New York, NY---The Brooklyn College women's basketball team extended their win-streak to four, their longest of the season, defeating Hunter this evening 67-54.  BC remains undefeated (8-0) in CUNYAC play and improves to 11-4 overall on the season.  The Hawks drop to 3-4 in the conference and 6-9 overall with the defeat.  Brooklyn will be back in action on Saturday at St. Joseph's Brooklyn.  The non-conference contest will tip-off at 2:00 PM.

Junior guard Taylor Gallagher led Bulldog scorers with 17 points on 5-8 from the field including 2-4 from behind the arc.  She also dished out a game-high five assists and grabbed four rebounds on the evening.  Fellow starters Justine Vento and Olivia Colbert also reached double-figures in scoring with 13 and 10 points respectively. Junior guard Alexandra Moogan provided some long-range shooting off of the bench, knocking down three three-pointers for nine points in 15 minutes of action.  

With the Hawks jumping out to a 4-0 lead to start the game, the Bulldogs would respond with a 5-0 run to take their first lead of the contest in the first couple of minutes of the contest.  The game would be played evenly through the first quarter with the Bulldogs taking a 13-9 lead heading into the second period. 

The home team would retake a 22-21 lead with 5:18 remaining in the first half.  However, a Vento three-point make put the Bulldogs back up three in the next thirty seconds.  The Bulldogs would hang on to a 27-26 halftime lead.  

BC would open up the second half with an 11-2 run that gave them a 38-28 lead with just over seven minutes remaining in the third period.  During that stretch, Vento would hit three more shots from beyond the arc.  After a quick Hunter response that would pull them within as few as three points, the Bulldogs used the long-ball once again to take the largest lead of the game (14 points) heading into the final period. 

The Bulldogs maintained a double-digit lead through most of the final period.

BC shot just a shade under 40% (9-23) from beyond the arc on the evening.