Bermudez Paces Women's Hoops Past
DeSales, 71-59
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (12/8/09) - Junior forward
Angelica Bermudez (Belleville, N.J.) scored a
season-high 20 points and added eight rebounds and three assists to
lead #7 Kean University to a 71-59 victory over host DeSales
Univerity in non-conference women's basketball action on Tuesday
evening.
Bermudez (pictured right) connected on 9-of-11 shots from the
floor, as she grabbed five offensive boards for the Cougars (6-1).
For the Bulldogs (3-4), junior Lori Lidlow (Toms River,
N.J.) scored 20 points and added four assists.
DeSales opened an 11-8 lead before Kean senior guard
Melissa Beyruti (Union City, N.J.) capped a 13-0
Kean run, giving the Cougars the 21-11 lead with 9:37 remaining in
the opening half. The Bulldogs answered right back with a
12-0 run of their own to regain the lead at 23-21 less than four
minutes later, before Kean closed the half with a 6-2 run to hold a
33-32 lead at the break.
After a sluggish start to the second half, sophomore
Brittany Powell (Tinton Falls, N.J.) broke 39-39
tie and would give the Cougars the lead for good with a
three-pointer with 14:30 remaining. The Cougars then went on
to score 10 straight points in a 63-second span, as they built a
56-43 lead with 11:27 to go, as rookie 
Nicol Biesek (South Pasadena, Calif.) (pictured left)
opened the run with a pair of free throws and capped it with a
jumper for the 13-point lead.
The Cougars extended the lead to as many as 16 points on a pair
of occasions and DeSales could pull no closer than nine points the
rest of the way, as Kean won its sixth straight game.
Freshman Naimah Clemons (Newark, N.J.) scored
13 points and had three steals and two assists, while junior
Tiffany Patrick (Piscataway, N.J.) added a
double-double with 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
For the Bulldogs, freshman Colleen Gavin (Quakertown,
Pa.) had 16 points and five rebounds off the bench.
The Cougars return to action on Monday, December 14, when they
travel to #11/13 University of Scranton for a non-conference game
at 7 p.m.
