Box Score Wilmington, Del. – (12/18/2013) – In their first action since December 7, the Chestnut Hill College women's basketball team visited Goldey-Beacom College for tonight's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) competition. The Griffins relinquished their second-half advantage over the Lightning late in regulation before losing the overtime period, 10-4, in a 58-52 final. Junior guard Olivia Gorczynski (Parlin, N.J.) provided a team-high 15 points, but needed a double-double off the bench from senior center Aimee Bouie (New Castle, Del.) and a workwoman's effort from junior guard Tenisha Townsend-Mobley (Pleasantville, N.J.) to keep the Griffins in contention.
 
Junior guards Lillian Chukwueze (Cherry Hill, N.J.) and Shantia Creech (Philadelphia, Pa.) shared the lead in delivering Goldey-Beacom College to a 25-20 halftime advantage. The Lightning overcame an early Chestnut Hill College (1-6, 0-3) edge, 5-3 at 12:03, to lead by as many as nine points, 25-16, just past the two-minute mark (1:57). It would be the hustle of the Griffin trio, Gorczynski, Bouie, and Townsend-Mobley, that brought the deficit to five points before the intermission horn, 25-20. At the start of the second half, an inside-out approach led by Gorczynski and Bouie completed the Griffins rally and allowed them to gradually build a seven-point advantage, 48-41, just before the five-minute mark (5:08). Unfortunately, the Lightning saw to it that the contest would last a little longer with Chukwueze getting a little help from her friends to extend play to overtime, 48-48. In overtime, she would do fine by herself, scoring seven of the Lightnings ten points in a six-point victory, 58-52.
 
Chukwueze dominated the box score with 22 points, 15 rebounds, three assists, a block, and five steals. Creech provided 11 points off the bench to compliment two other Lightning in double figures; junior forward Chelsea Grover (Southampton, N.J.) offered ten points, eight rebounds, two assists, a block, and a steal, and senior forward Briana Richmond-Peters (Camden, N.J.) providing 11 points, nine rebounds, an assist, and two blocks.
 
Despite a poor shooting night, 6-of-24 (.250 FG%), Gorczynski finished with 15 points, three rebounds, two assists, a block, and two steals. Bouie contributed three blocks in addition to her 11-point, 10-rebound double-double while Townsend-Mobley supplying a steady effort; nine points and eight rebounds.

The women's basketball team plays next in the St. Rose Holiday Classic in which they will challenge American International College, at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, and the hosting Golden Knights, at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday December 22.