WEST HAVEN, Conn. – Pulling down rebounds and dishing out assists, the New Haven women's basketball team had all cylinders firing as they went wire-to-wire for a 75-54 win over the visiting Adelphi Panthers. With the win, the Chargers improve to 2-0 on the season while taking the conference opener for the second time under head coach Deborah Buff.

The Chargers finished with four players in double figures to lead the way, with graduate guard Camryn DeBose (Wellington, Fla./Wellington Community) leading all players with 24 points, giving her 54 total in the first two games of the season. Seniors Kameryn King (Old Saybrook, Conn./Mercy), Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) and Briana Van Cleaf (Staten Island, N.Y./Notre Dame Academy) joined her in leading the way with 16, 10 and 10, respectively.

King and DeBose also tied previous career-highs in assists with eight and five, respectively, while as a team, the Chargers dished out 17 helpers. On the boards, the Chargers finished with a commanding 44-21 advantage, with DeShaies completing her second double double in as many games with 12 boards.

DeBose was one of three players to tip the double-digit scale on the night, joined by seniors Aurora Deshaies (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop Ludden) and Kameryn King (Old Saybrook, Conn./Mercy) who each finished with 17. Among King's 17 points were a trio of three pointers, two of which came in the fourth quarter as she came up clutch in the fourth quarter providing a lead the Lions would be unable to recover from.

"We had great team defense tonight," said Deborah Buff. "We said we needed to dominate the boards and we did just that (44-21). This was a big opening win for us in conference play. We were lock in at practice last night and it showed today."

Overall, New Haven finished the game shooting 50.9 percent from the field, connecting on 27-of-53 from the field. Included were six three-point field goals with Briana Van Cleaf (Staten Island, N.Y./Notre Dame Academy) and Marigona Bacaliu (Worcester, Mass./Putnam Science Academy) each leading the way with a pair. The Chargers also finished 15-of-22 at the free throw line, where DeBose and King each went 5-of-6.

New Haven will return to action on Saturday afternoon when it closes out a season-opening three-game homestand with a non-conference match-up against Bloomfield on Saturday, November 19. Tip-off at Charger Gym is slated for 1:30 p.m. with all of the action available on the Charger Sports Network.

FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

·         The Chargers came out of the gates opening up an 8-0 lead before the Panthers were able to get on the boards nearly four minutes into the action. Six of those first eight points for the Blue and Gold came from Van Cleaf.

·         That eight point lead was the largest of the quarter for the Chargers, while Adelphi was able to pull within one thanks to a three pointer with 80 seconds remaining.

·         New Haven would close out the quarter with a  15-12 lead thanks to the first bucket of the season for the sophomore post.

·         Van Cleaf's early six points led all scorers in the first 10 minutes of action.

SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

·         After trading the first points of the quarter, the Charges once again hit a scoring stride as they rattled off 11 unanswered points to take the first double digit lead of the night at 27-15 at the midway point of the quarter.

·         Four different players would get in on that scoring run, but it was a three pointer each from King and Bacaliu that provided the biggest sparks.

·         New Haven would match that 12 point lead on two more occasions before the Panthers closed out the half with the final six points to make it a 31-25 margin at the intermission.

THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

·         Coming out of the locker room, the Chargers quickly expanded their lead back to double figures using  three pointer from Van Cleaf and a layup from Deshaies that led to a 36-25 advantage just over a minutes into the action.

·         After trading buckets for the next few minutes, the Chargers would go on to extend their largest lead of the game to as much as 14 with 1:07 remaining in the period thanks to a 10-3 rally.

·         Adelphi did cut the lead down to nine before the horn went off, scoring the final five points of the period.

·         DeBose was the hot hand in the third for the Charges as her six points in the frame came on a perfect 3-of-3 form the field, while King dished out four of her game-best eight assists in the 10 minute third quarter.

FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

·         The Chargers once again opened up the period with the first points as DeBose extended her streak of shots without a miss to four.

·         Extended, DeBose would go on to score her first three buckets of the fourth quarter, the middle of which was a three pointer, while her final one provided a 64-52 advantage for her team.

·         Defensively, New Haven would hold the Panthers without a point for the final 3:33 of the game, while scoring the final nine points for the final margin of the night at 75-54.

·         DeBose would hit double figures in the final period as she closed out the frame with 10 points on 3-of-4 from the field and 3-of-4 from the line.