Posted: Jan 15, 2016
Women's Basketball Hosts Borough Rivals Brooklyn College in Final Non-League Game
Brooklyn
(12-4)
55
St. Joseph's (Bklyn)
(5-12)
45
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brooklyn (12-4) | 12 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 55 |
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St. Joseph's (Bklyn) (5-12) | 10 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 45 |
Game Information |
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| Brooklyn (11-4, 8-0 CUNYAC) vs. St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) (5-11, 4-4 Skyline) |
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| Date/Time: | Saturday, January 16 • 2 p.m. |
| Location: | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Arena: | The Hill Center |
| Coverage: | Live Stats | Video | Game Program |
Team Links |
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| St. Joseph's: | Roster | Schedule | Statistics | NCAA Rankings |
| Brooklyn: | Roster | Schedule | Statistics | NCAA Rankings |
| Skyline: | Standings | Statistical Leaders |
Series History |
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| All-Time Series: | Brooklyn leads 13-10 |
| Last Meeting: | Brooklyn won 67-46 |
| Date | Location: | 2/11/2015 | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Streak: | Brooklyn won 7 |
The Bear Facts
- After seeing their season-long four-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday, the Lady Bears try to restart a new streak and end a seven-game skid against their cross-borough rivals in their final non-conference tilt of the season.
- Sophomore Destiny Marino paces the squad with a Skyline second-best 8.5 points a game, and leads the league in free throw attempts and makes.
- Freshman Victoria Porcasi has averaged 21.7 points over the last three games and the sniper now sits atop the Skyline in FT% (86.2) and 3FG% (37.5)
- Senior Erica Eddy rounds out three averaging double-figures with 10.9 points a game connecting at a team-leading 31.8 shooting percentage.
Last Time Out vs. Old Westbury
- Victoria Porcasi netted a career- and game-high 27 points, Destiny Marino logged her fifth double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Erica Eddy swiped eight steals (one off the SJC record) as the Lady Bears couldn't dig themselves out of a big first-half deficit, falling 71-58 on Tuesday night.
Porcasi Collects 2nd Rookie of the Week Honor
Averaging 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in wins over Purchase and SJC Long Island, Victoria Porcasi earned Skyline Rookie of the Week honors on Monday. In the game vs. SJC Long Island, the freshman sank two free throws with 1.1 sec to complete a 7-1 run over the final 9 sec for the comeback win.
Among The NCAA Leaders
As a team, ranks in the top 6 in Division III and leads the Skyline in 3-point field goals attempts and makes and free throw attempts and makes.
Inside the Doghouse
- Brooklyn comes to The Hill Center for the first time on on a five-game streak and winners of 7-of-8—their lone loss in the stretch to #4 NYU—and currently sit atop the CUNYAC with an unblemished 8-0 record.
- Despite only averaging only 60.6 points a game and one player averaging double-figures, the Bulldogs do their work on the defensive end holding opponents to just 55.0 points on 31.7% shooting (#17 in DIII) with a +9.3 rebounding margin (#21 in DIII).
- Junior Olivia Colbert paces the team averaging a double-double (14.8 ppg/10.1 rpg) recording 8 so far.
- Sharpshooter Justine Vento follows with 8.7 ppg and connecting on nearly three trifectas a game at a CUNYAC-best 44.1 three-point shooting percentage.