ended the 2021-22 season on Saturday, falling to tournament regional host, No. 6 Smith College, in the Second Round of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament, 76-58.  Coming off of the program's first NCAA Tournament win, Brooklyn ends the season with a 22-4 overall record.  Smith will advance to the Sweet 16 and improves to 25-2 with the postseason home win.  

Trailing 20-9 after the first quarter, the Bulldogs regrouped and came out in the second quarter on a 10-0 run carried by nine straight points scored by grad forward, Chanel Jemmott.  Smith responded and kicked their lead back up to eight before the Bulldogs scored five unanswered capped by a Mary Dolgin made jumper.  Dolgin scored seven points in the first half on 3-3 shooting from the floor.  BC would trail the Pioneers 34-31 at the half.  

Smith would cling to a 39-33 lead in the first three minutes of the third quarter before the Bulldogs 7-0 run, taking their first lead season the contest's opening basket.  BC held their last lead of the contest on a finish in the paint by junior guard, Gianna Gotti.  

A Jemmott lay-in cut Smith's advantage to 51- 48 on the first possession of the fourth quarter.  However, the Pioneers made their move with an 18-2 run that stretched over five minutes to close out the game. 

The Pioneers shot an efficient 11-25 from beyond the arc for the contest.  

Dominant all weekend, Jemmott scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds in her final game as a Bulldog.  Gotti added 13 points to go along with eight rebounds, four assists, and three steals.  

Leading a balanced scoring attack that featured four Pioneers reaching double-digit scoring was Morgan Morrison who scored a team-high 16 points for Smith.