WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The University of New Haven women's basketball team got its second-straight win at Charger Gymnasium on Sunday evening, edging out the Goldey-Beacom Lightning (1-5, 0-0 CACC), 69-63 in a non-conference game.
 
Shooting 6-of-17 on the day with 11 successful free throws, junior Alex Kerr dropped a season-high 24 points, just three points shy of her career-best 27 points that were scored against Saint Anselm on January 28, 2017. With her second double digit point total of the season, New Haven also got 19 points from freshman Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) who shot 57-percent on the afternoon and connected on both of New Haven's two three-pointers in the win.
 
Junior Allieyah Cubbage (North Plainfield, N.J./Roselle Catholic) chipped in seven points for the Chargers, while classmates Katia Oge (New City, N.Y./Immaculate Heart Academy) and Sianna Van Dyke (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) each contributed with six. Freshman Nadia Mirich (Frederick, Md./Oakdale) finished with four points and a season-high nine rebounds, and senior Khayla Trowell (Temple Hills, Md./Elizabeth Seton Catholic) rounded out the scoring for New Haven with three points on the day. 
 
After shooting 28-percent in the first half, New Haven back out to the floor on fire, shooting 10-of-19 from the field in the third frame. New Haven continued the hot shooting, finishing the contest with a 47-percent overall shooting mark in the second half.
 
FIRST QUARTER NOTES:

• The first quarter was very back and forth, resulting in a 14-13 score at the end of a first frame that saw five ties.
• Goldey-Beacom went on a 6-1 run before Van Dyke found Pergola for a three-point basket to level the score, 8-8.  After Pergola made a layup to take a 13-12 lead with 1:37 in the quarter, Goldey-Beacom's Nina Barlette hit a layup with one second remaining to give the Lightning the lead at the end of the first stanza.
• Pergola played all ten minutes on the floor in the first quarter and got off to a red-hot start with eight points and three rebounds.

 
SECOND QUARTER NOTES:

• After a made Lightning free throw and jumper, New Haven held Goldey-Beacom without a point for just over two minutes and in the mean time put together an 8-0 run to re-gain the four point lead. Oge made a layup to spark the run followed by a three-point basket made by Cubbage who got a pass from Pergola, who then made her own long-range shot assisted by Kerr.
• Goldey-Beacom scored the next seven points until Van Dyke hit a jump shot from senior Quana Smith (Bronx, N.Y./Harry S. Truman) to cut the Lightning lead to only one point.
• The Lightning tied their largest lead of the game with the last bucket of the half, a three-ball from Alanna Speaks with a minute remaining in the second quarter.

 
THIRD QUARTER NOTES:

• New Haven and Goldey-Beacom exchanged five points apiece before the Chargers picked up the pace and went on an 8-0 run that stretched just over three and a half minutes of play. Kerr got the run started with a layup and free throw, followed by a shot by Van Dyke with a hand by Pergola that give the Chargers their first lead in 9 minutes and 58 seconds. In the final 18 seconds of that stretch, New Haven grabbed four offensive rebounds but was unable to put up any second-chance points.
• New Haven capped the run as Cubbage had a big block on the defensive end and grabbed her own rebound, dribbled all the way in and was fouled as she sunk the layup and added a free throw for the three-point play to extend the Charger lead to four, the largest lead since the 6:35 mark in the second quarter.
• Goldey-Beacom was able to tie things back up with a layup with 2:45 left in the third but the Chargers possessed the lead for the remainder of the contest, extending that lead to three points at the third quarter buzzer.

 
FOURTH QUARTER NOTES:

• New Haven scored six points in the first 2:44 of the fourth quarter before Mirich put in a layup assisted on by Pergola to give the Chargers a six-point lead.
• Kerr halted Goldey-Beacom's chance of leveling the score as she intercepted a pass at the top of the arc and brought the layup all the way home to put the Chargers ahead by four points. After a Trowell free throw, Goldey-Beacom's Britani Bryson reached the 26-point mark with a layup with 21 seconds left in regulation to bring the game back to a one-possession lead for the Chargers.
• New Haven was able to run away with the win as Goldey-Beacom was forced to foul with New Haven in the bonus when Kerr hit both free throws and Cubbage hit another as the Chargers held off the Lightning for the 69-63 win.

 
With the win, New Haven breaks their .500 record and improves to 3-2 overall on the season. New Haven returns to action with a tough test at Charger Gymnasium on Wednesday, November 29^th for a tilt against crosstown rival Southern Connecticut State. Fans who plan on attending are encouraged to wear white to the game as part of a "white-out", and for fans who are unable to attend, live stats and video will be available on the Charger Sports Network.