JAMAICA, NY --- York College women's basketball fell behind early and were unable to recover Wednesday evening as the Brooklyn College Bulldogs (12-6, 8-1 CUNYAC) captured a 72-35 CUNYAC win from the Cardinals (3-16, 2-8 CUNYAC) inside York College Gymnasium.  

The Cardinals fell behind by four to start the game before trailing 10-5 with 4:27 left in the opening period.  After Keyla Cabrera's layup sliced York's deficit to three (10-7), the Bulldogs closed out the final 2:14 with an 8-3 run to lead by eight (18-10) heading into second-quarter play.  Ellma Hodzic opened the second-period scoring for York with three of her eight first-half points to pull the Cardinals within seven (20-13).  Brooklyn answered with a 16-4 scoring spree to extend its lead to a first-half high 19 points (36-17) with 2:48 remaining.  Hodzic replied with a long ball to make it a 16-point game (36-20) prior to Chanel Jemmott's layup that sent Brooklyn into intermission with a 38-20 advantage. 

Playing with a double-digit lead for the final 27:40, Brooklyn outscored York by 19 in the second half to increase its margin to a game-high 37 points with 39 seconds showing on the fourth-quarter clock.  

Hodzic sank a career-high 4-of-7 from three-point range to finish with a team-leading 15 points to go with nine rebounds, two blocks and two steals.  Mac-Dege Dessources followed with seven points, 14 rebounds, three blocks and three steals.  Cabrera chipped in six points.

Jemmott scored a game-high 20 points (9-of-16 FG) and totaled 12 rebounds, four blocks and two steals in leading Brooklyn to victory.  Alexandra Morgan followed with 13 points and 10 rebounds while Jasmine Hansgen added 10 points and two blocks.  

York shot 19.2 percent (10-of-52) from the field, 27.8 percent (5-of-18) from three-point territory and 62.5 percent (10-of-16) from the free-throw line.  Brooklyn connected on 36 percent (32-of-89) from the floor, 17.2 percent (5-of-29) from beyond the arc and 37.5 percent (3-of-8) from the charity stripe.  The Bulldogs won the boards battle, 56-49, and scored 22 second-chance points off 22 offensive rebounds.  Brooklyn also outplayed York in steals (16-8), blocks (7-5) and assists (22-9).  

The Cardinals travel Friday (Jan. 25) to Bronx for a CUNYAC matchup against the Lehman College Lightning (1-17, 1-9 CUNYAC) at 5 p.m. inside APEX Arena.