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Bruno16-10
66
Winner Goldey-Beacom GBCW 5-12, 5-3 CACC
60
Post University POSTW 0-15, 0-7 CACC
Winner
Goldey-Beacom GBCW
5-12, 5-3 CACC
66
Final
60
Post University POSTW
0-15, 0-7 CACC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Goldey-Beacom GBCW 18 13 12 23 66
Post University POSTW 12 12 13 23 60

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Lexi Bruno Leads Women’s Basketball to 66-60 Triumph at Post



Sophomore Lexi Bruno (Millville, NJ) poured in a season-best 28 points and Goldey-Beacom held off a stern challenge late from Post for a 66-60 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory in Waterbury, CT.
 
Goldey-Beacom erupted late into the first quarter and into the second, netting 14 straight points and holding Post off the scoreboard for almost seven minutes for a 20-12 lead with 7:58 left in the half.  Freshman Candice Berner (Frederick, MD) scored seven points in that span for the Lightning, who shot 6-of-8 from the floor and forced four turnovers.
 
Bruno scored 12 points in the opening half as GBC grabbed a 31-24 lead.  The Eagles in that time were held to just 26 percent (8-of-31) shooting and were 1-of-7 from 3-point range.
 
GBC continued its strong defense in the third quarter, limiting the home side to only 25 percent shooting (4-of-16) and forcing nine turnovers for a 43-37 lead.
 
Things looked good in the fourth when Bruno made a free throw with 2:52 left for a 58-51 Lightning advantage.  But things changed when the Eagles' Dericka Sims hit back-to-back layups 18 seconds apart for a 58-55 game with 2:06 left.
 
After a GBC turnover, Jessica Ayala had a wide-open three-point attempt from the left corner to try to tie the contest.  But she misfired and sophomore Britani Bryson (Hampton, VA) came up with a massive rebound for the Lightning.
 
GBC (5-12, 5-3 CACC) needed a big bucket and it turned to Bruno, who put a crossover move on her defender and canned a jumper from the right wing for a 60-55 game with one minute to play.  Junior Jazz Lewis (Mount Holly, NJ) then stole an inbounds pass on the other end and Bruno hit twice from the line, making it 62-55 with 44 seconds left.
 
Lexus Childs-Harris hit a layup for Post before Berner nailed two free throws with 26 seconds remaining for a 64-57 game.  Post (0-15, 0-7) had an inbounds pass on its offense end, but Lewis tipped away Childs-Harris' feed in for her second big steal in the final minute to give GBC its fifth victory in the last eight contests.
 
Bruno fell two points shy of her career best, tied a personal high with six steals and also added six rebounds to go with four assists.  She now has 757 career points, moving her into 11th place in school history.
 
Berner scored a season-best 13 points, Bryson had six and 10 rebounds with Lewis scoring seven points for the Lightning, who shot 82 percent (18-for-22) from the foul line.
 
Jovan Kingwood was a force for the Eagles, ending with 31 points on 11-of-23 shooting and 13 rebounds.  Sims had nine and six with Childs-Harris getting six and nine.
 
Goldey-Beacom being a three-game homestand Tuesday against Bloomfield at 6:00 pm.  The men's contest between the same schools follows that at 8:00 pm.

 
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