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Briana Bradford
John Kritzman
55
Philadelphia U. PHI-W 22-9
69
Winner New Haven UNH 24-5
Philadelphia U. PHI-W
22-9
55
Final
69
New Haven UNH
24-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Philadelphia U. PHI-W 25 30 55
New Haven UNH 36 33 69

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball Advances in NCAA Division II East Region Championship

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – The No. 2 seed University of New Haven women's basketball team won its first NCAA Division II Championship game since 1989 as the Chargers downed the No 7. seed Philadelphia University Rams 69-55 on Friday afternoon.

New Haven will now take on No. 6 seed Franklin Pierce in an East Region Championship semifinal on Saturday evening at 5:00 p.m. The Ravens upset No. 3 seed University of District of Columbia 78-66 in the opening game of the championship.

Leading the way for the Chargers was Briana Bradford (Waterbury, Conn./Holy Cross) who netted a game-high 21 points. Aquillin Hayes (Harlem, N.Y./Wings Academy) notched her 11th double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Rykema Stone (Bronx, N.Y./Wings Academy) scored eight points and pulled in a season high 13 rebounds. As a team, New Haven held a 50-36 advantage on the boards.

The Chargers got off to a good start early as they hit three of their first four shots, two by Ashley LeBlanc (Methuen, Mass./Methuen) to take an early 8-2 lead. After a couple baskets by Philadelphia drew things closer, back-to-back triples by Bradford extended the New Haven lead to 18-8 with 11:05 remaining in the opening frame. The Rams battled and sliced the lead to seven on two occasions, but the Chargers maintained their advantage, taking a 36-25 lead into halftime.

A big part of New Haven's success in the first half was its ability to rebound the ball, holding a 29-19 edge on the glass in the stanza.

The second half started much the same way for the Chargers, who netted the first six points on baskets by Bria Moore (West Haven, Conn./Hill Regional Career), Hayes and LeBlanc, extending the lead to 42-25 just 83 seconds into the frame.

New Haven continued to expand the lead throughout the second half, pushing the lead to as many as 21 points at 58.39 on a pair of free throws by Stone with just more than nine minutes remaining.

The win was the first NCAA Championship victory for the Chargers since a 94-71 win against Bryant in the 1989 Tournament. 
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