Women’s Basketball Wins Eighth Straight Game With 95-39 Victory Over Wilmington University

New Castle, Del. - The Holy Family University women's basketball team picked up its eighth straight victory after defeating Wilmington University, 95-39, in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) road contest Thursday night.

Holy Family, ranked 18th in the recent USA Today/ESPN Division II National Top-25 Coaches' Poll and second in the NCAA Division II East Region, improves to 18-3 overall and 15-1 in the CACC. Wilmington is now 2-22 and 2-15 in the CACC.

Sophomore Erin Mann (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) and senior Lindsey Tennett (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) led the offensive attack scoring a game-high 17 points apiece. Mann also grabbed nine boards, two steals and a blocked shot. Tennett had nine boards to go along with three assists and four steals off the bench for the Tigers.

Senior Catherine Carr (Bernardsville, N.J./Bernards) (Bernardsville, N.J./Bernards) scored 16 points and dished out six assists. In the process, Carr moved closer to the Holy Family all-time scoring record. She now sits 75 points away from Debbie Schopfer's program record of 1,928 career points. Carr currently has 1,853 career points.

Graduate student Samantha Thompson (Southampton, Pa./St. Basils) (Southampton, Pa./St. Basil's) contributed 14 points after knocking down four three-pointers (4-5). Senior Meghan Gibson (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) added eight points, seven rebounds and five assists.

For Wilmington, senior Ashley Davison had a team-high ten points and six rebounds to lead the Wildcats.

The game was close knit early on when Wilmington's Davison drained a three-pointer to make the score 13-11 as the Wildcats trailed by only two points at the 15:20 mark. However, from there on out it was all Holy Family.

The Tigers went on 44-14 run to close out the first half and entered the locker room at halftime with a 57-25 lead. Holy Family shot 50-percent from the field for the game and drained seven three-pointers during the first half. The Tigers finished the game with nine three-pointers.

Holy Family's defense limited Wilmington's offense to only 30.4-percent shooting from the field and 14 total field goals. The Tigers also forced 27 turnovers in the one-sided victory.

Holy Family is back in action on Saturday, Feb. 19 as the Tigers host Nyack College in the team's final regular season home game of the season. Game time is slated for 3 p.m.

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