Women's Basketball
March 2, 2008
DOLPHINS ADVANCE TO NE-10 QUARTERFINAL WITH 53-39 VICTORY OVER SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SYRACUSE, NY -The Le Moyne College women's basketball team defeated Southern New Hampshire 53-39 in the first round of NE-10 action. This was the third meeting of the season between these clubs. The Dolphins defeated the Owls 60-58 at Ted Grant Court earlier in the season and defeated them at Southern New Hampshire 57-56. The Dolphins (15-12, 11-11 NE-10) will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday March 4 to square off with Franklin Pierce. The Dolphins's Katie Dunn's 16 points led Le Moyne.
Kathleen Gladstone's lay-up to start the game opened an early 6-0 run for the Dolphins. Katie Dunn provided a spark off the bench connecting 3-3 beyond the arc. Dunn contributed 20 minutes collecting 16 points and exceptional all around defense. The Dolphins pushed their largest lead of the game (15 points) with 1:53 left in the first quarter after Dunn drained her third three-pointer of the half. The Owls made a small 6-0 run to close the 15 point gap to 9 at halftime.
The Dolphins controlled the tempo of the second half leading by more than nine the entire half. Courtney Coryea delivered a double-double for the Dolphins collecting 10 points and 14 rebounds.
The Dolphins advance to the second round of the NE-10 Conference where they will play the Ravens of Franklin Pierce. Coach Jeanne Murphy's club lost 59-37 on the road earlier in the season and defeated Franklin Pierce 68-64 in overtime at Ted Grant Court.
Le Moyne 53, Southern New Hampshire 39
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHI (13-15, 9-13NE-10)
Heather Marino 6-12 1-2 16; Stephanie Houghton 3-10 2-3 9; Sara
Tucker 2-6
0-0 4; Brooke Lefort 2-9 0-0 4; Julia Houghtaling 1-1 1-2 3;
Kristen
Anderson 0-5 2-2 2; Ashara Carrington 0-2 1-2 1; Stacy McCullough
0-0 0-0 0;
Megan Shay 0-3 0-0 0; Samantha Allen 0-1 0-0 0; Megan Smith 0-0 0-0
0;
Alyssa Whitney 0-6 0-0 0; Andrea Lozeau 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-56
7-11 39.
LEMOYNE (15-12, 11-11NE10)
Katie Dunn 4-4 5-6 16; Courtney Coryea 4-10 2-2 10; Kathleen
Gladstone 4-9
0-0 9; Vanessa Holden 2-4 4-9 8; Danielle Felice 2-8 2-2 7;
Jacquelin
Precious 1-4 0-0 3; Rhiannon Berry 0-0 0-0 0; Siobhan Shields 0-1
0-0 0;
Megan Murphy 0-0 0-0 0; Ashley McFarlan 0-0 0-0 0; Brandy Wangelin
0-3 0-0
0. Totals 17-43 13-19 53.
Southern New Hampshi.......... 22 17 - 39
LeMoyne................................. 31 22 - 53
3-point goals--Southern New Hampshi 4-21 (Heather Marino 3-5;
Stephanie
Houghton 1-5; Brooke Lefort 0-1; Kristen Anderson 0-3; Megan Shay
0-3;
Samantha Allen 0-1; Alyssa Whitney 0-2; Andrea Lozeau 0-1), LeMoyne
6-14
(Katie Dunn 3-3; Kathleen Gladstone 1-4; Jacquelin Precious 1-2;
Danielle
Felice 1-4; Siobhan Shields 0-1). Fouled out--Southern New
Hampshi-Ashara
Carrington, LeMoyne-Jacquelin Precious. Rebounds--Southern New
Hampshi 34
(Heather Marino 5; Julia Houghtaling 5), LeMoyne 40 (Courtney
Coryea 14).
Assists--Southern New Hampshi 6 (Sara Tucker 1; Alyssa Whitney 1;
Heather
Marino 1; Brooke Lefort 1; Kristen Anderson 1; Stephanie Houghton
1),
LeMoyne 10 (Kathleen Gladstone 5). Total fouls--Southern New
Hampshi 19,
LeMoyne 12. Technical fouls--Southern New Hampshi-None,
LeMoyne-None. A-242
First round game of 2008 Northeast 10 Conference Championships
#7 Le Moyne vs. #10 Southern New Hampshire
Billy Rizzo- Sports Information
Assistant
