(C)2024 GamedayPhotosNYC
51
Lehman Lehman 11-15,7-7 CUNYAC
67
Winner John Jay JJC 12-14,9-5 CUNYAC
Lehman Lehman
11-15,7-7 CUNYAC
51
Final
67
John Jay JJC
12-14,9-5 CUNYAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lehman Lehman 15 12 13 11 51
John Jay JJC 12 14 24 17 67

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

Lattimore And Zeolla's Double-Double Performance Lifts No. 4 Seed Bloodhounds Past No. 5 Lehman, 67-51, In CUNYAC Quarterfinals On Saturday

New York, NY - The No. 4 seeded John Jay women's basketball team trailed the No. 5 seed Lehman College Lightning, 27-26, at halftime before staging an impressive comeback behind sophomore forward Michaela Lattimore and senior guard Ashley Zeolla's double-double performance as the Bloodhounds moved on in the tournament, earning a 67-51 win on Saturday afternoon. 
 



John Jay (12-14; 9-5 CUNYAC), winners of five straight, will now travel to the top-seed Hunter on Tuesday, February 25, with tip-off from the Hunter Sportsplex set for 6:00 p.m. Lehman finishes its season at 11-15 overall and 7-7 in league play. 

Lattimore notched her fourth straight double-double and 12th of the season (16th of her career) as she led the way for the Bloodhounds with 20 points (fifth time scoring at least 20 points this season) on 7 of 16 shooting from the field. The Morristown, NJ native added 16 rebounds, 11 of which came on the defensive end while filling up the stat sheet, rejecting a career-best seven shots while adding three steals and an assist in 31 minutes of action.
 



The seven blocks in a CUNYAC postseason game are now tied for the second most-ever in a women's basketball playoff contest.
CUNYAC Single-Game Tournament Records (BLOCKS)
Rank Player Team Opponent  Date Total
1 Sheily Quezada Medgar Evers Baruch 2-17-2024 9
T2 Michaela Lattimore John Jay Lehman 2-22-2025 7
T2 Ellma Hodzic York Baruch 2-18-2023 7
T2 Shatasia Little Lehman College of Staten Island 2-22-2004 7
T2 Kelly Weismuller Brooklyn Medgar Evers 2-20-2003 7
T6 Shannon Barret Baruch York 2-19-2016 6
T6 Sally Nnamani Lehman College of Staten Island 2-24-2009 6
T6 Melanie D'Ambrosi College of Staten Island Lehman 2-20-2008 6
T6 Samantha Donaldson John Jay CCNY 2-20-1996 6

Zeolla recorded her fifth double-double of the season and 13th of her career as she scored 18 points on 4 of 9 shooting from the field and converted 10 of 14 from the free-throw line. She corralled ten rebounds while adding four assists, a block, and a steal while playing the full forty.

Essence Richardson was the third Bloodhound to score in double-figures, as she matched her career-high with 11 points on 4 of 8 shooting while swiping two steals in 22 minutes. Ayanna Edwards matched Zeolla in playing the entire game as she added six points while grabbing four rebounds and distributing a career-high eight assists. 

Lehman was paced by Heaven Figueroa, who led all scorers with 31 points on 11 of 24 shooting from the floor and 4 of 8 from three-point range. She added seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals in playing the entire game. Musharafa Muniru and Nikol Gnoutou each had eight points, with Gnoutou pulling down a team-best ten rebounds while logging 40 minutes of play.

Emily Kennedy, the team's second-leading scorer, was held without a point, going 0 of 15 from the floor, but did grab five rebounds and dished out ten assists for the visitors.

Lehman jumped out to a 7-0 lead after the first two minutes, with Figueroa scoring five of the first seven points. Natalie Simonds drilled a jumper from the foul line that halted the Lightning run. The Bloodhounds answered back, scoring seven of the following 12 points as Richardson hit a three-pointer off the feed from Edwards as John Jay trailed 12-10 with 4:06 left to go in the first quarter. Muniru connected on a pull-up jumper while Figueroa hit the backend of a two-shot foul as the Lehman lead increased to 15-10 before Lattimore hit a driving layup for the final points of the quarter. 

The visitors opened the second quarter with a pair of baskets as Ciara Shillingford muscled her way in the paint for two, extending the lead to 19-14. The Bloodhounds continued to rally back, staging a 12-6 run over the next 5:32, capped by a Simonds layup with 38 seconds left before halftime as John Jay took their first lead, 26-25. With time winding down, Muniru let a floating jumper go that hit the back iron and rattled in as Lehman held a 27-26 edge at halftime. The Bloodhounds outshot Lehman (41.7 percent to 27.8 percent) in the quarter, while both teams converted 33.0 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes. 

When play resumed for the third quarter, Hadja Bah commenced the scoring for the Bloodhound on a pull-up jumper from Lattimore as John Jay went up one, 28-27. Lehman responded with a 7-3 run that gave them a 34-31 advantage, thanks to another three-pointer by Figueroa. Richardson continued to her range from the outside, swishing home a triple from the wing just in front of her team's bench, tying the game at 34. 

Richardson's three-pointer served as the catalyst the Bloodhounds needed, as they jumped out to a 19-6 run over the final 7:02, with Edwards hitting her patented step-back, left-handed jumper, as John Jay led 50-40. Throughout the run, the Bloodhounds converted 8 of 14 from the field, with Lattimore netting eight of the 19 points. Lehman mustered just three made field goals in ten chances during the John Jay burst. For the quarter, John Jay shot a blistering 56.3 percent from the field (9 of 16) and held the Lighting to just a 6 of 17 shooting display in the frame. 

A Gnoutou layup for Lehman thirty seconds into the fourth quarter brought the visitors to within eight, 50-42 before John Jay answered back with a 10-2 run, capped by another Richardson trifectas as John Jay increased their lead to 60-44. Both teams traded the final 14 points of the game as the Bloodhounds didn't attempt to add to their lead and came away with the 16-point home win to advance to Tuesday's semifinals, the fifth straight time they have under head coach Lynda Day. 
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