Women’s Basketball Clinches CACC Tournament Berth with 60-48 Win at Georgian Court

LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The Holy Family University women's basketball team clinched a 2024 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament berth with a 60-48 win at Georgian Court on Tuesday evening.

Individual Highlights

Jessica Riepe (Marlboro, N.J./Marlboro) led all players with a career-best 17 points on 6-of-9 field goals and 5-of-7 3-pointers, four of which came in a 1:55 stretch towards the end of the third quarter
Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) fell one point shy of a double-double with a game-high 13 rebounds
Carly Bolivar (Elmont, N.Y./Sewanhaka (Alliance)) led all players with six assists and three steals, while producing the game's second highest total of 13 points and adding eight boards and a team-best two blocks
Carolyn Prevost (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery) matched Bolivar with three steals, while contributing eight points and eight rebounds

Inside the Box Score

GCU made five more field goals, 17-22, but HFU held a significant edge at the free throw line, making 21 foul shots to the Lions' three
The Tigers outscored Georgian Court 22-7 in points off turnovers

How it Happened

The Lions went up four twice early, including after tallying the first four points, but HFU took the lead for good on a Kara Meredith (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Archbishop Wood) three-point play that made the score 11-8 with 4:34 left in the first quarter
Georgian Court cut the deficit to one on three occasions, including at 26-25 midway through the second
The Lions could never regain the lead though as the Tigers held them scoreless for the final 5:31 of the first half
Holy Family tallied eight unanswered in that stretch, with four coming from Bolivar before a Hinkle foul shot at the six-second mark established a 34-25 advantage entering the locker room
GCU got as close as 34-31 in the second half with the first six points of the third, only for HFU to respond with five unanswered to establish a two-possession advantage for good
Those five unanswered ended with the first of Riepe's four 3-pointers over the 1:55 stretch, the final stamping a 48-37 cushion
The Lions could only get within 48-42 on the first basket of the fourth, but a Bolivar bucket with 7:53 to paly made it a three-possession for good