December 28, 2008
WBB: CORYEA AND FELICE LEAD DOLPHINS PAST TEXAS WOMAN'S AT SURF N'
SLAM CLASSIC
San Diego, Calif. - Junior forward Courtney Coryea (Mooers
Forks, N.Y./Northeast Clinton) and sophomore guard
Danielle Felice (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) each
scored 16 points to lead the Le Moyne College women's basketball
team to a 59-56 victory over Texas Woman's University on Sunday
morning in the opening contest of the San Diego Surf N' Slam
Classic at San Diego City College's Harry West Gym.
After falling behind 4-0 in the opening minute of the contest, the
Dolphins responded with a 14-4 run over the next three minutes to
take a 14-8 advantage. Coryea jumpstarted the streak with four
points and senior forward Vanessa Holden (Suffern,
N.Y./Immaculate Heart (N.J.)) tallied five consecutive
points at the back-end of the run.
The Pioneers answered with an 11-4 spurt of their own to regain
the lead. Casey Pool opened the span with a three-pointer and
followed Renee Renz's three points with a jumper to pull her team
within a basketball with 11:59 remaining in the half. After Renz
connected on her second of six first-half free throws, Jessica
Hanna made a jump shot to give Texas Woman's a 19-18 lead with just
over ten minutes left in the stanza.
After trading points over the next minute, Le Moyne scored eight
straight points to take a 30-23 lead. Felice started the streak by
making two free throws, Coryea followed with a jumper and junior
college transfers Denise Scott (Yonkers,
N.Y./Lincoln/C.C.R.I.) and Brittany Davis
(Detroit, Mich./Oak Park/Labette College (Kan.)) hit
jumpers to close the streak. The Pioneers responded with their own
8-0 streak to take a 31-30 lead with 4:01 left in the half. The
Dolphins closed the half with six of the final 10 points to take a
36-35 lead into halftime.
Le Moyne opened the second half with seven of the first nine
points to open up a six point lead. The Pioneers registered a 7-2
run to close within one point at 45-44 with 14:18 remaining, but
could not take the lead. Renz tallied five of the seven points in
the span for the Pioneers. Felice hit a three-pointer a layup and
Coryea hit a pair of jumpers around four points from TWU's Renz to
regain the six-point edge with just under six minutes remaining in
the contest.
Texas Woman's closed to within three points on three separate
occasions in the final three minutes of the contest, but Le Moyne
responded with baskets each time. Renz had an opportunity to tie
the score in the final seconds, but Renz' three-pointer was off the
mark.
Coryea finished 7-of-12 from the field for her 16 points, while
grabbing five rebounds and blocking three shots. Felice made six of
nine shots, including both of her three-point attempts, to finish
in double-figures for the first time this season with her
career-best 16 points. Holden, who finished with seven points,
pulled down a team-high seven rebounds and recorded four steals.
Renz posted game-highs of 23 points and 12 rebounds, while making
13-of-17 free throws. Jessica Bell joined Renz in double-digits
with 11 points.
Le Moyne (6-5), which snapped a three-game losing streak with the
victory, returns to action at the Surf N' Slam Classic on Monday
against Molloy College at 1:00 p.m. EST/10:00 a.m. PST.
-agate-
Le Moyne 59,
Texas Woman's 56
Texas Woman's
(6-2)
35
21
-
56
Le Moyne
(6-5)
36
23
- 59
