Written by Joshua Soto (SJC-LI Sports Information)

New York, NY | The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) women's basketball team was defeated by John Jay College, 54-46, in a non-conference matchup on Monday night. With the loss, the Golden Eagles slip to 5-12 while the Bloodhounds improve to 2-17.

St. Joseph's would get on the board first courtesy of an Andrea Iavarone jumper a minute into the game. The Golden Eagles jumped to a 6-2 lead at 6:49, but John Jay answered back with a 6-0 run to take the two-point lead (8-6). Alicia Indence was able to help SJC shorten its gap to one with a made layup to exit the quarter down 10-9.

The Bloodhounds took a 7-0 run to the 6:05 mark to start the second quarter. Down 22-13, a three-pointer by Jackie Zizzo and a made layup by Michelle Lupoli would pull the Golden Eagles within four (22-18) with under two minutes remaining in the half. Indence closed out the frame for the Golden Eagles with a made free throw to send the two sides into break.

Zizzo splashed back-to-back three-pointers to begin the third quarter to help SJC regain its lead, 25-22. In a back-and-forth battle for the lead, a layup by Shaliyah Ruiz gave John Jay its third lead of the night (29-28). The two sides exchanged baskets once more but the Bloodhounds would still come up on top 41-33.

John Jay started the final frame with a 7-3 run to take its double-digit lead (48-36) of the night at 8:01. In a series of back-and-forth baskets between the two teams, Juliana Cintron-Leonardo gave SJC its smallest deficit of the game (52-44), before falling to John Jay, 54-46.

Jackie Zizzo matched a game-high 18 points in the contest, Michelle Lupoli contributed with 10 points and four rebounds on the night. Indence finished with six points and had seven assists.

The Golden Eagles outshot John Jay 32.2%-30.0%, while the Bloodhounds had the upper hand in rebounds (56-34) and assists (11-10).

The Golden Eagles will hit the road to take on conference rival Farmingdale St. on Wednesday, January 25 at 5:30pm. Live stats and video will be available here.