New York, NY --- The Brooklyn College Women's Basketball team extended its winning streak to a season-high six straight games with its 59-41 victory over City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) rival the Bloodhounds of John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the Doghouse earlier tonight.

With the win, the Bulldogs move to 14-5 overall on the year and remain perfect in CUNYAC play at 7-0. The Bloodhounds fall to 5-11 overall on the season and 2-5 in the conference.

Junior guard Charnelle Saint Laurent continued her strong play with a team-high 17 points, while connecting on 4-for-9 from three. Senior forward Justine O'Callahan, the reigning CUNYAC Player of the Week, contributed with 11 points, seven rebounds and four steals, while sophomore guard Allison Donovan finished the night with eight points in just nine minutes of action. Freshman guard Nicole Francomano dished out three assists, to go along with three steals and seven points, while senior forward Melissa St. Louis grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

For John Jay, Tyana Hale netted a game-high 20 points, shooting 6-for-15 from the field, including 3-for-6 from downtown and 5-for-6 from the free throw line. Jamecia Forsythe chipped in with seven points, nine rebounds and three blocks.

The Bloodhounds jumped out on the Bulldogs early with a basket and three-pointer from Forsythe and Hale, respectively, to put John Jay up 5-0 at the 15:56 mark of the opening half. The lead would not last long for the home team, however, as BC answered quickly with a 7-0 run over the next minute, to put the Bulldogs up 7-5 (14:38).

Brooklyn would lead the rest of the way and eventually take a double-digit lead into the halftime break. Following a layup from John Jay's Aneska Tejada made it 20-17 in favor of the visiting Bulldogs with 5:21 left in the period, BC closed out the half on an 11-0 run to take a 31-17 advantage heading into the locker room.

The Bloodhounds scoring drought would continue into the second half, as the Bulldogs scored the first seven points of the stanza to go up 38-17, with 18:09 remaining before the final buzzer. A jumper from Donovan at the 5:55 mark would give BC its largest lead of the game, 58-31; as the Bulldogs would go on to cruise their 59-41 victory.

For the game, Brooklyn shot 32.8% (22-67) from the field and 28.6% (6-21) from downtown. The Bulldogs struggled from the line converting just 45.0% (9-20) from the charity stripe.

John Jay was held to 28.0% (14-50) shooting from the field and 20.0% (3-15) shooting from three. The Bloodhounds also struggled to convert from the free throw line connecting on just 45.5% (10-22).

BC also held the slim rebounding edge, 49-43, while forcing John Jay into 20 turnovers, which led to 14 points for the Bulldogs. Brooklyn committed 12 turnovers of their own, while registering 13 steals.

Brooklyn is back in action this Saturday, January 28th, as the Bulldogs will return home to the West Quad Center to take on the Beavers of the City College of New York (CCNY) in a CUNYAC contest. Tip-off is scheduled for 12:30 pm.