Box Score
ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann College women's basketball team defeated Bible Baptist College, 86-74, Thursday evening in a Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) cross-over match-up.
Brittany Whetts and Sami Borcky each notched double-doubles for the Knights. Whetts scored a game high 22 points and pulled in 12 rebounds. Borcky netted 16 points and 16 rebounds. Krista DiRomualdo added 21 points.
Alysha Paladino scored 19 points for the Defenders. Heather Dodd notched 14.
The Knights came out of the gate strong and scored 16 of the game's first 20 points. Neumann seemed to be keeping Baptist Bible at bay, but with the score 20-10 Knights, the Defenders netted the next 10 points, over a four minute span, to tie the game.
The teams would go back and forth trading baskets and went into the locker rooms knotted at 33.
The second half began just as the first half ended, with the teams trading baskets. With 7:25 remaining and the game tied at 63, the 10th tie score of the contest, Neumann would go on a 13-7 run to take a 76-67 lead. BBC tried to get back in the game, but the Knights kept adding to their lead and put the game away with a double-digit lead on a pair of free throws by DiRomualdo.
Neumann improves to 4-3 overall and keeps Baptist Bible still looking for its first win at 0-4. The Knights will travel to Richard Stockton on December 16th for a non-conference match-up. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
