AshleyZeolla
Carlisle Stockton, Inc
71
Winner John Jay JOHNJAYW 7-5 overall
67
Ramapo College RCNJWBB 9-2 overall
Winner
John Jay JOHNJAYW
7-5 overall
71
Final
67
Ramapo College RCNJWBB
9-2 overall
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
John Jay JOHNJAYW 18 19 10 24 71
Ramapo College RCNJWBB 25 18 13 11 67

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | John Jay Sports Information

Ashley Zeolla's Late Free Throws Propel Women's Hoops Past Ramapo, 71-67, To Close Out 2022

Mahwah, NJ - The John Jay women's basketball team trailed 66-65 with 1:54 left in regulation before sophomore forward Ashley Zeolla sank a pair of free throws that gave the Bloodhounds a one-point edge. The Bloodhounds closed out the contest with four more made free throws in picking up a 71-67 road win at Ramapo on Friday afternoon. 

With the win, John Jay closes out 2022 with a 7-5 overall record while the Roadrunners falter to 9-2. 
 
 
Four Bloodhounds reached double figures on the afternoon led by Bobbi Green, who registered her fourth double-double of the season, scoring a game-high 20 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in 36 minutes of action. The Queens, NY native swiped a season-high six steals. Zeolla and Chayanne Kelly each netted 11 points, with Zeolla corralling seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in 27 minutes. Kelly grabbed four rebounds and matched Zeolla with two assists. Katie Healy was the fourth Bloodhound in double-digits, finishing with 10 points and seven rebounds. 
 
Three Ramapo players netted double-digits, led by Olivia Johnstone, who scored 18 points on 7 of 14 shooting from the field, which included a 4 of 9 marksmanship from three-point range in 32 minutes. Jackie Ventricelli added 14 points with five rebounds, a team-leading five assists and team-best six steals in her 34 minutes of action. Jada Thompson was the third Roadrunner in double-figures, finishing with 10 points on 4 of 9 shooting while grabbing seven rebounds in her 22 minutes of play. 

 "After almost three weeks without playing, it was great to be on the court again," commented head women's basketball coach, Lynda Day. "Today's game was a great tune up for conference play, but, more importantly, a pivotal win to close out 2022. A complete team effort, but something that won't show up in the boxscore, was the way we executed down the stretch on the press as Natalie (Simonds) provided a spark off the bench while we made our run. We are excited to resume CUNYAC play, starting off with a rematch of last year's finals at Brooklyn."  

John Jay opened up with back-to-back buckets from Tiffany Bogle and Katie Healy in grabbing an early 4-0 lead before the Roadrunners tied the game on a Shannon Burns layup. The teams continued to trade buckets as Ramapo held an 11-6 edge following back-to-back three-pointers from Thompson and Johnstone. The Bloodhounds regained the lead on the strength of a 10-3 run over a 2:23 span, as John Jay went up 14-11 following a jumper by Ashely Zeolla.Ramapo closed out the opening quarter on a 14-4 run while converting on 5 of 8 from the field over the final five minutes. 
 
The Bloodhounds opened the second quarter scoring seven of the first ten points, closing the gap 28-25 following a Bogle jumper. Both teams continued their hot shooting with Ramapo reclaiming a six-point lead, 41-35, following a Jackie Ventricelli jumper at the 2:58 mark. Carley Martin drained a jumper for the home team with 43 seconds remaining before Bobbi Green countered with a jumper of her own just before the end of the first half as John Jay cut the deficit down to 43-37. 
 
When play resumed in the second half, Ramapo built back a nine-point lead, 54-45, following a jumper by Alison Ahern with 3:25 left in the quarter. 
 
John Jay's comeback attempt was relaunched in the early portion of the fourth quarter, as the Bloodhounds embarked on a 9-2 run to open the frame, with Green and Kamryn Hammond serving as the catalyst, trimming the deficit down to two, 58-56, after Hammond converted on a layup. Bridget Cahill put a brief halt to the Bloodhounds' run, hitting on a jumper off the feed from Ventricelli to make it 60-56. Hammond reignited the comeback effort for the visitors as she drilled a three-pointer, cutting the deficit down to 60-59, with 5:19 showing on the clock. 

Following the timeout, Natalie Simonds stole the ball away from Cahill and found Hammond for the layup, that gave the visitors a 61-60 lead. On the ensuing Ramapo possession, Ahern converted on a jumper to give the lead back to the Roadrunners. With under four minutes, Green made the layup for the visitors, as John Jay regained the lead, 63-62. Healy followed up with a layup of her own at the 3:04 mark, pushing the Bloodhounds lead to three. 
 
Karly Wittnebauer's layup for the home team trimmed the deficit down to one, 65-64, with 2:53 left. Shannon Burns hit the front end of a two-shot foul, that evened the score at 65. With 1:54 showing on the game clock, Thompson made the backend of her chance from the free throw line, giving the lead back to Ramapo, 66-65. John Jay turned the ball over prior to Thompson misfiring on a jumper as Zeolla corralled the loose ball. 

Zeolla was subsequently fouled by Wittenbauer with 1:06 left. She calmly hit both attempts, putting the Bloodhounds back ahead, 67-66, as John Jay called for time.Coming out of the timeout, Thompson's jumper was off the mark and went out of bounds as the possession was back to John Jay with under a minute to go. John Jay hit four of the final five points from the line, capped by Green hitting both shots from the line as the Bloodhounds picked up a four-point road triumph. 

Both teams converted over 40.0 percent from the field (41.1 for John Jay to Ramapo's 40.7) but the Roadrunners had the three-point shooting advantage, converting on 8 of 23 to the Bloodhounds 1 of 7. 

The Bloodhounds outmuscled the Roadrunners, 50-36, on the glass, which including a 19-8 advantage on the offensive end. Of John Jay's 71 points, 31 of those came from their bench while 38 were scored inside the paint.

The Bloodhounds open 2023 with the resumption of CUNY Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) play, as John Jay travels to Brooklyn on Tuesday, January 3 at 5:00 p.m. 

 
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