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NJIT ROad Win
David Hague
Denai Bowman
63
Winner Binghamton Bingha 8-13,3-5 America East
58
NJIT NJIT 8-13,0-8 America East
Winner
Binghamton Bingha
8-13,3-5 America East
63
Final
58
NJIT NJIT
8-13,0-8 America East
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Binghamton Bingha 10 18 13 22 63
NJIT NJIT 17 13 12 16 58

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Ashley Pickus (apickus1@binghamton.edu) and David O'Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Women’s Basketball Rallies to Defeat NJIT 63-58

Bowman nets 16 points, Weltz adds 15 points

NEWARK, N.J. — Graduate student guard Denai Bowman scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while redshirt sophomore guard Jadyn Weltz added 15 points and five assists, powering Binghamton (8-13, 3-5 AE) to a 63-58 come-from-behind victory over NJIT (8-13, 0-8 AE) in an America East women's basketball game on Thursday evening at the NJIT Wellness & Events Center. The win marked the Bearcats' third triumph in their last four games.

Bowman recorded her first double-double of the season and third of her career. She shot 8-for-16 from the field, dished out a pair of assists and recorded a block and a steal.

Weltz also added six rebounds and a pair of steals. In addition, she went 3-for-4 from the free throw line in the crucial last minute of the game.

Junior forward Genevieve Coleman recorded her second career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Four of her points came during the decisive final period. 

The Bearcats trailed NJIT the entire first period and fell behind by as much as 23-15 with 5:55 left in the second period.  Binghamton, however, went on a 9-1 run to tie the game at 24-24 on a jumper by Bowman with 3:18 left before halftime.

From there, there were eight ties but no lead changes until the final three minutes of the game. The Bearcats deadlocked the game in each of those eight instances but the Highlanders reclaimed the lead every time.

Finally, Coleman converted a three-point play in the fourth period to give the Bearcats 56-55 lead with 2:17 left in the game. Weltz then sank a three-pointer, padding the lead to 59-55 with 33 seconds remaining. In the final 18 seconds, Coleman and Weltz went a combined 4-for-6 from the free throw line to ice the game.

"We played all of our players tonight and I was proud of the way they won the game," head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord said. "They work so hard every day in practice and give everything they have. On any given night, every one of them knows that their number can be called."

Freshman guard Bella Pucci chipped in eight points and grabbed six rebounds. Freshman forward Kendall Bennett, meanwhile, posted a game-high two blocks.

For NJIT, Alejandra Zuniga netted a game-high 17 points and Alejandra Zuniga added 14 points. Trinity Williams grabbed a game-high 12 points.

As a team, Binghamton tied a season low with  just eight turnovers. The Bearcats also held a 15-8 lead in points off of turnovers. 

Binghamton hosts Vermont on Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
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