Posted: Dec 30, 2017
O’Donnell Posts Double-Double but Brooklyn Outlasts Women’s Basketball
Brooklyn
(8-2)
71
AT
St. Joseph's (Bklyn)
(5-7)
57
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooklyn (8-2) | 27 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 71 | |
St. Joseph's (Bklyn) (5-7) | 12 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 57 |
Game Leaders
Brooklyn
Pts:
Taylor George
- 18
Reb:
Jasmine Hansgen
- 13
Ast:
Karen Mak
- 7
Team Stats
Game Statistics | Brooklyn | St. Joseph's (Bklyn) |
---|---|---|
Field Goals | (29-77) | (18-53) |
Field Goal % | 37.7% | 34.0% |
Rebounds | 51 | 35 |
Assists | 17 | 11 |
Turnovers | 17 | 21 |
Pts off Turnovers | 18 | 13 |
2nd Chance Pts | 10 | 2 |
Pts in the Paint | 36 | 16 |
Fastbreak Pts | 10 | 4 |
Bench Pts | 19 | 12 |
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In the 2017-18 edition of the Battle of Brooklyn, the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's basketball team hosted Brooklyn College on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs asserted their dominance early and snuffed out a Bears' comeback bid late to pick up their eighth win of the season.
The Basics
- Final Score: Brooklyn 71, St. Joseph's 57
- Records: Brooklyn (8-2), St. Joseph's (5-7)
- Location: Brooklyn, N.Y. — The Hill Center
- SJC Starters: Sequeira (G), Porcasi (G), DiCioccio (G), O'Donnell (G), Staab (C)
Turning Point
- Brooklyn's Taylor George buried two threes in the fourth to spark a 10-0 run (5:15), which put an end to the Bears' late rally.
How It Happened
- Karen Mak nailed her second trey of the game with 7:35 remaining in the first to put the Bulldogs up 10-2 early. The visitors would then go on to lead by 17 before a Kelly O'Donnell (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) deep-ball cut the lead to 19-5 (3:07). Mak would go on to finish with eight in the first as her squad led 27-12 after one.
- Back-and-forth play would ensue for most of the second until Michelle Pena hit a jumper at 2:02 to give BC their largest lead thus far (41-20). Four Bulldogs tallied eight-plus points before the break, highlighted by Mak's 10, to maintain a 43-27 halftime advantage.
- Both teams exchanged 6-0 runs to begin the third, and Brooklyn went on to win the low-scoring period 10-8 as junior Victoria Porcasi (Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey) notched six of the Bears' eight in the frame. Porcasi splashed yet another long-range jumper at 8:41 in the fourth to bring her team's deficit to its lowest point since the first (11). However, BC's 10-0 run, largely due to their suffocating press, proved to be the dagger as they went on to win 71-57.
For the Bears
- Porcasi netted a game-high 22 points on 7-for-16 shooting and 4-for-9 from deep (4-4 FT).
- O'Donnell finished with a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double as well as two assists and two steals.
- Junior Nina DiCioccio (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and pitched in five points.
Inside the Box Score
- Despite the loss, St. Joseph's (44.4%) vastly outshot Brooklyn (21.4%) from three-point range.
- On the other hand, the Bulldogs largely grinded out their win down low as they led 36-16 in paint points.
The Bear Facts
- Brooklyn has now won 10-straight in the borough rivalry with SJC's last victory coming in 2008.
- Porcasi notched her seventh 20+ scoring outing of the year and has now scored in double-figures in 15-straight games dating back to last season.
Next Up for the Bears
- A return to Skyline play traveling to Farmingdale State on Wednesday (Jan. 3) at 4 p.m. Live stats and video at SJCBears.com.