Le Moyne Athletics : WBB: BEHIND HOLDEN AND CORYEA, DOLPHINS BOUNCE NE-10 FOE PACE, 67-51

February 4, 2009

WBB: BEHIND HOLDEN AND CORYEA, DOLPHINS BOUNCE NE-10 FOE PACE, 67-51

Syracuse, N.Y. – A frontcourt duo of senior Vanessa Holden (Suffern, N.Y./Immaculate Heart (N.J.)) and junior Courtney Coryea (Mooers Forks, N.Y./Northeast Clinton) combined for 43 points as the Le Moyne College women’s basketball team dropped Pace University, 67-51, in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court. The win was Le Moyne’s fourth in five games.

Holden scored a game-high 22 points while pulling down five rebounds and collecting three steals. Coryea recorded a double-double, finishing with 21 points, 12 rebounds and a pair of blocks. Three of her rebounds came on the offensive end. Second-year graduate student Jacquelin Precious (Fonthill, Ontario/Governor Simcoe/St. Peter's College) finished perfect from the field for the second time in a week. She poured in eight points, knocking down a pair of three-pointers for the game. Precious also accumulated four rebounds, three assists and three steals on the night. With nine points and a game-best five assists, sophomore Danielle Felice (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) was Le Moyne’s spark off of the bench.

The Dolphins never trailed outside of the first three minutes. Le Moyne held a six-point lead at the 16:32 mark of the second-half and used a 9-0 run over the next three minutes to take control of the game. Pace trimmed the lead to 10 with 12:34 to play but the Dolphins responded with a seven-point spurt, highlighted by a three-pointer from junior Megan Murphy (Clinton Corners, N.Y./Millbrook), to open a 17-point lead. The two teams traded baskets down the stretch and it was Holden’s scoring that lifted the Dolphins. She scored 19 second-half points, including 13 over the game’s final 10 minutes. Le Moyne’s advantage grew as large as 19, on a conventional three-point by Holden with 3:03 to play.

Coryea handled the bulk of Le Moyne’s first-half scoring load, putting in 15 points and pulling down eight rebounds before the halftime break. The team’s first basket of the contest came by way of a Coryea three-pointer and the junior put in 11 of the team’s first 14 points. Junior Siobhan Shields (Mason, N.H./St. Bernard's Central Catholic) scored all four of her points in the first half and Precious knocked down both of her three-pointers to give the Dolphins an eight-point cushion, 32-24, at halftime.

Le Moyne’s defense was stingy, forcing 18 turnovers and keeping the Setters without a scorer in double-figures. The Dolphins scored 17 points off of turnovers and held Pace to a 32 percent shooting clip (17-of-53) for the game. Brittany Huggins led Pace with nine points off the bench. The Setters’ bench netted 30 of the team’s 51 points.

Le Moyne (12-10, NE-10 9-8) is back in action Saturday when it hosts Southern Connecticut State in Northeast-10 Conference action at 1 p.m.

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Le Moyne 67, Pace 51
Pace (12-8, NE-10 9-7) 24 27 - 51
Le Moyne (12-10, NE-10 9-8) 32 35 - 67



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February 4, 2009 WBB: BEHIND HOLDEN AND CORYEA, DOLPHINS BOUNCE NE-10 FOE PACE, 67-51 Syracuse, N.Y. – A frontcourt duo of senior Vanessa Holden (Suffern, N.Y./Immaculate Heart (N.J.)) and junior Courtney Coryea (Mooers Forks, N.Y./Northeast Clinton) combined for 43 points as the Le Moyne College women’s basketball team dropped Pace University, 67-51, in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court. The win was Le Moyne’s fourth in five games. Holden scored a game-high 22 points while pulling down five rebounds and collecting three steals. Coryea recorded a double-double, finishing with 21 points, 12 rebounds and a pair of blocks. Three of her rebounds came on the offensive end. Second-year graduate student Jacquelin Precious (Fonthill, Ontario/Governor Simcoe/St. Peter's College) finished perfect from the field for the second time in a week. She poured in eight points, knocking down a pair of three-pointers for the game. Precious also accumulated four rebounds, three assists and three steals on the night. With nine points and a game-best five assists, sophomore Danielle Felice (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) was Le Moyne’s spark off of the bench. The Dolphins never trailed outside of the first three minutes. Le Moyne held a six-point lead at the 16:32 mark of the second-half and used a 9-0 run over the next three minutes to take control of the game. Pace trimmed the lead to 10 with 12:34 to play but the Dolphins responded with a seven-point spurt, highlighted by a three-pointer from junior Megan Murphy (Clinton Corners, N.Y./Millbrook), to open a 17-point lead. The two teams traded baskets down the stretch and it was Holden’s scoring that lifted the Dolphins. She scored 19 second-half points, including 13 over the game’s final 10 minutes. Le Moyne’s advantage grew as large as 19, on a conventional three-point by Holden with 3:03 to play. Coryea handled the bulk of Le Moyne’s first-half scoring load, putting in 15 points and pulling down eight rebounds before the halftime break. The team’s first basket of the contest came by way of a Coryea three-pointer and the junior put in 11 of the team’s first 14 points. Junior Siobhan Shields (Mason, N.H./St. Bernard's Central Catholic) scored all four of her points in the first half and Precious knocked down both of her three-pointers to give the Dolphins an eight-point cushion, 32-24, at halftime. Le Moyne’s defense was stingy, forcing 18 turnovers and keeping the Setters without a scorer in double-figures. The Dolphins scored 17 points off of turnovers and held Pace to a 32 percent shooting clip (17-of-53) for the game. Brittany Huggins led Pace with nine points off the bench. The Setters’ bench netted 30 of the team’s 51 points. Le Moyne (12-10, NE-10 9-8) is back in action Saturday when it hosts Southern Connecticut State in Northeast-10 Conference action at 1 p.m. -agate- Le Moyne 67, Pace 51 Pace (12-8, NE-10 9-7) 24 27 - 51 Le Moyne (12-10, NE-10 9-8) 32 35 - 67