WALTHAM, Mass. - (February 11, 2017) – The no. 19 nationally-ranked Bentley University women's basketball team earned a 74-35 victory over Franklin Pierce University in Northeast-10 Conference action on Saturday afternoon at the Dana Center. With the victory, the Falcons soar to 21-4, 17-1 NE10 and the loss was the 21st of the season for the Crimson and Grey.

This afternoon at Bentley was the fourth game of the women's team Coaches vs. Cancer 3-Point Challenge. FPU converted 5-of-18 (27.8%) from long range meaning $47.50 has been donated to the American Cancer Society. Since the challenge began last Wednesday, the Crimson and Grey have gone 19-of-66 (28.8%) from deep and have amassed a total of $180.50 to the ACS. To make a pledge for the Coaches vs. Cancer 3-Point Challenge please click here.

Freshman guard Cameryn Wilson (Newport News, Va.) led the Ravens offense with 13 points off the bench. Senior guard Dana Campbell (Merrick, N.Y.) racked up eight points, three rebounds and one block. Mikayla Deguire (Watervilet, N.Y.) scored five points and came down with a team-high six boards. Jemma Thacker (Nairne, South Australia) added five markers, three caroms, two assists, two blocks and a steal.

For the hosts Jen Gemma led all scorers with 20 points on 8-of-14 (57.1%) shooting and seven rebounds. Macchi Smith tallied 12 points, six boards, six assists and two steals. Monica Viapiano poured in 12 points in 16 minutes off the bench.

Bentley owned the post throughout the contest as the outrebounded their counterparts by a 53-29 margin and scored 46 points in the paint compared to four for the Ravens. The Falcons also scored 14 second chance points. FPU however notched nine points off 14 Bentley miscues.

Smith scored the first points of the game as she buried a corner three from the right side off an Amy McConnell feed. On the next Falcon trip down the court, Gemma was fouled as she converted a layup and the team captain made freebie attempt to complete the three point play which moved Bentley's advantage to 6-0.

Thacker answered with a jumper from the top to make it 6-2, but McConnell hit a trey from the left corner that upped the lead to 9-2 in favor of the Falcons. Following McConnell's make, Campbell buried a three from the right wing to cut the early deficit to four, 9-5.

Over the next two minutes, a Gemma transition layup and another McConnell three-point connection increased the Falcon lead to nine, 14-5 which forced the Ravens into a 30 second timeout. After the stoppage, Wilson caught and shot a three from the right wing off Thacker pass to make it a two possession game with 5:25 left in the first.

Wilson's strong shooting off the bench continued as she manufactured another three from the same spot to make it a four point game. A Gemma lay-in pushed the lead up to seven, 19-12 and then Wilson knocked down a jumper from the right elbow to cut into the Falcon lead. Bentley tallied six straight to end the quarter to head into the second stanza ahead by 11.

Victoria Lux continued the string of Falcon points with layup underneath as their lead grew to 13 until Campbell responded with a shot from long range to cut the Bentley advantage to 10, 27-17. The lead hovered around 10-12 points for the majority of the frame until Thacker drove the baseline for an easy two which brought the deficit back to single figures, 31-23. Gemma put her squad back up by 10 with a second chance layup as she corralled her first miss and converted the offensive board for two. Bentley headed into the intermission with a 33-23 lead.

Wilson racked up 10 points in the first half on a 4-of-6 (66.7%) shooting performance while hitting on 2-of-3 (66.7%) of her three point attempts. FPU struggled in the post as they were outrebounded 22-to-16 and outscored 20-2 by Bentley.

Bentley came out of the locker room and connected on three shots in a row, a Gemma layup, a Lux lay-in and a Smith three from the right wing to increase their lead to 17, 40-23 as the Ravens took an early timeout to try and cool the Falcons momentum. The hosts continued to add onto their 7-0 run with three straight freebies from Gemma to push the advantage to 20.

Campbell scored the Ravens first points of the quarter as she poured in a layup from the left block. Campbell's two temporarily ceased the bleeding as the Falcons tallied 12 straight markers to take a 55-25 lead with 2:41 to go in the third. Bentley outscored Franklin Pierce 22-4 in the third quarter and 19-8 in the final period to earn the win.

The Ravens return to the friendly confines of The Fieldhouse on Wednesday night for an NE10 duel with Southern New Hampshire University with tip-off slated for 5:30 p.m.

For more information on Franklin Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics' official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/FPUathletics). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce women's basketball apparel can do so at the Department of Athletics' online store (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store).