Box Score

Old Westbury, NY (Feb. 7, 2012) – Old Westbury defeated visiting Purchase 71-46 Tuesday night at the Clark Athletic Center.

In the win, Old Westbury improves to 15-7 on the season and 9-3 against the conference while sending Purchase to 7-14 and 0-11, respectively. 

Purchase opened the game with a 3-0 lead, their lone advantage of the game. 

Old Westbury replied with a 16-5 run from 19:01 to 12:33 to take an 18-8 lead. 

Purchase brought the deficit down to five, until Old Westbury used a 9-2 run to close out the final 5:13 of the opening half to take a 33-21 margin into the break. 

Old Westbury held a double-digit advantage the entire second-half, extending their lead to 21 points at 9:47 with a Kim Weathers layup to give her team a 54-33 lead. 

Re'auna Dorner closed out the game with a jumper to give Old Westbury a 25-point cushion, their largest lead of the game.

Deslyn Applewhaite's 14 points led all Old Westbury scorers for the 10th time this season. Kim Weathers followed wtih 11 points, four assists and three steals off the bench while Clarissa Gallagher tallied 10 points. 

Alyssa Guido (SR/Cliffside Park, NJ) scored 13 points and Jess Lindsay (SO/Rochester, NY) scored 10 and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Purchase. Christina Rupp (FR/Ossining, NY) hauled in10 boards and Jalisa Fields (JR/Bronx, NY) added eight off the offensive glass in the loss.

Purchase returns to action Thursday at home, when it hosts rival Farmingdale State.

-Old Westbury Sports Information Contributed to this report