Published On: Mon, Nov 24th, 2014

Women’s Basketball Lassos the Cowgirls; Improves to 3-0

Lynn University’s women’s basketball improved to 3-0 on Monday night with a 72-66 win over the University of Puerto Rico Bayamon (1-2). The Fighting Knights were led by Charla Nelson-Jameswho had a team-high 15 points and seven rebounds. This marks the third straight year the Blue & White have started off with a 3-0 record and the fourth win over the Cowgirls in program history.

Lynn jumped off to an early 10-4 lead which forced UPRB to use its first timeout. Bayamon brought the score within one, 18-17, with 11:07 remaining in the first half when Fabiola Cosme drained a three-point shot. Lynn led by as many as seven throughout the final minutes of the frame and held on for a 39-36 halftime lead.

The Fighting Knights shot 46.9 percent from the field in the first half and were led by Shatorria Baker, Tylar Tracy and Isidora Madzarevic who each had seven points. Baker added five assists in the opening 20 minutes while Tracy and Madzarevic combined for six of Lynn’s 22 first-half rebounds. The Blue & White connected on 50 percent of shots from behind the three-point line while holding the Cowgirls to just 20 percent from behind the arc and 35.1 percent from the field.

Bayamon came out hot in the second half and began the final frame on a 16-4 run that was halted at 13:42 by a tip-in from LaKendra Jones. The Blue & White began to chip away and tied the game at 7:15 on a layup by Nelson-James. The two teams would exchange the lead seven times throughout the final five minutes and a jumped by Nelson-James at 2:17 would give Lynn the lead one last time which they would hold on to for a six-point victory. Nelson-James and Baker each had a pair of free throws in the final minutes while Tracy drained a key trey with 22 seconds left in regulation.

Nelson-James scored all of her team-high 15 points in the second half. Lynn shot 48 percent from the field and held UPRB to 31.4 percent from the field. The Blue & White edged Bayamon 33-30 in rebounds and blocked three shots in the half.

The Cowgirls Roxairaly Armesto had a game-high 22 points shooting 8-for-15 from the field. Her teammates Jamillette Quinones and Daneichka Canales joined her in double-digits with 19 points and 10 points respectively.

Joining Nelson-James in double-digit scoring was Sharneka McCatty and Tracy who both had 11 points. Baker added a season-best nine points, six rebounds and six assists in the win and Madzarevic had seven points, five rebounds and two blocks.

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