Box Score
Washington, D.C.— The John Jay women's basketball team was defeated by fellow City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) foe York College 62-47 in a non conference affair in the consolation game of the Catholic University Tournament.
The Bloodhounds, who were playing a team called the Cardinals for the second day in a row, were led by
Jessica Lirio (Bronx, NY, St. Barnabas) with 12 points, while fellow teammate
Zadoora Carson (New York, NY, Urban Peace Academy) added 11 and grabbed a team-high 17 rebounds.
Chantelle Smith (Flushing, NY, Mary Louis Academy) had seven points, 12 rebounds and seven steals for John Jay.
The Cardinals raced out to a 7-2 lead to start the game and led from start to finish.
York led by as much as 12 in the first half and were up by a dozen on two occasions, most recently at the 3:44 mark when the Cardinals led 31-19.
But John Jay hung around and stayed within striking range and closed out the first half on a 6-2 run to cut the deficit to eight as John Jay trailed 33-25 at halftime.
The Bloodhounds cut the deficit to six early in the second half as the Cardinals' lead was 37-31 with 13:22 to play after John Jay spurted off a 6-0 run.
But that was as close as the Bloodhounds would get. York went on a 13-5 run to take their biggest lead of the game at that moment, and the Cardinals led 50-36 with 8:24 to go.
York eventually led by as much as 20 in the second half and were up 60-40 with 4:17 to play.
John Jay scored the next seven points to get to within 13 with 1:46 to play before time expired.
The two teams combined to commit 85 turnovers as John Jay committed a season-high 48 turnovers (York committed 37).
York outscored John Jay 35-13 in points off turnovers and 40-20 on points in the paint. York was led by
Kadisha Wickham with game-highs 22 points and 20 rebounds.
John Jay returns to action on Wed. Jan. 6 at the City College of New York at 5 p.m.
