Career coach Kevin Walton calls senior point guard Nicole Bentley a pass-first point guard. But it was Bentley’s scoring that lifted No. 5 Career over top-ranked Hillhouse 55-47 today at the Big City Vanguard Athletics Holiday Classic.


Bentley, who averages just 5.6 points per game, scored 10 straight points in the fourth quarter and finished with a team-high 15 for the Panthers. It may have been just a poor effort defensively by Hillhouse, as Bentley seemingly dribbled straight to the basket for an easy layup at times during the fourth quarter. Nonetheless, give Bentley credit for stepping up and leading the Panthers down the stretch.