Brittingham, Washington & Dunston-Mason combine for 44 points as Wilmington University’s earns first win of the season over Cheyney

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The Wilmington University women’s basketball team earned their first win of the season on Saturday with a gutsy 66-54 victory over the Cheyney University Wolves.

WBB Final | #WilmUWBB 66 – Cheyney 54. WU now 1-10. Big 24-10 3rd quarter turned the tide for WU. Trinity Brittingham with 16 pts, 6 reb, 4 stl. Amber Washington and Cha'Nyah Dunston-Mason with 14 pts each. Daja Claiborne with 7 pts, 14 rebs. Azayah Garrison with 8 reb, 5 asts.

— Wilmington Wildcats (@WilmUAthletics) December 16, 2023

Senior guard  Trinity Brittingham led the team in scoring in the win with 16 points.

Two other Wilmington players who scored in double digits in the win were senior guard Amber Washington (14) and sophomore guard Cha’Nyah Dunston-Mason (14).

Junior guard/forward Daja Claiborne was locked on boards all afternoon, as she recorded 14 rebounds in the game.

WilmU had the advantage in multiple categories in the game, which included bench points (11-7), fast-break points (24-2), points in the paint (36-16), points off of turnovers (32-14), turnovers (22-33), assists (15-10), rebounds (51-48), and steals (18-14).

Wilmington was also the better team at the free-throw line in this game, as the team shot 60.0%(9-15), and Cheyney shot 56.3% (9-16.

Let’s get into all four quarters: click below for the full recap.