Brooklyn, N.Y. – The Wentworth women's basketball team rolled to 2-0 on the season with a 68-55 non-conference victory over Pratt Institute on Saturday afternoon.

RECORDS

• Wentworth (2-0)
• Pratt (1-2)

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Points Leaders: Erin Morton (12), Lyric Campbell (12)
• Rebounds Leader: Kayla Kelley (6)
• Assists Leader: Lyric Campbell (7)
• Steals Leader: Lyric Campbell (3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Leopards erased an opening four-point deficit with a 7-4 run, using four points from freshman Winnie Kenou (Mattapan, Mass.) to steal the lead, 12-8. From that point on, the Leopards never surrendered the lead, despite the Cannoniers pulling within a single point, 12-11, with 2:22 to go in the first quarter. Freshman Lyric Campbell (Madisonville, Ky.) ignited a 9-2 spurt with a shot from downtown to end the first quarter at 21-13 in favor of the Black & Gold.
• Freshman Kayla Kelley (Boston, Mass.) sparked the second quarter with a three-point bucket, factoring into the Leopards' 50% shooting as a team from behind the arc in the stanza. Campbell sunk 2-of-2 from long range and booked nine total in the second quarter, giving Wentworth a 34-22 lead with 4:35 left to go in the half.
• Junior Erin Morton (Norway, Maine) and freshman Isabella Perez (Homestead, Fla.) each split five points apiece in the third quarter, as Perez sunk a layup for give WIT a 20-point cushion, 59-39, with one-minute left before the final quarter. With 36 seconds on the clock, freshman Kenou made drained a shot from the line to give WIT its largest lead of the game, 60-39.

THE SERIES

• This was the first known meeting between the two teams.

NOTES

• The Leopards made 10 three-pointers in today's contest, matching their season-opening stat, which ranks second all-time.
• Wentworth gets a 2-0 start to the season for the first time since the 10-11 season.
• Three of five starters, and four players overall, booked double-digit points.

NEXT

• The Leopards finish out their New York trip tomorrow afternoon with a 2:00 p.m. tip-off at Medgar Evers.

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