New York, New York – On Saturday afternoon, the BMCC women's basketball team lost in CUNYAC action 81-47 to Kingsborough Community College on the road in Brooklyn, New York. The loss drops the Panthers to 3-9 (3-4 CUNYAC), while the Wave improved to 10-1 (6-0 CUNYAC) with the victory.

Sophomore Emily Kennedy (Brooklyn, New York) led the offensive effort for the Panthers with her second straight and team-best sixth 20-point game with a team-high 22 points and missing a ninth straight double-double by one rebound with nine while snatching a team-best six steals and blasting away a team-high three blocks. Kennedy now has 12 career 20-point games after Saturday afternoon for her career. 

Freshman Mariah Wigfall (New York, New York) led the Panthers on the glass, equaling a career-best with 10 rebounds, and classmate Sheliyah Jackson (Bronx, New York) dished out a team-high three assists.

Kingsborough Community College raced out to an 11-2 first-quarter lead, connecting on a jumper at 4:34 before the Panthers cut the lead down to four, 11-7 at 2:59 on a three-point play from Kennedy. The Wave scored the final five points in the period to lead 16-7 after one.

Kingsborough scored six of the first nine points of the second quarter to lead by 12, 22-10 at 7:15 before the BMCC rolled off 10 of the following 14 points to get within six, 26-20 at 2:43 on a Kennedy field goal. The Wave would then never let the Panthers get any closer, scoring four of the final six points to take a 30-22 lead into the halftime break and cruise the entire second half en route to an 81-47 win.

The Panthers return home in Region play on Tuesday, January 16, at 5 p.m. against defending 2023 Region 15 Champion Monroe-Bronx at BMCC Gymnasium. For more information, visit the BMCC Women's Basketball Schedule Page.

Notables –
- Emily Kennedy (Brooklyn, New York) has put up double-digit scoring efforts in all 11 games and 23 straight times dating back to the 2022-23 season, with 24 double-figure games in her last 25 contests. Kennedy has also posted double-doubles in nine of her 11 games this season, including 11 in her previous 13 games dating back to last year.
- Kennedy ranks in the top ten nationally in three statistical categories, ranking fourth in the country in steals per game (5.1), fifth in the country in assists per game (5.4), and tied for sixth in the nation in steals (57). She is also 11th in the country in scoring average (20.0). 
- Kennedy is the Panthers top player leading the squad in 12 different categories in points (220), scoring average (20.0), field goals made (77), field goals attempted (176), free throws made (60), free throws attempted (104), rebounds (100), rebounding average (9.1), assists (56), assists per game (5.1), steals (57), and steals per game (5.2). 
- Kennedy is fifth all-time in career steals with 106 and the fifth in program history to snatch 100 plus steals for her career.
- Kennedy also moved into a tie for seventh all-time in career points with 493 with Aiyana Harris and alone into eighth all-time with 92 career assists, passing Chanel Wray's total of 91 career assists from 2000-2001.
 - Kennedy also is 12th all-time in school history with 225 career rebounds, passing LaToya Steele's 224 career rebounds from 2002-2004. 
 

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