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Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University women's basketball team opened the 2011-12 campaign with a 72-67 home win over the University of Bridgeport on Saturday afternoon at the Center for Recreation and Sport. Four Panthers registered double-figures, led by sophomore Sade Jackson, who dropped 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the victory. Adelphi improves to 1-0 on the season, while the Purple Knights fall to 0-1.

Sophomore Jessica Kitrys earned a double-double for Adelphi with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while senior Amanda Campusano and junior Kara Tancredi chipped in 11 and 10 points, respectively.

For the Purple Knights, Aziza Patterson had a game-high 24 points on 10-of-25 shooting from the floor. Elinor Avny had 14 points and Tanisha Carter added 13 points and seven rebounds. Bridgeport snagged 13 steals in the contest but got out-rebounded by the Panthers 53-34.

Adelphi led by as many as nine points early in the first half thanks to 10 points from Jackson and nine from Kitrys. The Panthers were 8-for-9 from the foul line in the first half, including two from Campusano to break a 31-31 tie with 2:43 left in the half. Tancredi dished out assists on layups by Kitrys and Jackson in the final minute to give the Panthers a 39-34 lead heading into halftime.

The two teams battled to a 41-41 tie three minutes into the second half and Bridgeport took a brief lead on an Avny 3-pointer with 16:49 to play, but Adelphi reclaimed the lead using a 9-0 run over the next three minutes. The Purple Knights knotted the game again with just under 10 minutes remaining on a jumper by Tanisha Carter, but the Panthers broke the game open and assembled a 12-point lead thanks to seven points in just over a minute by Campusano. Bridgeport pulled back within five as the final seconds ticked away, but Adelphi held on to seal the season-opening win.

Adelphi jumps into Northeast-10 Conference play when they travel to Southern Connecticut on Wednesday, Nov. 16, for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.