Old Westbury, NY (Feb. 6, 2016) – SUNY Old Westbury women's basketball cruised to its ninth-straight win with Saturday's 82-52 dismantling of the Purchase Panthers in Skyline Conference action inside Clark Athletic Center. 
 
Both teams combined to shoot 5-of-32 from the field with 15 turnovers in a low scoring first period that saw a 6-6 game at the end of 10 minutes. 

Raven Pentz connected on a three pointer at 8:47 to put Old Westbury (18-3, 11-1 SKY) in front, 9-6, for its first lead of the game.  Moments later, Jasmine Robinson's layup put Old Westbury up for good, 11-10, with 7:38 remaining.  Old Westbury took a 20-16 lead into intermission.

After leading by just four points at halftime, Old Westbury used an 8-2 to run to build up a double-digit lead over the final 17:18.  Old Westbury outscored Purchase by 27 points (35-8) during a third quarter that saw the home team take a 33-point lead off a pair of made free throws by Olivia Ilardi. 

Kendra Jordan dropped in a layup with 2:26 remaining in the fourth to extend Old Westbury's lead to a game-high 39 points (74-35).  Purchase sliced the deficit to 29 points before Alexis Lopez netted Old Westbury's final seven points to close out the game.

Robinson poured in a game-high 17 points to go with three steals in leading Old Westbury.  Pentz followed with 15 points, six assists and two steals while Bridgid McNeill used 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds (10 offensive) to record her first-career double-double.  Monique Joseph added seven points, 11 rebounds and three steals while Ruth Vargas chipped in with nine points and eight rebounds off the bench. 

Allison Haugh (JR/New City, NY) paced Purchase with 15 points and four steals.  Kristine Viven (SR/New York, NY) contributed 11 points while Danielle Holmes (SO/Warwick, NY) pulled down 11 rebounds. 
 
Old Westbury shot 36.5 percent (31-of-85) from the field, 16.7 percent (3-of-18) from three-point range and 54.8 percent (17-of-31) from the free-throw line.  By comparison, Purchase hit on 30.8 percent (20-of-65) from the floor, 27.3 percent (3-of-11) from beyond the arc and 75 percent (9-of-12) from the charity stripe.  Old Westbury collected its second-highest rebound total of the season to earn a +32 (69-37) rebounding margin, scoring 29 second-chance points off 35 offensive rebounds (tied season-high).  Old Westbury also held the advantage in assists (12-9), points in the paint (52-30) and bench scoring (36-13) while totaling 21 points off 31 Purchase turnovers. 
 
With the loss, the Panthers fall to 1-19 overall and 1-12 in the league.
 
-Old Westbury Sports Information contributed to this article