#3 Kean Opens NJAC with Win
Pomona, N.J. (12/3/08) - Senior Melissa Beyruti
(Union City, N.J.) notched a team-high 23 points as the
women's basketball team outlasted Richard Stockton College, 88-80,
Wednesday evening.
The win keeps #3 Kean perfect at 5-0 this season and marks their
first New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) win in opening night
action.
After seven lead changes, the Cougars and Ospreys battled to a
40-40 tie after 20 minutes of action. Junior Cardiss
Jackman (Tobyhanna, Pa.) recorded 10 first half points
while Beyruti (pictured right) added 10 of her own.
Both teams again see-sawed in the early goings of the second
half before Jackman initiated a 12-1 run with 12 minutes to go,
contributing eight points in the span, for a lead KU would not
relinquish.
Kean widened their lead to as many as 12 points (74-62) at 12:43 as
Beyruti hit her third trey of the evening.
Jackman finished with 21 points while junior forward
Danielle Brown (North Brunswick, N.J.) (pictured
left) had 11 points and six rebounds. Sophomore
Tiffany Patrick (Piscataway,
N.J.) recorded seven points and four rebounds in her first
action of the 2008-09 season.
Kean continues NJAC action when they travel to Rutgers-Newark on
Saturday, December 6th at 5:30 p.m.
