From NYIU Athletics

The New York University women's basketball team, ranked #25 in the nation by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), remained unbeaten this season with a 59-49 home victory over Brooklyn College on Thursday, December 1, at the Sportsplex in Manhattan.    

The Violets (7-0) raced out to an 18-5 lead to start the game and led 18-9 after the first quarter. The Bulldogs (3-1) pulled to within seven, 18-11, midway through the second quarter but could not get any closer as NYU went into the lockeroom at halftime leading 27-17. 

The Violets, despite scoring a season-low point total after 20 minutes, also allowed their lowest point total. They held Brooklyn to 20% shooting (6-30) in the first half, including 2-13 (15.4%) from three-point range, while making 45.5% (10-22) overall and 50% (2-4) from three-point land themselves.

Kaitlyn Read led all scorers with 10 points in the first half.  

Brooklyn opened the fourth on a 6-0 run and pulled within 45-38 before Read's bucket at 6:32 ended the streak. She scored the Violets' next two baskets, as well, to re-open a 51-39 NYU advantage. Mikaela Pyatt followed with another NYU basket and Read added a foul shot to open up a game-high 15-point lead, 54-39.

"Kaitlyn asserted herself when we needed her...which she usually does," said Head Coach Lauren Hall-Gregory.

The Bulldogs never got closer than 10 the rest of the way.

Read finished with game highs of 22 points and nine rebounds while adding a team-best five assists.

Harioka and Shaye McGoey each added 10 points. 

"Brooklyn outplayed us in stretches, was really prepared and beat us to a lot of loose balls," Hall-Gregory admitted. "But, we figured out how to win the game and I'll take it."  

NOTABLES:

- The Violets have now won 41 consecutive regular-season non-conference games. 

- With the victory, NYU now leads the all-time series with Brooklyn 18-17.

- The Bulldogs were held to 31.6% shooting for the game.

- Harioka and Annie Barrett each had four steals for NYU.