Dowling Snaps Women's Basketball's Five-Game Winning Streak
Purple Knights Fall To Golden Lions, 65-50
Oakdale, N.Y.-The Dowling College women's basketball team posted a wire-to-wire 65-50 East Coast Conference win over the visiting University of Bridgeport on Saturday afternoon on Long Island. The loss by UB snaps the team's five-game winning streak, as the Purple Knights are now 13-7 overall and 8-4 in conference play. Dowling raises its overall mark to 16-3, and the Golden Lions are 10-1 in the ECC.
Dowling's Danielle Wilson, a transfer from Baylor University, led all scorers and rebounders in the game with 19 points and 12 boards.
Senior Tanisha Carter (East Hartford, Conn.) led Bridgeport with 16 points and nine rebounds, and she was joined in double-digit coring by graduate student Priscilla Dodoo (Worcester, Mass.) with 11 points.
The UB women's basketball team is back in action on Wednesday evening at home when they will look to get back in the win column versus Mercy College. The game, which will be broadcast live by Pack Network on the web as part of its East Coast Conference Doubleheader of Week package, is set to begin at 5:00 p.m.