Brooklyn, NY --- The #3 seeded Brooklyn College Bulldogs held the #6 seeded Bloodhounds of John Jay College of Criminal Justice to just 21.3% (13-for-61) shooting from the field to propel the home team to a 54-36 triumph in the quarterfinals round of the 2013-14 City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Women's Basketball Championships on Sunday afternoon at the West Quad Center.

With the win, Brooklyn improves to 20-6 overall on the season and advances to the semifinals round on Wednesday, February 26th at Nat Holman Gymnasium on the campus of City College of New York (CCNY). BC will face the winner between #2 Baruch College and #7 CCNY at 8:00 pm.

The Bulldogs have now advanced to the semifinals round four straight seasons and have also reached the 20-win plateau three straight seasons.

John Jay finishes the season with a 9-17 overall record.

After a layup from Tyana Hale off of the opening tip that started the scoring for the Bloodhounds, the Bulldogs rattled off six straight points, four from junior Nicole Francomano, to seize control of the game.

Brooklyn would never relinquish its lead, as BC would go on to push its lead into double digits, leading by as many as 16, 26-10, after a fastbreak layup from junior Jaclyn Grasso with 3:49 remaining before the halftime break. The Bloodhounds would not go down without a fight, as the visitors cut their deficit to seven at the half, 26-19, scoring the final nine points of the opening period.

The second half featured much of the same, as the Bulldogs advantage would never go below eight. A three-point play from Terri Chu made it 30-22 with 17:38 left in the game; but Brooklyn would answer with a 12-0 run to give the home team a 20-point cushion, 42-22, with 12:52 left to play.

BC would lead by double figures the rest of the way to cruise to its 18-point win, 54-36.

Francomano finished the game with 12 points, three assists, three rebounds and two steals, while classmate Carissa Williams also added 12 points, to go along with seven rebounds and two blocks coming off the bench. For her efforts, Francomano, a CUNYAC Second Team All-Star, was named the player of the game.

Senior Megan Campbell, a CUNYAC First Team All-Star, ended the day with seven points, six rebounds and three blocks. Junior Nacirema Mann pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds coming off the bench.

For John Jay, Hale scored team-high nine points. CUNAYC First Team All-Star Jamecia Forsythe added seven points and 11 rebounds, while Tamara Jones grabbed a team-leading 12 rebounds off the bench. Chu and Amanda Jimenez chipped in with six points apiece.

The Bulldogs scored 15 points off of 15 John Jay turnovers and also scored 16 second chance points. BC also outscored the Bloodhounds in the paint, 26-14.

For the game, Brooklyn shot 37.9% (22-for-58) from the field, including 27.3% (3-for-11) from three. The Bulldogs shot an even 50.0% (7-for-14) from the line.