STATEN ISLAND – The HFU Women's Basketball Team scored the first eight points and never trailed in a season-opening 71-55 win over Saint' Michael's at College of Staten Island on Saturday night. 
 
It was notably the 100th career victory at Holy Family for Head Coach Bernadette Laukaitis.  
 
Individual Highlights

• Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) led all players with 18 points, 17 rebounds and a career-high five assists
• Claire Dougherty (Lehman, Pa./Lake-Lehman) and Lola Ibarrondo (Bristol, Pa./Neshaminy) were also in double-figures with 14 and 11 points, respectively
• Kara Meredith (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Archbishop Wood) and Ella Brown (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge), making her collegiate debut, chipped in with nine points apiece
• Also making their collegiate debuts were Shania Howard (Naugatuck, Conn./Holy Cross) and Maya Hill (Wilmington, Del./Delaware Military Academy)
• Kaelah Carter (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker (The College of Saint Rose)) recorded a game-high four steals

 
Inside the Box Score

• Both teams shot an identical field goal percentage, 41.8, but HFU had 12 more attempts thanks to winning the rebounding (41-35) and turnover (10-15) battle
• The Tigers held a 19-5 edge in both points off turnovers and second chance points

 
How it Happened

• Dougherty poured in the final six of the first eight points 

• An Ibarrondo jumper to make the score 16-5 with 2:41 left in the first quarter made it a double-digit cushion for good

 
Up Next
Holy Family is back at CSI tomorrow to take on Franklin Pierce at 1 p.m.