DARBY HITS GAME WINNER AS BLOOMFIELD DEFEATS LADY CHARGERS, 52-50
Blauvelt, NY (12/1/07) Senior Ciera Darby (Trenton, NJ) hit a jumper at the buzzer to lift the visiting Bloomfield College Deacons over the Dominican College Lady Chargers, 52-50 this afternoon in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) women's basketball action on Coach Baxter Court.
The Deacons held a seven point lead with just over nine minutes left in the first half as Dominican went on a 7-0 run, highlighted by back to back three point buckets by seniors Dana Rotio (Garfield, NJ) and Kristen Tracey (Bronx, NY) to knot the game at 17-17. BC rebounded with an 8-0 run to end the first half with a 33-26 lead.
In the second half, Bloomfield lead by ten, 50-40, with 5:26 to go when DC went on a 10-0 run for the third tie of the game as junior Althea Chambers (Yonkers, NY) hit one of two free throws with 0:09 seconds remaining.
Bloomfield inbounded the ball under their own basket and Darby dribbled down the floor and hit the jumper as time expired for the thrilling, 52-50 victory.
The Lady Chargers had two players in double figures, led by sophomore Adele Laskowski (Wayne, NJ) with 15 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Chambers finished with 13 points and a team leading nine rebounds in the loss. Rotio netted eight points, five assists and a game leading seven steals.
The Deacons were led by senior center Shantae Barnes (Absecon, NJ) with 14 points and a game leading 11 rebounds. Freshman Ashley Crenshaw (East Orange, NJ) had 13 points and four steals in the win.
With the win, the Deacons improve to 1-2 overall and 1-0 in the CACC, while the Lady Chargers fall to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in the CACC.
The Lady Chargers are back in action on Thursday when they
travel to Georgian Court University for a CACC game. Game
time is 7pm.