La Plume, PA – Keystone College's women's basketball team snapped a three-game losing steak in a big way on Saturday afternoon, knocking off defending Colonial States Athletic Conference champion Cabrini College 64-55 to deal the Cavaliers their first conference loss since January 28, 2012.  The Giants secure their third straight season of double-digit wins while moving to 10-5 overall and 4-2 in league play while Cabrini, who had a four-game winning streak snapped, sees their record drop to 12-4 on the season and 6-1 in the CSAC.
 
Keystone jumped out to a 9-2 lead over the first three minutes of Saturday afternoon's contest thanks in part to a pair of three pointers by Alyssa Cuomo (Odessa, DE/Hodgson Vo-tech).  Cabrini would chip away at the host's lead and take a 13-12 lead at the 11:52 mark.  The two teams swapped the lead three times over the next three minutes with the Cavaliers claiming a 17-16 advantage with 8:49 remaining.  Cabrini accounted for the game's only five points over the next 5:23 to hold a 24-17 lead with 2:36 left in the first half.  The Giants would close the half on a 9-3 run to narrow their deficit to 27-26 at halftime.
 
Annie Rivituso led Cabrini in the first half with eight points and seven assists as the Cavaliers shot 27.5 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes of play.  Keystone held the visitors, who went 4-6 from the free throw line in the period, to just 1-9 from three-point range in the first half.
 
Cuomo paced Keystone's offense with nine points in the opening stanza while Ashley Evans (Wooster, OH/Wooster) netted seven points while grabbing five rebounds in the frame.  Jazmyn Robinson (Hyattsville, MD/Northwestern) led all players with three assists for the Giants, who connected on 31.8 percent of their field goal attempts in the first half while going 2-4 from beyond the arc and 10-13 from the charity stripe. 
 
Jerica Rode (Lords Valley, PA/Wallenpaupack) scored the first four points of the second half to give Keystone a 30-27 lead before Cabrini came back to tie the contest.  The score would be tied six time while staying within a single possession either way over the first 10 minutes of the second half.  Tied at 45-45 with 9:51 remaining, AAliyah Hayes scored on a layup to start a 7-0 run by the hosts that gave Keystone a 52-45 lead with 7:44 remaining. 
 
Cabrini narrowed their deficit to 53-50 with 5:21 to play before Robinson followed up on a pair of made free throws by Rode to push the Giants back to seven points with 4:32 left on the clock.  The Cavaliers then rattled off five straight points to cut Keystone's lead to two points with 1:52 remaining, but the Giants scored the final seven points of the game to pull out the nine-point victory
 
Cuomo and Chantel Blake (Piscataway, NJ/Piscataway) tied for the Keystone team-lead with 12 points apiece with Blake pulling down a game high 11 rebounds.  Jerica Rode (Lords Valley, PA/Wallenpaupack) added 11 points and five blocks while Robinson finished the game with seven points, 10 boards, and five rebounds.  Ashley Evans (Wooster, OH/Wooster) chipped in nine points and eight rebounds for the Giants, who held a 52-50 advantage on the glass for the contest.
 
Keystone shot 37.3 percent from the field for the game while going 3-11 (27.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
 
Amber Keys paced Cabrini's offense with 16 points while Brittany Sandone netted 12 points in the loss.  Rivituso finished with eight points and a team-high 10 rebounds while Colleen Stewart added seven rebounds and three blocked shots for the Cavaliers, who shot 28 percent from the floor and 25 percent from downtown on the day.
 
Free throws were a big story in the contest with Keystone shooting 76.7 percent (23-30) from the line while Cabrini shot just 33.3 percent (5-15) from the stripe including a cold, 1-9 effort in the second half.
 
Keystone returns to the court on Monday night when they host Cedar Crest College in a conference matchup scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. in La Plume.