CALDWELL, N.J.- Caldwell University women's basketball freshman
Tamrin Henderson (Woodbridge, Va.) netted the game-winning bucket with 1.8 seconds left in the game to lift the Cougars past Holy Family University 62-60 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference contest.
The Cougars win their fourth in a row to improve to 9-14 overall and 9-7 in the CACC. The Tigers drop to 7-16 and 5-10 in conference play.
The Tigers rolled out to a 10-4 lead midway through the opening quarter. Caldwell battled back to tie the game at 12 after a pair of free throws from sophomore
Calimah Singletary (Spring Valley, N.Y.).
Holy Family scored the next eight points and pulled ahead by as much as 16 points at 40-24 early in the third quarter.
Caldwell rallied back in the third quarter to close the score to six points. Junior
Tina Lebron (Manalapan, N.J.) drained a pair of three-pointers and totaled eight points in the quarter to help cut the score to 46-40.
The Tigers drained two straight triples to extend their lead to 52-40 early in the fourth quarter. Caldwell roared back with an 18-4 run sparked by a Lebron triple at the 8:17 mark. Graduate
Alessia Smaldone (Malnate, Italy) pulled the Cougars even with a trifecta with 3:15 remaining in the game. On the next Caldwell possession, freshman
Paula Dits (Alicante, Spain) scored in the paint give the Cougars their first lead of the game.
Caldwell and Holy Family traded points down the stretch to set up Henderson's game-winning hoop with 1.8 left in the game.
Lebron shot 5-for-9 from downtown as she led the way with 17 points and six rebounds. Henderson totaled 12 points and three rebounds. Dits posted her fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Smaldone tallied 11 points, five boards, four assists and three steals. Senior
Andie Lennon (Secaucus, N.J.) dished out seven assists.
The Cougars travel to Nyack College on Saturday, February 23 for a CAC contest at 1 p.m.