New Rochelle, New York – Freshman Emily Kennedy (Brooklyn, New York) continued her strong start to 2023, going off for a career-high 22 points, but the BMCC women's basketball team fell to Monroe-Bronx, 79-39 at the Monroe Athletic Complex on Tuesday. The Express's second straight victory improves their record to 12-5 (7-0 Region XV), while the loss drops the Panthers to 2-11 (2-8 Region XV).
 
Kennedy's game-high 22-point effort was her second straight 20-point performance, while classmate Demaris Andrews (Bayonne, New Jersey) made it back-to-back double-doubles, hauling down a game-high 10 rebounds and scoring 14 points in the contest. Andrews also dished out a team-best two assists while joining classmate Kennedy with one block each.

The Panthers grabbed the first bucket of the game in transition against Region 15's top team on a Kennedy layup at 9:09 to make it 2-0 before the Express took control of the opening period with an 11-1 run to extend their lead to eight, 11-3 at 4:58 on an Aleah James layin. After a Kennedy layin at 4:33 off an Andrews feed from cut the Monroe-Bronx lead to six, 11-5, the Express recorded 15 of the final 16 points of the first quarter to lead 26-6 at the horn.
 
The second quarter would be BMCC's best of the game as they shot 38.5% in the period (5-13 FG) and scored three of the first five points to cut the deficit down to 19, 28-9 at 8:32 when Kennedy went 1-for-2 at the line but could not get any closer as the Express outscored them 17-10 down the stretch to lead 45-19 at halftime.
Monroe-Bronx kept the narrative the same in the second half leading 65-30 after three and grabbing their largest lead, 41, on a Fatima Thompson jumper with 20 seconds left en route to a 79-38 victory.

Eleven different Monroe-Bronx players found the scoresheet led by a team-high 17 points from freshman Sierra Jones while sophomores Crystal Traverso and Janay Legagneur scored 11 and 10 points, respectively. Sophomore Nyeira Spady dished out a game-best five assists and turned away a game-high three shots, while classmate Maria Negron corralled a team-high nine boards, and freshman Aleah James snatched a game-best three steals.
 
The Panthers will look to recapture their winning ways on Saturday, January 21, against Raritan Valley C.C. at noon at BMCC Gymnasium. For more information, visit the BMCC women's basketball schedule page.

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