ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Jan. 28, 2017) – The Molloy College women's basketball team picked up their ninth consecutive win as graduate student Kamala Thompson (Selden, N.Y.) earned a double-double with game-leading 30 points and 16 rebounds. The Lions picked up the 73-62 win over the Redhawks of Roberts Wesleyan College, improving to 17-4 (9-2 ECC) on the season.

The contest opened with the maroon and white behind, as Roberts Wesleyan jumped out to the 10-7 lead as freshman Taya Andrews (Fort Wayne, Ind.) posted eight of the team's 10 points. Molloy closed the opening frame on an 11-3 run to go up 18-13.

The Lions opened the second quarter with an additional 13 points, with five from freshman Maya Joyner (North Babylon, N.Y.), two from senior Aliyah McDonald (Hempstead, N.Y.) and three-pointers from Thompson and sophomore Ihnacinse Grady (Amityville, N.Y.). Roberts cut the lead to 11 points, but Thompson closed the quarter with another three-pointer to send the score to 35-21 at the half.

Late in the third, Lucy Covley (Fairport, N.Y.) and Necedah James (Syracuse, N.Y.) combined for four straight shots from behind the arc to cut Molloy's lead to only six points, but the frame ended with a jumper from McKayla Hernandez (Windermere, Fla.) to send the teams into the final quarter with Molloy ahead 49-41.

The teams exchanged scores through much of the final quarter, and a jumper from Andrews brought the Redhawks within six, 66-60 with 90 seconds on the clock. Grady went 4-for-4 from the foul line to send the Lions' lead back to double digits. James nailed the final two foul shots for Roberts Wesleyan, but the game ended on three points from McDonald to seal the 11-point win in favor of Molloy.

Thompson went 11-of-20 (55%) from the field, sinking all six of her three-point attempts and 60% of her attempts from the line. McDonald added 12 points and eight rebounds, while Grady totaled 11 points and seven rebounds. In support under the glass, graduate student Jessica Kalbfleisch (Ridge, N.Y.) pulled down 10 boards and chipped in nine points on the day.

Molloy is back in action on Wednesday (Feb. 1) as they head to Flushing, N.Y. for a tilt with first-place Queens College at 5:30 p.m.