BUFFALO, N.Y.—The Villa Maria College women's basketball team carried an eight-game win streak into their road battle on Tuesday, but they were unable to push it to nine. The Vikings took on Bryant and Stratton-Buffalo for the third time this season and they were on the wrong side of a 70-47 loss. Villa now holds a record of 13-2, while the Bobcats move to 15-4 on the year. 
 
Norvonee Hall helped the team jump out to an early lead with a pair of free-throws and then a layup in the opening 1:30. The Bobcats wasted little time evening up the score, but Dakaylah Winfield knocked down a three-pointer to give the team the advantage yet again. It was short lived however, as the opposition ended the first quarter with a scoring run that put them ahead 16-11 at the end of the first frame. The Vikings did their best to stop the bleeding in the second quarter, with Winfield and Ta Lia Burgess hitting shots from the behind the arc to keep the team within single digits, but the Bobcats began to convert buckets of their own and pushed their advantage to 40-21 at halftime. 
 
Villa began to trim at their deficit in the third quarter by using scores by Winfield and Tekia Gary to bring the score to 42-28, two minutes in. After a make by the Bobcats, Hall scored back-to-back buckets and then Winfield made a mid-range jumper to shrink the deficit to just 11 points with 3:16 to play in the third. Estella Anderson was able to cut it to single-digits with two made free-throws, and going into the final quarter of play, Villa was down 53-41. The wind was taken out of the Vikings sails early in the fourth quarter as the Bobcats extended their lead back out to 19 points. The team was unable to mount another comeback and fell by a final score of 70-47. 
 
Winfield finished the day with 17 points to go along with four assists and four rebounds. Hall finished the game with 15 points of her own and also collected four points and four rebounds. 
 
Villa remains on the road for their next game on Saturday, Jan. 18. The team heads to Bryant and Stratton-Syracuse for a 5 p.m. meeting with the Bobcats. 
 
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