WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Trailing by two at halftime, the New Haven women's basketball team hung with No. 10 Adelphi before the Panthers pulled away in the second half to top New Haven 66-52 on Saturday afternoon. Junior Bionca Chambers (Bronx, N.Y./New Milford) totaled 12 points, three assists and three steals to lead the Chargers. Sophomore Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) reached double figures for the second straight game with 11 points and five rebounds, and senior Micah Wormack (Cumberland, Md./Allegany) picked up her fourth straight double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds on 4-of-6 shooting. Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) and Brie Pergola (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) added eight points apiece.

New Haven outshot Adelphi 43.1-38.3 percent and outscored the Panthers 32-12 in the paint. The Chargers were outrebounded (34-32) for just the third time all season, and Adelphi (25-2, 16-2 NE10) outscored the Chargers 14-4 on second chances, and sank 12 three-pointers to compared to New Haven's four triples.

The defeat was just New Haven's (18-8, 12-7 NE10) second loss on their home court this season.

Prior to the game, New Haven honored Wormack and Kim Talley (Quakertown, Pa./Lansdale Catholic) as the team's two seniors of the Class of 2020.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: Debbie Buff
"I'm very proud of the way we fought. Adelphi is a very good team and I thought we had a few mental lapses in transition that led to three-pointers for them. I also thought we needed to convert more inside shots. The team has worked hard all year and our staff is proud of 18 wins thus far going into the postseason. Congrats to Kim and Micah on their Senior Day."

FIRST QUARTER

• Adelphi started the game 4-for-4 and quickly turned three turnovers into points to use an 8-0 run to go up 10-2, forcing a New Haven timeout at 7:56.
• Pergola found Wormack underneath for a layup to cut it to 17-10 at 1:51.
• A slick move by Chambers on a drive to the basket pulled New Haven within six with just over one minute remaining.
• Talley came away with a big block on the defensive end in the final minute to keep the score 18-12 after one, as the Chargers scored six of the final seven points to close the period.

SECOND QUARTER

• New Haven pulled within four at 20-16 after baskets from Deshaies and Chambers.
• The Chargers surged for a 6-1 run to get within one at 23-22 with 4:14 to go. Chambers assisted on a DeBose basket during the run and Talley found Wormack for a layup to cut it to one. Adelphi went cold form the floor during the Charger run, going 1-of-8 before a three-pointer pushed their lead back to four.
• DeBose put in a jumper with 54 seconds remaining to pull within 26-24 going into halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

• Adelphi started the second half by scoring 10 straight points to go back up by double digits, capping the streak with a second-chance three-pointer and a short jumper to take a 36-24 lead at 4:39.
• After a Deshaies bucket ended the run, the Panthers immediately answered with a fast break three-pointer to stretch the lead to 13 and went on to hold a 43-31 lead after three quarters, outscoring New Haven 17-7 in the third.

FOURTH QUARTER

• Jasmine White (Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony's) knocked down a big three-pointer to pull the Chargers within 46-36 at the 7:59 mark, but that was as close as New Haven would get the rest of the way.
• The Panthers answered instantly with a three of their own and pushed the lead to as much as 17 on two separate occasions.

POSTSEASON SCENARIOS
The Chargers will be either the three seed or the four seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 Conference Tournament. If Le Moyne defeats Pace on Tuesday in their regular season finale, then Chargers will earn the three seed. If Pace wins, then the Setters will earn the three seed and the Chargers will drop to fourth.

If New Haven is the four seed, they will host a first round game on Friday, February 28 against the No. 5 seed from the Northeast Division.

If New Haven is the three seed, they will earn a first round bye and play in the quarterfinals on Sunday, March 1 at the No. 2 seed from the Northeast Division.