Men's Basketball Lightning Zone- Coach Schulman interview
Women's Basketball Lightning Zone- Coach Harrison interview
Bronx, NY- The Lehman College men's and women's basketball teams will travel to CUNYAC rival Brooklyn in a key early season battle.
The Lightning (3-2:2-0) women earned a pair of conference victories this past week, defeating CCNY and John Jay. Against the Beavers, Lehman struggled in the first half but rallied in the second half to turn a six-point half time advantage into 78-44 victory.
Lynda Fields paced the Lightning with a career high 35 points.
Amely Del Rosario and Selima Sangare added 20 and 10 points respectively. Most recently, the Lightning cruised past John Jay 84-45.
Shakia Artist posted a rare triple double that included 17 points, 17 rebounds and 11 blocks.
The Lady Bulldogs stand at 3-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play. Olivia Colbert leads Brooklyn in scoring and rebounding. The 5-11 junior is averaging 11 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. Tonight is a rematch of last year's CUNYAC final in which the Lightning prevailed 73-67 in overtime.
Lehman (3-3:1-1) earned their first conference victory of the season this past Saturday, defeating John Jay 87-77.
Andrew Utate scored a season high 30 points. The captain leads the Lightning in scoring this season with a 17.2 points per game average. Newcomer
Damian Bellamy is chipping in 13 points a night while Ed Pascual and
John Brens are adding 12 and 11.5 points per game.
The Brooklyn men (2-4:0-1) are looking for their first conference victory of the season. The Bulldogs have dropped three of their last four including an 86-74 decision at Stevens this past weekend. Austin Wood scored 34 points in a losing effort. The Bulldogs owned a 13 point lead at halftime but were out played in the second half and could not hold on for victory. Five players are averaging double figures for the Bulldogs. Austin, a senior, leads the way with a 20.2 points per game average.
Fans unable to travel to Brooklyn for the double header can view the contests on the Bulldogs inaugural stream. Live stats are not available.
Live Stream (same link for both games)
