January 8, 2009
WBB: MERRIMACK DROPS LE MOYNE, 68-41, IN NE-10 ACTION
North Andover, Mass. - Gennifer Roy scored a career-high 19 points
to lead four players in double-figures as Merrimack defeated the Le
Moyne College women's basketball team, 68-41, in Northeast-10
Conference action on Thursday evening at Volpe Gym.
Roy hit 6-of-13 shot from the field, including five three-pointers,
for her career-high performance. Amanda Shannon tallied 18 points
and a game-high five assists, while Casey Miller scored 13 points
and Tiffany Colon added 10 points and 10 rebounds. Each of the
three Warriors drained three shots from three-point range. Hannah
DeGraffinreed posted a game-best 13 rebounds. Senior guard
Kathleen Gladstone (Cleveland, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit)
led Le Moyne with team-highs of nine points and four assists.
Junior forward Courtney Coryea (Mooers Forks,
N.Y./Northeast Clinton) pulled down 10 rebounds in the
contest.
Merrimack opened the contest with the first four points and turned
an early three-point lead into a 14-6 lead with 11:47 left in the
half. Sophomore guard Ashley McFarlan (Kennesaw, Ga/St.
John the Baptist) and senior guard Katie Dunn
(Whippany, N.J./Morris Catholic/Holy Family) answered with
consecutive three-point baskets to narrow Le Moyne's deficit to two
points.
The Warriors responded with an 11-0 run over a span of 4:20 to open
their largest lead of the half with 5:42 remaining. Roy opened the
streak with eight consecutive points on a pair of three-pointers
and a jumper and Shannon capped the run with a three-pointer. After
junior forward Brittany Davis (Detroit, Mich./Oak
Park/Labette College (Kan.)) scored four straight points
for the Dolphins, Colon drilled a three and Shannon converted a
jumper to close out the half.
Senior forward Latoya Anderson (Rochester, N.Y./Greece
Arcadia/Genesee C.C.) opened the second half with four
points to cut Le Moyne's deficit to 10 points. Merrimack was able
to extend its lead back to 14 points, but the Dolphins went on a
10-3 run to cut the game to a seven point difference with 12:17
remaining in the contest. Gladstone bookended the run for the
Dolphins with a jumper and a three-pointer.
After trading baskets over the next three and a half minutes, the
Warriors registered nine straight points and 20 of the game's next
22 points to push out to a game-high 27-point lead with 3:32
remaining in the contest. DeGraffinreed opened the run for
Merrimack with a conventional three-point play and Colon and Miller
drilled back-to-back threes before Coryea made a layup to end the
9-0 run. Roy buried a pair of threes around a three by Shannon and
Miller gave her team a 65-38 lead with 3:32 remaining in the game.
Each squad tallied three points to close out the game.
Le Moyne (7-8, NE-10 4-6) returns to action at home on Saturday at
1:00 p.m. against #4-nationally ranked Stonehill.
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Merrimack
68, Le Moyne 41
Le Moyne (7-8, NE-10 4-6)
16 25 -
41
Merrimack (3-9, NE-10 2-5) 30
38 - 68
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