RIVERDALE,  N.Y. —- The St. Joseph's University N.Y. - Brooklyn women's basketball team fell to Mount Saint Vincent on Tuesday evening, 53-74, from the Peter Jay Sharp Center. The Bears split the season series with the Dolphins, thanks to their triumph in mid-January. 

How it Happened

Despite field goals from Kristen Donovan (Maspeth, N.Y.), Jasmine Chan-Clayton (Melbourne, Australia), and Aaniya Telford (Brooklyn, N.Y.) in the first quarter, the Dolphins established distance between themselves and the Bears at the end of the period, 21-8. The Bears closed the gap in the second, shooting 10-of-16 as a team with Telford and Grace Kennedy (Maspeth, N.Y.) at the helm of the team's scoring. Outscoring the hosts 25-17 in the stanza, the Bears trailed 38-33 at the break.  

UMSV opened the third with a 10-0 run to pull ahead for good. The rookie trio of Chan-Clayton, Nikki Grech (Northville, Mich.), and Gabriella Cinque (Staten Island, N.Y.) led the Bears' scoring efforts in the second half but were unable to come out on top, falling 74-53.

For the Bears

• Telford led all scorers with 14 points, adding four rebounds, four assists, and three steals

• Grech added 12 points and was a rebound shy of a double-double. She also had a pair of assists.

• Grace Kennedy had seven points.

• Shanna Bliss provided five rebounds.

Up Next

The Bears head to Sarah Lawrence College on Wednesday, February 19 at 7 pm.