NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., January 31, 2019 – Monroe Express women's basketball edged the Westchester Community College Vikings, 74-68 in a back-and-forth affair that featured five ties and 12 lead changes on Thursday at the Monroe Athletic Complex.
 
The Express opened the game on an 8-0 run, taking a 12-2 lead with 5:37 remaining in the first. But the Vikings stormed back with an 11-0 run of their own to close the gap to just one, 18-17, at the end of the first quarter.
 
Westchester took their first lead of the game with 6:46 left in the second quarter, and extended it out to four points with an 8-4 run over the next four minutes.
 
Monroe outscored the Vikings though, 14-7, over the final three minutes of the half to take a 41-38 lead into halftime.
 
In the third quarter, the Express and Vikings went back-and-forth, trading buckets as neither team could build a lead.
 
Westchester took their first lead of the second half with just over seven minutes remaining in the third, but the Express responded to retake the lead on Tatyana Forde's layup and never trailed the rest of the way.
 
The Express built their lead to five at end the third quarter, before opening the fourth with an 11-3 run to pull away. And though Westchester fought back with a 12-4 run to cut the Express' lead to just six, Monroe held on to pull out the victory.
 
With the win, the Express move to 9-14 on the season, while the Vikings fall to 2-3.
 
Julie Trowers led the way for the Express with 20 points and 16 rebounds for her ninth double-double of the season. Maryam Camara also recorded a double-double, her sixth, and fell a block shy of a triple-double with 10 points, 17 rebounds and nine blocks.
 
Forde and Brianna Williams also scored in double-figures for Monroe, as Forde scored 15 points, while Williams tallied 14, shooting a perfect 7-for-7 from the field.
 
The Express shot 47.1 percent while holding the Vikings to just 30.6 percent shooting.
 
The Express next travel to Bel Air, Md. on Saturday, Feb. 2 to take on Harford Community College at 3 p.m.

ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 27 teams competing across nine sports. There are 18 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Monroe Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus as of the fall of 2017, has seven teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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