BROOKLYN, NY - Katelyn Pickunka (Westhampton, Mass./Hampshire) became the 14th player in program history to score 1,000 points in a career to highlight Smith's 88-78 victory over Brooklyn College Saturday afternoon. Pickunka reached the career milestone on the opening bucket of the game and finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. 

The 11th-ranked Pioneers improve to 8-1 on the year, while Brooklyn drops to 3-6.

Game Highlights

• Brooklyn would go toe-to-toe with Smith through the majority of the opening period, taking a 13-12 lead following Sarah James' third three of the quarter at the 3:33 mark.  
• The Pioneers ended the quarter on a 6-0 run to lead 22-15 
• Smith would take a 28-15 edge with 8:39 to go in the first half on back-to-back three-pointers by Ally Yamada (Seal Beach, Calif./Fairmont Prep Academy) and Jane Loo (Saratoga, CA/Saratoga).  However, the Bulldogs didn't fold and went on an 11-1 run orchestrated by Gianna Gotti to cut the deficit to 29-26 with 4:22 remaining in the half.  The Pioneers responded with a 10-0 run of their own and go on to lead 42-31 at the half.  
• Smith held a comfortable cushion throughout the third and went up by as many as 15 on a Morgan Morrison (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Country Day) layup with 4:00 minutes to go
• Gotti drilled a three with six seconds on the clock to pull within 65-58
• Trailing 77-66 with 5:12 to go in regulation, the Bulldogs made it a two possession game thanks to a 6-0 run following a made layup finished by Nancy Pham with just over two minutes to play 
• Smith kicked the lead back up to nine following a three-point make with a little over a minute to go.  BC cut the Smith lead to as few as six with 15 seconds remaining, but the Pioneers were able to seal the contest at the free-throw line in the final seconds.  

Inside the Numbers

• Morgan Morrison (Detroit, Mich./Detroit Country Day) scored a team-high 22 points and grabbed a game-high 13 boards for her third double-double of the year
• Ally Yamada (Seal Beach, Calif./Fairmont Prep Academy) came off of the bench to finish with 18 points while shooting 6-10 from behind the arc 
• Smith shot 45.2% (28-of-62) from the field, 36.7% (11-of-30) from three-point range and 67.7% (21-of-31) from the free-throw line
• The Pioneers held advantages in rebounds (48-29), points in the paint (34-32) and bench points (34-6)

Up Next
Smith is off until it hosts the Holiday Tournament on December 30 with an opening round matchup against Bridgewater State at 1:00pm. 

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