BRONX --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College women's basketball cruised to a 33-point CUNYAC road win Friday evening with a 65-32 triumph against the Lehman College Lightning (0-7, 0-2 CUNYAC) from APEX Main Gym in Bronx.  The Cardinals (2-4) improved to 1-1 in the league standings to extend its winning streak versus Lehman to three games.   

Trailing 2-0, York quickly erased its deficit to jump ahead for good with a 14-2 run with contributions coming from five different scorers.  Both teams struggled shooting the ball in the second quarter, combining to hit 6-of-26 from the field as Lehman used a 13-5 spurt to knot the game at 19-all with 1:33 remaining.  Aminata Sagna dropped in a layup with 50 seconds left to maintain York's lead for a 21-19 advantage at intermission.  

York put the game out of reach during a third quarter that saw the Cardinals score 26 unanswered points to take a 47-20 lead with 57 seconds left.  Keyla Cabrera ignited York's dominant third period by scoring nine of the team's 28 points to lead 49-22 heading into the final stanza. York closed out the final 2:02 with an 8-2 run to extend its lead to a game-high 33 points for the 65-32 decision.      

The Cardinals held a 36-2 advantage in bench scoring as Cabrera produced 11 points (4-of-8 FG, 3-of-3 FT),10 rebounds (five offensive) and three steals to register her sixth-career double-double.  Daniesha Newsome tallied eight points and five assists while Ellma Hodzic scored eight. Mac-Dege Dessources ripped down nine rebounds and nabbed two steals as Sagna pulled down nine boards.

Nina Gill paced Lehman with a game-high 16 points and six steals as Eriadna Vasquez followed with 10 points. 

Lehman was limited to 19 percent shooting from the field (11-of-58), 7.1 percent from 3-point range (1-of-14) and 64.3 percent from the free-throw line (9-of-14).  York shot a season-high 72.7 percent from the charity stripe (8-of-11) and hit on 42.2 percent from the floor (27-of-64) and 18.8 percent from beyond the arc (3-of-16). The Cardinals totaled a season-high 52 rebounds to grab a +16 margin in the boards battle while scoring 16 second-chance points off 16 offensive pull downs.  York outplayed Lehman in assists (13-8), steals (12-10) and converted 28 Lightning miscues into 27 points.  

The Cardinals return home Thursday (Dec. 12) for a non-conference matchup with the SUNY Cobleskill Fighting Tigers (3-4) at 7 p.m. inside York College Gymnasium.

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