PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Caldwell College women's basketball team dropped a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference game to Holy Family University, 77-55 Tuesday evening at Holy Family's Campus Center. The defeat ends the Cougars' two-game winning streak and drops their record to 5-7 overall and 3-4 in the conference. The Tigers remain unbeaten in the CACC at 7-0 (10-1 overall).

The Cougars kept the game close early in the first half by making 6-of-7 from the floor over a four-minute span that gave Caldwell a 15-14 lead with 11:11 left in the half. But eight straight points midway through the half, punctuated by a three-pointer from Lauren Boyer, allowed Holy Family to take a 27-17 advantage at the 7:29 mark. The Tigers eventually carried a nine-point lead, 37-28 into the break.

Holy Family made quick work of the Cougars in the second half, scoring the first nine points after halftime as part of a 22-5 run that put the Tigers up 59-33. The lead would become as many as 29 points, with the Cougars never coming closer than 22 points the rest of the way. Holy Family held a big advantage in three-point shooting, making 8-of-16 from beyond the arc compared to 1-of-6 for Caldwell.

Junior guard Phylicia Holmes (Roselle, NJ/Roselle), right, led the Cougars with a season-high 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field. Senior center Amy Gaudious (Long Branch, NJ/Long Branch) also turned in her best point total of the year, finishing with 12 points, with junior guard Khaliqa Davis (Newark, NJ/Bloomfield Tech) contributing 10 points. Megan Bauer and Kelly Killion each scored 14 points for the Tigers, with Bauer grabbing a game-high 10 boards.

Caldwell hosts Philadelphia University in another CACC contest on Thursday, Jan. 11. Game time is set for 6:00 p.m. in the George R. Newman Center.