Rosemont, PA – Jazmyn Robinson scored a season-high 28 points, including the 1,000th point of her collegiate career on Saturday afternoon and hit a pair of free throws with one second left in regulation to give Keystone College a dramatic, 86-84 victory at Rosemont College in Colonial States Athletic Conference women's basketball action. The Giants, who trailed by as many as 28 points in the first half, outscored the Ravens 54-30 in the final 20 minutes of play to level their record at 4-4 on the season while moving to a perfect 2-0 in conference play.
Robinson becomes just the seventh player in Keystone history to reach the 1,000-point milestone as the senior guard now has 1,011 points for her career.
Tied 14-14 with 11:42 remaining in the first half of Saturday afternoon's game, Rosemont (1-6, 1-2 CSAC) rattled off the next 23 points of the game to build a 37-14 advantage with 6:24 remaining in the period. The Ravens led by as many as 28 points before taking a 54-32 lead into the intermission.
Liz Coyne led all scorers with 20 points while Kierra Smith netted 10 points in the first half for Rosemont, who shot a brisk, 57.5 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes of play.
Robinson tallied 15 first half points to pace Keystone's offense in the stanza while Ashley Evans chipped in seven points as the Giants connected on 35.5 percent of their field goal attempts in the opening frame.
Robinson scored on a lay-up 1:05 into the second half for her milestone, 1000th career point which cut Keystone's deficit to 56-38. Rosemont responded by extending their lead back to 23 points and held a 73-56 advantage with 9:06 remaining in regulation. With the hosts leading 78-68 with 4:37 left on the clock, Robinson hit a three-pointer that started a 7-0 spurt by the Giants that saw them draw to within three points, 78-75, with 2:18 left on the clock.
Rosemont would hit three of four free throw attempts to push their lead back to six points with just over a minute and a half remaining, but Keystone used another 7-0 run to claim a 82-81 lead with 45 seconds left on the clock as Alyssa Cuomo converted a pair of free throws. Robinson then hit a pair of free throws with 17 seconds left, but the Ravens tied the contest with six seconds left on a Dominique Sellers three-pointer.
Robinson was fouled on Keystone's ensuing possession and, with one second left on the clock, calmly sunk a pair of free throws to complete her historic game with game-winning points for the Giants as Rosemont was unable to get off a shot at the buzzer.
Robinson's 28 points came on an outstanding, 9-11 effort from the field and a 9-12 day at the free throw line. The senior also led all players with six assists and seven steals in the contest. Evans added 19 points while Cuomo finished the game with 18 points for the Giants, who shot 41.1 percent from the field, 20.0 percent from beyond the arc, and 60.5 percent from the free throw line for the game.
Cuomo led the visitors with seven rebounds for the game while Evans and Cierra Hensley corralled five boards apiece. Keystone forced Rosemont to turn the ball over 29 times on the afternoon while giving it away 17 times themselves.
Coyne led all players with 31 points to become Rosemont's all-time career scoring leader while finishing with a game-high 15 rebounds to record a double-double. Smith finished with 16 points while Nymira Nelson netted 10 points for the Ravens, who hit on 46.3 percent of their attempts from the floor while going 1-11 from downtown and 63.6 percent from the stripe while holding a 55-38 advantage in rebounding for the contest.
Keystone will play their final game of the calendar year on Monday, December 15th at Wilkes University in a non-conference tilt scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.