Brooklyn, NY----Prevailing in the CUNYAC Battle of Brooklyn, the BC women's basketball team cruised to a 96-34 conference victory over Medgar Evers College at home on Friday.  Prior to tip-off Brooklyn seniors, Aleah Rafat, Brianna Gutierrez, Alina Estrella, and Mary Dolgin were recognized on Senior Night.  BC improves to 13-11 (9-4 CUNYAC) with the win while the Cougars drop to 3-16 (3-10 CUNYAC).  Next Up: Brooklyn wraps up the regular season at CCNY on Tuesday, 2/18, at 5pm, in conference play. 

How It Happened
 

• After Medgar Evers scored the first basket of the second half, Brooklyn responded with a 20-0 run and never looked back from that point on. 
• The Bulldogs jumped out to a 10-0 lead sparked by a Dolgin make in the paint and capped by an Anna Kitch layup to start the game.  Kitch would go on to score 13 first half points, which included three three-point makes.
• Brooklyn continued to cruise in the second quarter.  Junior guard, Sandra Diaz, scored back-to-back layups in the final 35 seconds of the first half, giving BC a 51-18 halftime lead.  The Bulldogs shot 45.0% from the field as a team in the first half while limiting the Cougars to 17.1%. 
• BC knocked down 8 threes on the evening while limiting Medgar Evers to one three-point make. 
• 12 different Bulldogs reached the scoring column on the evening. 

For the Bulldogs

• Kitch and Gutierrez paced Brooklyn with 16 points each.  Kitch shot 4-8 from behind the arc for the game.  Gutierrez came up with 4 steals. 
• Dolgin chipped in 12 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. 
• Estrella finished with 9 points and dished out 5 assists without a turnover.