Courtesy of Paul Gornowski, Holy Family SID

WILMINGTON, Del. - The Holy Family University women's basketball team has set the NCAA Division II record for most consecutive regular season conference victories after defeating Goldey-Beacom College, 64-32, in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest on Thursday night at the Joseph West Jones Center.

Holy Family has now been victorious in 93 consecutive CACC regular season games. The streak began on February 25, 2005 with a 64-43 win at Caldwell College.

"The streak is a credit to tradition that was built and to the people who came before me," said forward Christine McCollum (sr. Abington, Pa./St. Basil's Academy), who recorded game-high totals of 13 points, five assists and three steals. "There were a lot of good role models that I played with here. All of our coaches taught us that as long as we do the right things we will have success. A lot of hard work went into those wins."

The Tigers won their final two regular season CACC games in 2005.  In the 2005-06 season, Holy Family went 24-0 in conference play. The team posted a 22-0 mark against the CACC during the 2006-07 campaign and went 18-0 during the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. This year, the Tigers are 9-0 in the conference.

The Tigers broke the old record that was previously held by The College of Saint Rose, who won 92 straight games against the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference from February 8, 1996 until February 20, 1999.

Holy Family improves its overall record to 16-1. The team is second in the first set of NCAA Division II East Region Rankings and 19^th in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The Tigers have won their last 16 contests.

Both teams struggled offensively early in the contest. Goldey-Beacom (8-9, 4-5 CACC) got out to an early 8-4 at the 13:13 mark of the first half. Forward Catherine Carr (jr. Bedminster, N.J./Bernards) connected for two of her game total 11 points to spark a 14-0 run that put Holy Family in front 18-8. Forward Lindsay Tennett (jr. Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) led the charge with four of her six points.

The margin grew to 15 points (25-10) in the Tigers' favor when guard Lauren Peters (so. Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks W.) drained a three-pointer with 1:27 left in the half. Peters ended the night with nine points and four assists. Holy Family led at halftime, 27-12.

In the second half, Holy Family outscored Goldey-Beacom 18-0 over an 8:54 span to push the lead up to 55-20 with 6:11 to play. Five different players scored during the run, led by Carr with seven points. The lead hit 36-points (58-22), a game-high, on a McCollum triple with 4:32 to go.

Forward Erin Mann (fr. West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria) recorded 12 points and six rebounds in the win for the Tigers.

Guard Devonne Richardson paced the Lightning with seven points.

Holy Family connected on 49.1 percent (27-of-55) of its shots. In the second half, the Tigers hit 66.7 percent (16 of 24) of their attempts. The Lightning were held to a 21.3 percent (10-of-47) shooting clip. Holy Family outrebounded Goldey-Beacom, 42-29. Carr was game's leading rebounder with eight.

Holy Family returns to the Campus Center for a CACC match-up against Caldwell College on January 30 at 1 p.m.