Tiayo Adelekan led three players in double figures as the Chestnut Hill College Women's Basketball team got back on the winning track, cruising to an 82-55 win over Wilmington University Tuesday night at the WU Athletic Complex in Newark, Delaware.

The Griffins improve to 4-2 in Central Atlantic collegiate Conference games and even their record at 7-7 overall.  The Wildcats fall to 0-7 in league play and 0-14 overall.

Adelekan connected on seven of nine shots from the field and tallied the same mark from the free throw line (7-9) to lead all scorers with 21 points.   Sabria Mann and Tikyra Miller added ten points apiece.  Kourin Carew came off the bench to score nine points and led the team with five rebounds. Miller dished out four assists to lead the Griffins. 

The Griffins as a team recorded 22 steals, breaking the old school record of 21 set back on December 8, 2012 against Post.  Five different Chestnut Hill players had at least three steals with Sara Tamoun and Sabria Mann leading the way with four steals apiece. Tamia Washington, Adelekan and Carew added three apiece.  Adelekan had two blocks to lead all players.

The Wildcats scored the first basket of the game for their only lead in the contest with Griffins scoring the next ten points to take a 10-2 lead.  Eight of the ten points came as a result of the Griffins press and forcing five WU turnovers.  The CHC lead oscillated between five and eight points and Miller's free throw with 31 seconds made the score 18-11 heading into the second quarter.

Mann gave the Griffins their first double digit lead of the night early in the second quarter with a layup (21-11).  The Wildcats cut the lead to eight with 3:12 left but the Griffins exploded with an 11-2 run to head into the locker room leading by 17, 39-22.

Chestnut Hill opened the third quarter with a 10-2 run to take a 25-point lead.  Adelekan and Kaya Mobley handled the scoring duties during the run with five points apiece.  Wilmington countered with ten straight points to claw back within 15, 49-34 with 4:39 left in the third period.   A traditional three-point play from Bryce Harvey-Carr and a three point basket from Anahita Jackson push the lead back above 20, 55-34 with 3:36 left.

It was all Griffins in the fourth quarter as they outscored their hosts 21-12 to  finish with the 27-point win.

For the game, the Griffins shot 42.9% (27-63) from the field and 22-30 (73.3%) from the free throw line while holding the Wildcats to just 31% shooting (18-58) and a 55.6% effort (15-27) from the free throw line.  The Wildcats dominated play on the glass, outrebounding the Griffins 50-35.  Chestnut Hill forced 35 turnovers and scored 34 points off them.

The women's basketball team returns to action on Saturday, January 10, 2026 when they host the University of Bridgeport at Sorgenti Arena.  Tipoff is set for 1:00 p.m.