HACKENSACK, N.J. – FDU women's basketball (10-3, 0-0) finished up the non-conference portion of the 2024-25 season on Sunday with a 63-49 victory over Bryant (7-6, 0-0). The Knights swept the FDU Christmas Classic to put a capstone on their non-conference slate.
FDU began the game in a big hole, with Bryant jumping out to a 15-2 lead early. The Knights could not find any answer offensively early on, starting the game off just 1-for-10 from the field as a team. Freshman
Ava Renninger was able to find a bit of a spark for the Knights when she hit a high-arching three-pointer to stop the Bryant run.
From that point on, the offense began to click for FDU, as they ripped off a 13-3 run to close the quarter, and went into to the second quarter trailing just 18-15.
The second quarter saw the Knights pull away in the game, dominating every facet to take a lead over Bryant. After a scrappy start to the quarter, the Knights came alive, and out-scored Bryant 17-5 over the ten-minute stretch to take a 32-23 lead into the half. The momentum fully shifted when Renninger again knocked down a three at the 3:50 mark in the second quarter. The freshman's shot gave FDU a 25-23 lead. The Knights would hold the lead for the remainder of the game after that.
THE STATS
- Ava Renninger finished with 18 points on the afternoon to lead the way for the Knights.
- Teneisia Brown posted another strong performance down low.
- Brown tallied 16 points and nine rebounds in 26 minutes of game action.
- Freshman Kailee McDonald has broken out as a top shooter for Coach Gaitley.
- McDonald scored 11 points on a perfect 3-of-3 shooting from deep.
- McDonald is now averaging 50.0% from deep on the season (17-for-34).
- Abaigeal Babore posted 7 points and 7 rebounds, as well as a perfect 2-of-2 performance from the free throw line.
- Babore ranks first in all of Divison I with a 97.6% free throw percentage.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Knights will be back in Hackensack on Saturday, January 4 for their Northeast Conference opener as they host Wagner. Tip-off will be at 2:00 p.m. with coverage available on NEC Front Row.
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