January 31, 2009
WBB: DOLPHINS HELD TO SEASON-LOW 39 POINTS IN LOSS AT NEW
HAVEN
West Haven, Conn. - Nicole Pollard scored a game-high 19 points
off the bench to lead New Haven to a 63-39 win over the Le Moyne
College women's basketball team on Saturday at Charger Gymnasium.
The Dolphins, whose 39 points are a season-low, had their
three-game win streak snapped with the loss.
Senior forward Vanessa Holden (Suffern, N.Y./Immaculate
Heart (N.J.)) recorded a double-double with 11 points and
10 rebounds. Junior forward Courtney Coryea (Mooers Forks,
N.Y./Northeast Clinton), held scoreless for the first time
in her career, grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds and blocked a
career-high seven shots. Pollard, who scored 13 points in the first
half, hit 4-of-8 shots from behind the three-point line and was a
perfect 5-for-5 at the foul line. Freshman forward Nikki Carroll
added 11 points for the Chargers.
After a basket by Alysia Saunders to open the second half, junior
Siobhan Shields (Mason, N.H./St. Bernard's Central
Catholic) and sophomore guard Danielle Felice
(Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) hit jumpers to pull the
Dolphins to within five points. Following a New Haven timeout after
Holden hit a jumper to get the Dolphins to within 38-33 with 9:36
remaining, the Chargers scored nine straight points to put the game
away. Carroll led the streak with three points with Saunders
hitting a jump-shot to cap the run. Senior forward Latoya
Anderson (Rochester, N.Y./Greece Arcadia/Genesee C.C.) put
an end to New Haven's run with a pair of foul shots.
Pollard and Felice traded baskets over the next minute before the
Chargers rattled off 11 consecutive points to register a game-high
24-point lead. Pollard hit a three-pointer and Dominique
Stellmacher made two three-pointers and a layup to account for New
Haven's streak. Holden and Saunders traded baskets over the final
1:23 to deliver the final score.
The Chargers opened up a 6-0 lead in the opening 1:13 of the
contest and never trailed. Lauren Hood drilled a three-pointer on
New Haven's opening possession to start the scoring. The Dolphins
answered back with five straight points on a layup by Shields and a
three-pointer by senior Katie Dunn (Whippany, N.J./Morris
Catholic/Holy Family) with 17:13 remaining.
New Haven jumped out to a 10-point lead with a 15-6 run over the
next eight minutes. Pollard tallied six points in the span, while
Carroll added four. After trading baskets over the next five
minutes, the Dolphins closed the half with five of the contest's
final seven points. Holden led the Dolphins in the stanza with
seven points and five rebounds.
Le Moyne (11-10, NE-10 8-8) returns home for a pair of
Northeast-10 Conference games next week. The Dolphins host Pace on
Wednesday at 5:30 and Southern Connecticut State at 1:00 p.m. on
Saturday.
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New
Haven63, Le Moyne
39
Le Moyne (11-10, NE-10
8-8)
23
16
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39
New Haven (13-8, NE-10
9-8)
30
33
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