Box Score BROOKLYN, NY- The Women's Basketball team fell to the Hunter College Hawks 72-42 earlier tonight. The Hawks improve to 9-13, 6-7 CUNYAC while the Cougars drop to 1-20, 0-12 CUNYAC.

Hunter quickly opened the game with a 4-0 lead. Sophomore Guard Ashley Desir shot a 3pt. shot, cutting the lead to a single point. With the score 6-3, Hawks, freshman Shakeada Wint scored a 3pt. shot from the left side, tying the game at six, with 12:48 left in the 1st half. Hunter would go back up, before the Cougars took the lead on a 3pt. shot from Desir, making the score 10-8. Both teams would swap the lead, with the Cougars building their largest lead of the game (4 points). The Cougars were up 17-16, before Hunter would regain the lead, and not let it go for the rest of the game. 

The Cougars shot 27.4% from the field, 23.8% from 3pt. range, and 50% from the free throw line, while Hunter shot 45.6% from the field, 42.9% from 3pt. range, and 66.7% from the charity stripe. In the loss, the Cougars were led by sophomore forward Kimonia Mullings with 20 points (9-16 FG-FGA and 2-2 FT-FTA). Mullings grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out two assists, and tallied two steals. Kimonia recorded her fifth double-double of the season. Ashley Desir scored 11 points (4-20 FG-FGA, 3-8 3pt. range, 0-2 FT-FTA). Desir grabbed two rebounds and dished out two assists. Hunter was led by Kristen Markoe with 22 points. Ashley Yu scored 16 points and Dimitra Thomopoulos adding 12 points.

The Cougars will be back in action on Friday, February. 6, 2015, when they travel to Manhattan and take on the John Jay College Bloodhounds. Game time will be 5:00 p.m.