Release courtesy of St. Joseph's Athletics
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's basketball team controlled the rebounding front all game as they topped Clinton Hill foe Pratt Institute, 75-24 in their Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) season opener at the Activities Resources Center Wednesday night.
Three Lady Bears (1-0, 1-0 HVIAC) scored in double figures and every player netted a basket in a total team effort. They dominated the glass maintaining an 80-28 advantage and shattering the previous team high of 67 total rebounds against New Rochelle which has stood since 2007.
Rookie junior Lauren GaNun (Breezy Point, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall)–who was a team manager lsat season–secured her first career double-double in her first game in a St. Joseph's uniform, tallying game-highs 12 points and grabbing 16 boards.
Kristen Candelaria (Jamaica, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) snagged 13 rebounds and added eight points. Senior Taylor Raccuglia (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) and freshman Terresa Danzey (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Loughlin) each chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds. Destiny Marino (Queens, N.Y./Christ the King) corralled 10 rebounds to go along with six points and a team-high five assists.
Carol Cai and Maria Castillo each scored a team-high eight points for the second-year Cannoneers (0-1, 0-1 HVIAC) in the first meeting of the two squads.
The Lady Bears stormed right out of the gate on a mission in the first half, unleashing 31 straight points to put them up 33-3 with under five minutes remaining in the half. St. Joseph's closed with a 42-8 advantage headed into intermission and would not look back into the second half as they closed out the win.
The team's stifling defense on the inside and outside forced the Cannoneers to just 17 percent (11-64) shooting all game, and their rebounding edge helped outscore them 20-1 on second-chance points.
St. Joseph's will look to improve to 2-0 when they face York (N.Y.) on Saturday, November 22nd at Brooklyn Technical High School. Tip off is at 2:00 p.m. Live stats will be available on SJCBears.com.
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Release courtesy of Pratt Athletics
BROOKLYN -- Pratt Institute dropped its season opener to St. Joseph's (BK) College, 74-25, Wednesday night in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball play.
Sophomore Carol Cai led Pratt, hitting 2-5 from three-point range for her eight points and tying with freshman Natali Basoski for a team-best nine rebounds. Freshman Maria Castilloadded eight points and a team-best two steals as Pratt fell to 0-1 (0-1 HVIAC).
A Cai three-pointer 67 second into the contest put Pratt on top 3-2, but the defending HVIAC runner-up scored 31 straight over a span of 14-plus minutes. Basoski buried a jumper with 4:42 remaining in the first, and another Cai triple cut the margin to 36-8. St. Joseph's scored the last six of the half to take a 42-8 halftime lead and scored four straight out of break in its 74-25 win.
For the Bears, all 11 players registered at least one field goal, with three players reaching double figures. Lauren GaNun led all players with 12 points off the bench for St. Joseph's.
