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VESTAL, N.Y. – Lacey Drake scored a game-high 20 points and added eight rebounds and three assists, leading St. Bonaventure (3-0) to a 68-65 win over Binghamton (2-1) in a non-conference women’s basketball game on Tuesday evening at Dr. Bai Lee Court at the Events Center. The contest wrapped up Binghamton’s three-game home stand to launch the 2025-26 season.
Drake went 7-for-14 from the field, 2-for-3 from beyond the three-point arc and sank all four of her free throws. Her final two points came with six seconds left in regulation and the Bonnies nursing a 66-65 lead. On that play, Drake took a feed from Mackenzie Pettinelli and drove down the lane for a layup. The Bearcats’ were then unable to make a game-tying three pointer at the buzzer.
Junior guard Bella Pucci led Binghamton with 16 points. She was 5-for-10 from the field, 3-for-6 from three-point range and 3-for-4 from the free throw line. Junior forward Kendall Bennett added 14 points and a team-best seven rebounds.
Binghamton scored the first 12 points of the game in the opening 4:57 of play. Pucci had five of her points during that stretch.
The Bonnies, however, reeled off 12 straight points of their own in a span of 2:52 to pull within 22-20 with 6:17 left in the first half.
The score was tied at 47-47 through three periods and the fourth quarter featured two ties and three lead changes. With the score tied at 65-65 with 30 seconds left, Aaliyah Parker sank a free throw to give the Bonnies the lead for good. St Bonaventure then got a defensive stop, setting the stage for Drake’s clinching bucket.
Senior guard Kaia Goode finished with nine points and dished out a team-best four assists. Junior guard Yanniah Boyd had six points and five rebounds while senior guard Meghan Casey chipped in five points, three assists and a pair of steals.
Brillana Boyd added 15 points in the winning effort.
St. Bonaventure held a commanding 42-31 rebounding advantage, with 15 of its boards coming at the offensive end of the court. The Bonnies also had a 23-17 edge in bench points.
At the free throw line, St. Bonaventure made 13 of its 18 attempts (72 percent) while the Bearcats got to the line only four times – making three of those shots.
“Give St. Bonaventure credit,” head coach Mary Grimes said. “They came in here and rebounded the ball well. We had to box out and defend better and we needed to get to the free throw line more.”
Binghamton shot 44.2 percent from the field (27-of-64) and was 8-of-18 (44.4 percent) from three-point range.
The Bearcats head to Michigan next Tuesday for a 7 p.m. game.