The women's basketball team defeated St. Joseph's College Long Island, 61-58, in a dogfight on Wednesday evening in Patchogue, NY. The Bloodhounds improve to 2-3 on the season. The Eagles drop to 2-4 overall. 

Senior Brianna Cunningham led John Jay with a team-high 17 points, shooting 8-for-13 from the field, nine rebounds, a team-high two blocks, and one steal. Junior Cassandra Chery recorded her first double-double with the Bloodhounds with 11 points, a team-high 10 rebounds, and three assists. Junior Josephine Diaz registered 11 points, two assists, and two steals. Senior Terri Chu added nine points and three rebounds. Junior Shaliyah Ruiz dished out a team-high four assists and junior Cassandra Taylor grabbed five rebounds. 

Chu gave John Jay an early 3-0 lead after draining a shot from behind the arc. The Eagles responded on a 7-0 run to take its first lead. Trailing 12-8, Cunningham and Ruiz made back-to-back layups to tie it at 12 apiece. Cunningham ended the quarter making two baskets as John Jay led 16-14. 

Two minutes into the second quarter, Cunningham made a jump shot to increase the lead to 20-17. St. Joe's went on a 4-0 lead to regain a one-point lead. Three minutes later with John Jay trailing by one, Chery made a layup and Diaz nailed a three-pointer to put John Jay up 28-24. The Eagles ended the quarter on a 4-0 run to tie the game at 31-31 heading into halftime. 

The first four minutes of the third quarter went back-and-forth. With the Eagles leading 37-35, the hosts went on an 8-0 run to take its biggest lead of the contest. The Bloodhounds fought back to close the gap to 45-40 heading into the final quarter. 

In the fourth, St. Joe's increased the lead to nine but a three-pointer by Diaz cut the lead back down to six. Down by nine with 7:58, John Jay went on a 14-2 run to take the lead, 57-54. With 1:34 on the clock, the Eagles converted on two free-throws to regain the lead, 58-57. A layup by Cunningham with twenty-two seconds left put John Jay back in front 59-58. The Eagles came up empty on their next possession and two successful free-throws by Chu with five seconds remaining sealed the non-conference victory. 

John Jay finished 24-for-64 (37.5%) from the field, 6-for-18 (33.3%) from behind the arc, and 7-for-13 (53.8%) from the free-throw line. 

The Bloodhounds travel to Brooklyn College looking to get back to even in the conference. John Jay faces the Bulldogs at 5:00 pm.