Bluefield State University women’s basketball fell to D’Youville University 67-58 in the Semi-finals of the USCAA tournament on Tuesday.
Both Dani Janutolo and Azariah Binford led the scoring for the Big Blue with 12 apiece. Janutolo come away with the double-double by adding ten rebounds on the night.
D’Youville scored the first points of the night after a trip to the line, but Essence Cowan gave the Big Blue the one-point lead after a wing three. D’Youville answered with 11 consecutive points to take the 13-3 lead at the four-minute mark. A trip to the line for Londen Coleman with four seconds left in the first quarter, cut the deficit to ten going into the second.
D’Youville built a lead of 20 at the midway point in the second quarter. The Big Blue answered with six points in a row to cut the lead to 14 going into the half.
A free throw from Janutolo and a floater from Binford cut the D’Youville lead to seven in the final minute of the third. A late foul by the Big Blue sent D’Youville to the line to extend their lead to nine going into the final quarter.
Janutolo opened the fourth quarter with a top of the key three to cut the lead 46-40, but D’Youville extended their lead with three consecutive layups. A three from Aerihna Afoa followed by a layup from Gabrielle Thomas pulled the Big Blue within eight with just under a minute to play. D’Youville hit 3 out of four free throws in the final minute to take the 11-point lead. Binford hit a driving layup with ten seconds left, but the Big Blue fell short 67-58 against D’Youville.
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