Pictured Above: Redshirt Freshman Guard Morgan Lenahan (photo by Dave Saffran)

Staten Island, NY – Sydney Holloway scored 24 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, leading the Bryant women's basketball team to a 70-60 comeback victory over Wagner in a President's Day matinee at the Spiro Sports Center.
 
With the win, the Bulldogs improve to 9-16 on the season, 8-6 in Northeast Conference play while the Seahawks fall to 5-21 overall, 3-12 in league.
 
Wagner had it going early, opening the second quarter on a 12-0 run which helped the Seahawks build an 18-point lead before the Bulldogs sliced the deficit in half, making it a 37-28 game at the intermission. Bryant outscored Wagner 18-13 in the third quarter to draw to within four points at 50-46 heading to the fourth.
 
Bryant then opened the final frame with a 13-5 burst, capped by a Naomi Ashley layup with 3:44 to play in taking a 59-55 lead. Wagner closed the margin to one on a top-of-the-key three-pointer by redshirt freshman guard Morgan Lenahan, but this is as close the Green & White would get as the Bulldogs pulled away for the 10-point win.
 
Lenahan,, buoyed by a 4-of-8 shooting day from three-point range. led the way for Wagner with 17 points, two shy of her career high, while fifth-year senior forward Sierra Clark and redshirt freshman forward Taylah Simmons added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
 
The Seahawks were able to build their first-half lead without the services of Clark who was forced to the bench due to early foul trouble as all 12 of her points, and all of her eight rebounds came in the second half. Freshman guard Alayshia Dailey finished with six points on 2-of-2 shooting for the afternoon, while fellow freshman guard Khaleah Dixon-Edwards, junior guard Nakyila Carter, and senior guard Tanasia Russell all wound up with five points apiece.
 
In addition to Holloway's game-high 24-point total, Ashley and Stephanie Lesko each supplied 12 points for the Bulldogs as Bryant gained a split of the season series. Back on December 29, Wagner earned a 75-66 win in Smithfield, RI, which marked the first NEC-opening game win for the Seahawks in six years, since December 3, 2011, when they topped St. Francis Brooklyn by a 49-45 count on Staten Island.
 
After shooting a robust 53.8 percent in the opening half, the Seahawks were just 29. 6 percent in the second half in finishing at 41.8 percent for the game. Bryant shot virtually the same as Wagner as the Bulldogs finished at 41.1 percent.
 
The Green & White will host the Mount St. Mary's University Mountaineers on Saturday, February 24 in a 1:00 p.m. Senior Day matchup at the Spiro Sports Center. Prior to the game, Wagner will honor graduate student Sierra Cark, along with seniors Tanasia Russell and Samantha Sullivan.
 
Wagner then concludes the regular season with the annual two-game Western, PA swing, beginning with a 7:00 p.m. tip vs. Robert Morris on Friday, March 2 and concluding on Sunday, March 4 at Saint Francis U in a 1:00 p.m. start.

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