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Lillian Chukwueze 2013-14 USciences Action
Saquan Stimpson
72
Winner Goldey-Beacom Coll GBC 4-8, 3-1
50
Chestnut Hill Coll. CHCW 2-7, 1-3
Winner
Goldey-Beacom Coll GBC
4-8, 3-1
72
Final
50
Chestnut Hill Coll. CHCW
2-7, 1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Goldey-Beacom Coll GBC 41 31 72
Chestnut Hill Coll. CHCW 25 25 50

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Chukwueze’s 32 Points Lifts Women’s Basketball Past Chestnut Hill



Senior Lillian Chukwueze (Cherry Hill, NJ) simply could not be stopped, scoring a season-best 32 points and turning the game into a personal showcase for Goldey-Beacom in a 72-50 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference win at Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia.
 
Chukwueze was one of two stories in the opening half for the Lightning (4-8, 3-1 CACC), who held a 41-25 halftime lead.  She went on a tear with 17 points that included shooting 7-of-9 from the floor with two 3-pointers over 18 minutes.  To put this into perspective, Chukwueze entered the game averaging 17.3 points over her last three contests.
 
The other story was Goldey-Beacom's defense, which held Chestnut Hill to only 34 percent shooting (11-of-32), just 14 percent (1-of-7) from 3-point range and forced the home side into eight turnovers.  The Griffins scored just 11 points over the final 10 minutes with seven coming in the last 2 1/2 minutes.
 
Britani Bryson (Hampton, VA), the reigning CACC Rookie of the Week, had nine points and six rebounds in the first half with fellow freshman Lexi Bruno (Millville, NJ) adding eight and five.
 
Chestnut Hill (2-7, 1-3) gave the visitors a major scare when Olivia Gorczynski canned a 3-pointer with 10 minutes left, cutting the deficit to 52-45 after it trailed by 21 early in the second half. 
 
But Chukwueze would not be denied, scoring eight points during a 15-2 Lightning run over eight minutes to give her squad a 67-47 bulge with two minutes remaining.
 
Chukwueze shot 13-of-18 from the floor and also had seven rebounds, four assists and two steals to give the Lightning their fourth victory in the last six outings.  Her point total is two shy of her personal best at GBC, set last season against Caldwell in the CACC semifinals.
 
Bryson had 15 points and 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season with Bruno adding 10 and eight for the Lightning, who shot 41 percent (26-of-61) from the floor and canned seven 3-pointers.  It is the fourth straight contest GBC has hit at least seven times from beyond the arc.
 
Tiffany Turner had 14 points and nine rebounds, Gorczynski netted 13 points with Nicole Parriski adding 10 and 12 rebounds for the Griffins, who shot only 31 percent (22-of-70) from the field and 4-of-18 from 3-point range.
 
Goldey-Beacom is home Sunday against Philadelphia University, starting at 1:00 pm.

 
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