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87
Winner Daemen DAEW 17-3, 9-1 ECC
65
Bridgeport BPTW 4-18, 2-8 ECC
Winner
Daemen DAEW
17-3, 9-1 ECC
87
Final
65
Bridgeport BPTW
4-18, 2-8 ECC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Daemen DAEW 29 16 24 18 87
Bridgeport BPTW 14 18 25 8 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | By Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for External Operations & Communications

Wildcats Down Purple Knights To Extend Winning Streak

Daemen Now Winners Of 9-Straight Games

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - All five starters scored in double figures to lead Daemen College to an 87-65 win over the University of Bridgeport in East Coast Conference women's basketball action tonight along the Connecticut shore. Daemen, the only team to feature three of the ECC's top 10 scorers, got a combined 59 points from Caroline White (Fairport, N.Y.), Katie Titus (Penfield, N.Y.) and Tiara Filbert (Batavia, N.Y.) to win their ninth-straight game. The Wildcats own the longest active winning streak in the ECC, and only University of the Sciences (13-straight wins) holds a longer winning streak among East Region squads.

The Wildcats continue to be off to the best start of the program's NCAA Division II era (2015-present) with tonight's win pushing their overall record to 17-3, and their conference mark to 9-1. The Wildcats remain a game back of St. Thomas Aquinas College (18-3, 10-0 ECC) for first place in the ECC standings.  On the flip side, Bridgeport suffered thier ninth-straight defeat, falling to 4-18 overall and 2-8 in ECC play.

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • White shot 7-for-15 from the field and a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe to total a game-high 21 points - one shy of her career-high. It marked her third 20-point outing of the season.
  • Titus also shot 7-for-15 overall, including 3-for-9 from three-point range, and totaled 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists and a block in just 24 minutes of action. 
  • Filbert played all but one minute of the contest and collected 18 points, eight boards and four assists. 
  • Jordan Heinold (Hamburg, N.Y.) and Ashli Jeune (Westampton, N.J.) also reached double figures, scoring 11 and 10 points respectively. Heinold added five assists, sharing team-high honors with Mickayla Ivy (Grand Rapids, Mich.), and also extended her personal streak of consecutive games with a three-pointer to 12. 
  • The five Daemen starters combined for 80 points, shooting 29-for-62 from the field (46.8%) and making nine of Daemen's 10 three-point field goals.
  • Gracen Kerr put up 17 points and a game-high eight assists, and Jaqualah Holliman totaled 17 points as well to pace the Purple Knights.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Bridgeport's only leads of the game came at 2-0 and 4-2. A Titus three-pointer at the 7:06 mark of the opening quarter snapped a 6-6 tie and sparked Daemen on an extended run. The Wildcats outscored the Purple Knights 23-8 through the remainder of the period to establish a 29-14 lead. Titus and White accounted for 10 points apiece in the quarter.
  • Daemen scored the first two buckets of the second quarter, extending their lead to 19 points (33-14). Bridgeport managed to cut the deficit to 13 on multiple occasions, including on Kyle Felton's layup just before halftime to make it 45-32 in favor of the Wildcats. UB outscored Daemen 18-16 in the period.
  • UB continued to chip away in the third quarter, and pulled within 56-49 on a Holliman three-pointer. Daemen responded with a three-pointer by Titus and later pushed their lead back to 14 points (69-55) on a pair of Filbert free throws.
  • A 6-0 run for the Purple Knights that spanned the final moments of the third and opening moments of the fourth quarters got them back to a single-digit deficit (69-61). But that's as close as they would get as Daemen embarked on a decisive 18-2 run to shut the door. Heinold and Filbert combined for 12 points in the spurt, and Daemen held with Bridgeport without a field goal for more than eight minutes. UB missed seven consecutive field goal attempts and committed seven turnovers in that span. 

GAME NOTES
  • Daemen is ranked eighth in this week's Division II Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA) East Region media poll. The Wildcats have appeared in the last 13 D2SIDA regional polls dating back to last season.
  • Daemen's nine-game winning streak ranks as the second longest of the program's NCAA Division II era. The Wildcats won 11-straight games during the 2018-19 season, and are 31-5 since mid January of 2019. 
  • Daemen entered the game leading the ECC in scoring margin (+15.8 ppg). The 22-point spread today marked Daemen's 11th win this season by at least 20 points.
  • Daemen has won five-straight meetings with Bridgeport, improving to 11-3 in the all-time series.
  • Bridgeport is the first team to reach 65 points against Daemen since St. Thomas Aquinas (67) on Dec. 15. The Wildcats have held 15 of their 20 opponents to less than 65 points, posting a perfect 15-0 record in those contests. The Wildcats entered tonight's game allowing just 54.3 points per game, ranking second in the ECC and 22nd nationally in scoring defense. 
  • The last time Daemen won 17 of 20 games to start a season was in 2010-11. Daemen started that season 19-3 en route to a 25-8 campaign that included a trip to the NAIA Division II national tournament. 
  • The Wildcats equaled their season-high with 23 assists tonight. They last dished 23 dimes in an 83-51 win at Wilmington University on Nov. 23. 
  • Daemen has made 10+ three-pointers in six of their last eight games, shooting 38.2 percent from downtown (87-for-228) in that span. The Wildcats lead the ECC in three-pointers made (9.1) and attempted (27.0) per game. 
  • White has scored in double figures in six of her last seven games and is averaging a team-high 14.1 points per game. She has already scored more points this season (254) than she did all of last season (188).
  • Filbert's point total tonight included the 850th of her career. In 77 career games, she's totaled 863 points, 349 rebounds, 193 assists and 94 steals. 
  • Heinold ranks third among the ECC leaders in three-pointers made (51) this season, and stands just one triple shy of becoming only the fifth player in team history with 160 in a career. She is shooting 44.7 percent (34-for-76) from three-point land over the last 12 games. 

NEXT JUMP BALL
Daemen closes their weekend road trip with a Sunday afternoon (3:30 p.m.) tip at Queens College. Catch the game live on ECC Network. 

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