RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Felician University women's basketball team was defeated by visiting Georgian Court University, 95-70, in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference action on Thursday night at Job Gymnasium. The contest was a makeup game, having been postponed twice in January due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

Redshirt sophomore swing player Briana Lee (Jersey City, N.J./Irvington) led Felician with 21 points, six rebounds and five steals. Sophomore forward Uzor Uchidiuno (Toronto, Canada/J. Addison School) scored 15 points in 19 minutes off the Golden Falcon bench. Freshman guard Erika Aspajo (Barcelona, Spain/IES Numancia) spearheaded the Georgian Court effort with 25 points, 13 assists and four steals.

With the rest of the CACC idle on Thursday, the result tightened both conference playoff races. Felician (9-12, 7-5 CACC) fell into a tie for second place in the North Division, a half-game behind Post University. Just one game separates the North's top four teams, with the Golden Falcons holding a three-game edge over fifth-place Nyack College for a playoff berth with five games remaining. Meanwhile, GCU, which won for the second time in as many nights, moved to within a half-game of fourth-place Holy Family University for the final conference tournament berth from the South Division. The Lions also have five CACC contests left to play.

Georgian Court (9-11, 6-7) took control early on Thursday. The Lions led, 24-9, after one period, then received baskets from Anyssa Fields (Long Branch, N.J./Long Branch) and Leighann Lister (Kutztown, Pa./Northwestern Lehigh) early in the second for a 19-point edge. A Nerea Brajac (Cohoes, N.Y./Cohoes) free throw allowed the visitors to build a 38-16 advantage with 4:21 to go until halftime, and the Lions carried that same lead, 46-24, into the break.

Felician closed to within 59-46 following Lee's three-point field goal at the 4:00 mark of the third quarter. But an Aspajo layup quelled the Golden Falcon momentum, and the hosts tallied only four more points for the balance of the period. The final 25-point spread was GCU's largest of the night.

Georgian Court shot 62.5 percent from the floor and amassed a 42-28 rebounding advantage. Brajac scored 19 points and Fields, the CACC's top scorer, finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Lions. Felician received 13 points from freshman guard Courtney Logan (Riverview, Fla./East Bay), while graduate guard Katelyn Andres (North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen) netted 11 points and five rebounds.

Felician, which saw a three-game win streak ended, faces a quick turnaround. The Golden Falcons host regionally-ranked Thomas Jefferson University on Saturday at 1 p.m. in CACC action in Rutherford.