BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Sophomore forward Tiara Tyson shot 50% from the field for Post University Women's Basketball, scoring a team-high 16 points as the Eagles could not string together back-to-back wins with a short bench, falling on the road to the University of Bridgeport on Wednesday night, 65-42, falling to 0-2 in conference play on the young season. 

THE BASICS

Post University 42, University of Bridgeport 65

Post University (1-4, 0-2 CACC)

University of Bridgeport (3-2, 2-0 CACC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Held to a season-low 15 points in the first half, Post would only lead once as Tyson scored the game's opening basket before a 10-0 run by the Purple Knights flipped things in their favor for the rest of the half. Post's shooting would struggle throughout the first half of action, going 6-for-31 (19.4%) from the floor and 1-for-12 (8.3%) from three-point land.

Heading into halftime, Tyson led the way for the Eagles with eight points on 3-of-6 shooting, while senior guard Niyah Whitten led the Purple Knights with 13 points, having a perfect 5-for-5 shooting half with three shots from beyond the arc. As a team, Bridgeport rode a 14-point lead, 29-14, into the break behind an 11-for-20 (55%) performance from the field with four made threes.

The deficit would never shrink below 13 points as Bridgeport led by as many as 28 points with 1:37 left in the third en route to the 23-point victory, 65-42, over Post, marking the first time since the 2013-14 season in which the Purple Knights have beaten the Eagles, who had won a program-record eight consecutive games against them heading into the night.

Sophomore center Zahkiyyah Frazier led the way for a Bridgeport team that shot 61.4% from the floor with a 19-point game, garnering six of the 37 rebounds that the Purple Knights had. Over the course of the four quarters, Bridgeport never shot below 50%, shooting a game-high 76.9% in the third in which they hit 10-of-13 shots as part of a game where they nailed 27-of-44 shots overall and 8-of-13 (61.5%) on their threes. 

Beyond Tyson's 16 points, senior forward Claire Greene tied her season-high in points, scoring ten, which was how many she had in the victory over AIC over the weekend. Greene finished 3-for- from the field as Post as a team was 15-for-55 (27.3%) overall, taking 22 shots from three and making only four of them for an 18.2% performance.

BY THE NUMBERS   

• Through three games with Post University, Tiara Tyson is averaging 14.3 points per game after scoring 16 points against the University of Bridgeport on 6-for-12 shooting -- Tyson has reached double-digit scoring in all three games she has played in this season
• Zahkiyyah Frazier led all scorers in the game with 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting for the University of Bridgeport, seeing 27 minutes of game action while snagging six rebounds and adding four assists
• So far this season, Post University has lost all four of its games by double-digit margins and has led at halftime in two of their five games this season
• With the loss, Post University's eight-game winning streak against the University of Bridgeport comes to a close as this is the first time since the 2013-14 season in which the Purple Knights have defeated the Eagles

 
WHO'S NEXT
Their final home conference game on the 2025 side of the schedule, Post University will take on Holy Family University this Saturday at 1:00 PM in the Drubner Center in hopes of snapping a two-game losing streak against the Tigers. Both sides have split their last six matchups against each other after Holy Family won the first 30 matchups in the all-time series.