Box Score Philadelphia, Pa. – (12/8/2012) – Post University stayed a step ahead of Chestnut Hill College for the duration of today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest to come away with a 69-61 win. The Griffins narrowed the Eagles advantage to three points, 60-57, heading to the final three minutes (3:20), but with the lead in hand junior guard Aubrey Latham (Mystic, Conn.) added the finishing touches from the free throw line. Senior forward Lindsay Alexander (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) headlined the home effort with 20 points, seven rebounds, three assists, a block and five of the Griffins 21 steals.
 
Post University (5-3, 5-0) scored on their first possession, 2-0 (19:21), and never relinquished the lead. A team effort pushed the Eagles advantage over Chestnut Hill College (1-8, 0-4) to as many as 13 points, 24-11, midway through the first half (10:11), but behind the hustle of Alexander and sophomore guard Lila Jones (Philadelphia, Pa.) the Griffins answered on a 18-9 swing that left the spread at 33-29 with 1:47 remaining. Halftime settled at 38-31 Eagles, but the visitors saw more of Alexander and Jones in the second half. Alexander hit the first shot of the second half, 38-33 (19:50), and after a steal she hit the second of two free throws to put the home side back within four, 38-34. Steal after steal the Griffins stayed around. With 3:20 to go the Eagles lead shrunk to three, 60-57, on a Jones free throw. Heading to the final two minutes the spread remained at three, 62-59, when sophomore guard Tenisha Townsend-Mobley (Pleasantville, N.J.) found Alexander between the Eagles defenses. Unfortunately, the Eagles had a playmaker of their own, as junior guard Fernanda Mansilla (Ancud, Chile) handed out her 11^th assist before joining Latham on hitting the game-clinching free throws in a 69-61 win.
 
Latham led the Eagles with 19 points and seven rebounds. She was supported by 14 points and nine rebounds, two assists, a block, and two steals from senior guard Casey Brooks (Highland, N.Y.). Junior guard Jessica Webber (Naugatuck, Conn.) added 12 points, three rebounds, and three steals.
 
Alexander scored at least twenty points for the first time this season and the seventh time in her career to headline the Griffins side of the box score. Finishing on the fastbreak, Jones came off the Griffin bench for 12 points, five rebounds, an assist, and two steals. Townsend-Mobley was solid at the point for the Griffins, contributing at both ends of the floor with eight points, five rebounds, four assists, and six steals.  
 
The women's basketball team breaks from CACC play to host the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) in a 3:00 p.m. contest on Saturday, December 15.