PHILADELPHIA – The HFU Women's Basketball Team outscored Bridgeport 30-3 in the second quarter of a 67-32 victory inside of the Campus Center on Tuesday evening, which sent the Tigers to a fourth consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament Semifinal.
Down 9-10 late in the first,
Amy Ngo (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) ended the period with back-to-back 3-pointers to spark what would become 20 unanswered.
Ngo and
Lauren Palangio (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) combined for the first 17, 11 of which came from Ngo, before
Kaelah Carter's (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker (The College of Saint Rose)) triple put Holy Family ahead 29-10 with 6:20 left in the first half.
The Purple Knights' only points of the second came on a 3-pointer 1:04 later.
The Tigers would respond with the final 16 as Ngo, Palangio and
Taylor Hinkle (Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South) all made multiple baskets before
Ella Brown (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) beat the buzzer for a 45-13 halftime advantage.
Up Next
Holy Family will take on fourth-seeded Chestnut Hill in the semifinals, hosted at Caldwell, on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Individual Highlights
- Hinkle pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds to surpass Kristina Weise (1999-03) as the program's all-time leader, ending the night with 1,099
- She added 11 points for her 18th double-double of the season
- Ngo led all players with a career-best 20 points, which included making all six of her 3-point attempts, and three steals
- Palangio was also in double-figures with 10 points, to go along with eight boards, two steals and a game-high two blocks
- Brown poured in 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 field goals and 3-of-3 3-pointers
- Skyler Searfoss (Jim Thorpe, Pa./Jim Thorpe Area) led all players with six points
Inside the Box Score
- Holy Family made 13-of-16 field goals in the second quarter, while limiting Bridgeport to just 1-of-15
