Box Score

New York, NY (Feb. 17, 2014) – Jazmin Garcia, Elizabeth Osowiecki and Lineker St.Hilaire showed Purchase the way Monday night against Yeshiva University.

Backed by the big three, the Panther women delivered a convincing 84-44 victory at Baruch College's ARC Arena Monday evening.

Purchase (14-9) was led by St. Hilaire (JR/Wyandanch, NY), who had a triple-double, including 17 points, 10 rebounds and 13 steals. She also handed out four assists.

Meanwhile, Garcia (JR/Peekskill, NY) scored a game-high 29 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had six steals along with four assists. Osowiecki (SO/Franklin Square, NY) contributed 21 points in another sharp effort for the forward.

The Maccabees (6-12) were led by Rebecca Yoshor and Stephanie Greenberg with 15 points each. Yoshor added 12 rebounds for the Macs, while Greenberg recorded six steals. 
 
The first twenty minutes saw seven lead changes and eight ties. Yeshiva led by as much as six after opening the game on a 6-0 run. Purchase led by eight in the latter stages of the stanza, and the Panthers were up 32-24 with 2:23 remaining en route to a 34-31 margin at halftime.
 
In the second half, Purchase put on a full-court press that Yeshiva never found an answer for. The Panthers opened the half on a 14-0 run the first five minutes in, and Purchase continued to increase the lead the rest of the way.
 
Yeshiva committed 43 turnovers compared to 17 for Purchase, and the Panthers outscored the Maccabees 55-9 on points off turnovers.

Purchase returns to action Friday at MSMC.  

-YU Sports Information Contributed to this report