GARDEN CITY, New York – After a slow start, the American International College women's basketball team rode a huge scoring wave to turn a 14-point deficit into a 61-47 win at Adelphi University in Northeast-10 Conference play on Wednesday, January 8.

AIC is now 9-6 overall and 2-5 in the NE10.

Ruzgar Christina Boyle was responsible for the game's first field goal, a three, and AIC's first five points, but the Panthers took control down the stretch of the first, holding AIC off the board in the final three minutes save for a Chelsea Reeves free throw, and scoring seven of their own to lead 21-12.

AIC's drought continued into the second, where the Yellow Jackets did not make a field goal until nearly four minutes had passed. Down 28-14, Reeves finished a possession with a layup. However, that was the start of AIC's dominance. Boyle sank a pair of shots, and rookie Keyvanna Bennett put back a miss through contact, finishing the old-school three at the line, sending AIC to the locker room trailing just 28-23.

Reeves found Peyton Grant open from deep just 11 seconds into the second half, and the sparks from the second quarter turned into an offensive blaze. Boyle and Grant landed back-to-back threes and then a swipe by Boyle sent Reeves breaking away for a lay-in. Grant drained two more triples, bookending a Reeves layup, to put the Yellow Jackets ahead 42-30 midway through the frame, and at the end of the third, AIC led 45-33; prior to a last-second layup, AIC had outscored Adelphi 31-3 over a 17:02 stretch.

The Yellow Jackets had no intention of letting the Panthers back into the game, and though the home team's offense picked back up, AIC never relented. Boyle sank a pair of threes as part of her eight-point final frame, while Bennett stacked up six more points and the Yellow Jackets closed out the 61-47 win, a 28-point swing from when the team trailed early in the second.

Boyle led the game with 22 points, while Bennett impressed with a 14-point, 13-rebound double double, and Grant was 4-of-5 from deep for her 12 points. Rhaymi Porter was a force on the glass, collecting a game-high 16 rebounds, tying her career best.

AIC will continue NE10 action on Saturday, January 11 at 1:30 p.m. against Southern Connecticut State University.