January 28, 2009
WBB: LE MOYNE STORMS PAST AIC, 73-52, IN NE-10
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Syracuse, N.Y. – Led by second-year graduate student
Jacquelin Precious’ (Fonthill,
Ontario/Governor Simcoe/St. Peter's College) 15 points,
the Le Moyne women’s basketball team ran past American
International College, 73-52, in Northeast-10 Conference action at
Ted Grant Court. The win was Le Moyne’s third straight and
fourth in five games.
For the second straight game, stellar shooting from three-point
range secured a Le Moyne win. The Dolphins shot 54.5 percent
(12-of-22) from long-range for the contest and knocked down eight
second-half trifectas. Precious led Le Moyne’s charge from
beyond the arc, knocking down all five of her three-point attempts,
en route to her team-best 15 points. Three other Dolphins scored in
double-figures including senior Vanessa Holden (Suffern,
N.Y./Immaculate Heart (N.J.)), junior Meg Murphy
(Clinton Corners, N.Y./Millbrook) and sophomore
Danielle Felice (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson).
Holden went for 13 points and eight rebounds while Murphy (11) and
Felice (10) combined for 21 points off of the bench. Le
Moyne’s bench outscored AIC on the night, 28-12. Junior
Courtney Coryea (Mooers Forks, N.Y./Northeast
Clinton) matched Holden’s game-high eight rebounds
and scored nine points of her own. Junior Siobhan Shields
(Mason, N.H./St. Bernard's Central Catholic) was stellar
in her first start of the season, netting eight points on
four-of-six shooting from the field. Sophomore Ashley
McFarlan (Kennesaw, Ga./St. John the Baptist) shared in Le
Moyne’s bench success with six points on a pair of
three-pointers, three rebounds and a pair of assists.
Le Moyne led the entire way in the second stanza and it was the
team’s three-point attack that never allowed the Yellow
Jackets within striking distance. When AIC pulled within 10 points
at the 12:33 mark of the second half, McFarlan answered with a
three. The Yellow Jackets trimmed Le Moyne’s lead to nine
with 10:49 to play but Precious’ third three-pointer of the
game was the spark that sent Le Moyne on its way.
After AIC made the score 48-39, the Dolphins exploded on a 24-4
run over a six-minute stretch. Eighteen of the points came by way
of the long-range jumper as Precious (3), Murphy (2) and Felice (1)
each contributed three-point buckets. The Dolphin lead was 29
points with 4:12 to play, at 72-43, and AIC scored nine of the
game’s final 10 points to round out the scoring.
A seven-point spurt by Le Moyne in a 90-second stretch late in the
first half gave the Dolphins a double-digit lead that it carried
for the majority of the second half. With under three minutes to
play in the first half, four points from Coryea plus a three from
Murphy and fast-break lay-up from Felice turned a six-point Dolphin
lead into a 30-17 advantage.
For AIC, Laechia Conley scored a game-high 20 points and pulled
down six rebounds. Stacy Boisvert finished with 10 points and six
boards for the Yellow Jackets while Michelle DeRoma chipped in with
eight points off of the bench. AIC (15-8, NE-10 10-5) entered the
game at third in the Northeast-10 Conference standings but Le Moyne
came away with the regular-season sweep of the Yellow Jackets.
The Dolphins (11-9, NE-10 8-7) travel to New Haven for a 2 p.m.
Saturday game before returning to Ted Grant Court to host Pace next
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
-agate-
Le Moyne 73, American
International 52
AIC
(15-8, NE-10 10-5)
21 31
- 52
Le Moyne (11-9, NE-10
8-7) 32
41 - 73
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