CALDWELL, N.J. – The HFU Women's Basketball Team became the eighth team in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference's (CACC) Division II era to complete an unbeaten league season, storming back from a double-digit fourth quarter deficit to defeat Caldwell 69-65 on Saturday afternoon.  
 
It is notably the fifth time Holy Family has accomplished the feat, with the Tigers previously doing so in four consecutive seasons from 2005-10. 
 
HFU trailed 42-53 entering the fourth quarter, before going on to outscore the Cougars 27-12 in the final period. 
 
The comeback began with eight consecutive points cutting the deficit to 52-55 on a Kaelah Carter (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker (The College of Saint Rose)) 3-pointer with 6:33 remaining. 
 
Following a Caldwell jumper, the Tigers then used another eight in a row to complete a 16-2 flurry when a Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) layup made the score 60-57 with 2:42 to go. 
 
Lauren Palangio (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) answered a Cougar layup with one of her own, before Amy Ngo (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) scored HFU's last seven points, including the sealing victory by making all four of her free throw attempts in the final 10 seconds. 
 
Up Next
As the top seed in the CACC Tournament, the Tigers will host eighth-seeded Bridgeport for a quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Individual Highlights

• Hinkle led all players with nine rebounds, falling one board shy of a double-double with a team-high 15 points
• Palangio was right behind her with 14 points and six rebounds, while Ngo finished with 12 points and seven boards
• Skyler Searfoss (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Area) led all players with seven assists, in addition to her eight points 

Inside the Box Score

• Holy Family made 9-of-13 field goals and 8-of-10 free throws in the fourth quarter 

 
How it Happened

• Caldwell tallied the first eight points to quickly go ahead 8-0 just 3:35 in, and the Cougars also led by eight, 4-12, midway through the first
• HFU answered with seven in a row though, sparking a 12-2 surge that gave the Tigers their first lead on a Lola Ibarrondo (Bristol, Pa./Neshaminy) 3-opinter with 1:34 to play in the opening quarter
• With the score at 24-25 in the final minutes of the second, Caldwell used nine straight points to establish the first double-digit advantage, 24-34, before a Palangio three-point play cut the deficit to seven entering the locker room
• Claire Dougherty (Lehman, Pa./Lake-Lehman) then opened the third with back-to-back baskets to get the Tigers as close to three, but the Cougars responded with five unanswered before 10 consecutive points later put them up by a game-high 35-51 margin with 2:54 left in the period
• Following seven straight Holy Family points, Caldwell closed out the third quarter scoring for 42-53 edge entering the fourth