Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior guard Morgan Rowland (Latham, N.Y./Shaker/Delaware State) scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Le Moyne College women's basketball team to a 64-51 win over Pace on Monday night in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court.

Rowland, who tallied 14 of her points in the opening half, made a career-best 11 field goals, the most by a Dolphin since Courtney Coryea '10 M '11 tallied the same number at New Haven on February 12, 2011. Classmate Katie Hart (Constantia, N.Y./Central Square/Canisius) registered 10 points to reach double-figures for the sixth time in seven games, while pulling down nine rebounds in her final collegiate game. Senior center Emma Cronk (Parham, Ontario/Sydenham/Binghamton) scored eight points and grabbed nine rebounds as she completed her collegiate career.

Allison Cleary led the Setters with 13 points, 10 of which came after halftime. Maral Javadifar tallied 12 points and a team-best seven rebounds.

The Dolphins opened the game with eight of the first 10 points before Pace responded with six of the next seven points to make the score 9-8 at the 15:16 mark. Rowland, Hart and sophomore guard Maddy McKnight (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) each had three points for the Dolphins, while Cleary and Carol Johnson each had three points and Javadifar made a lay-up.

The Dolphins responded with 12 straight points and 16 of the next 18 to open up their largest lead of the game with 7:36 remaining in the half. Rowland led the charge with nine points on a pair of jumpers, a lay-up and a three-pointer, while Hart had three points.

Pace answered back with 14 consecutive points over a stretch of 5:25 to get within a point. Javadifar had six of the points, Kerri White added five and Victoria Jones capped the run with a three-pointer.

The Dolphins got jumpers from Hart and Rowland in the final 55 seconds of the half to take a 29-24 lead at the intermission.

Le Moyne opened the second half with the first six points to regain their double-digit lead. Hart started it with a lay-up, freshman guard Maddie Hahesy (Erie, Pa./MacDowell) followed with a fast-break lay-up off a steal and Rowland ended the push with a jumper.

Following a Rowland jump shot with 16:21 to go that gave the Dolphins a 37-26 advantage, the Setters scored eight of the next nine points to get within four. Johnson had the first two, Cleary followed with two free throws and Margo Hackett capped the run with a lay-up and a jumper at the 11:54 mark.

After back-and-forth play over the next 6:35, during which time Le Moyne's lead bounced between four and eight points, the Dolphins scored five straight points to turn a five-point edge into a 53-43 lead with 3:45 remaining. Cronk extended Le Moyne's lead to seven with two free throws before Rowland nailed a three-pointer off a feed from McKnight for the 10-point lead.

Javadifar followed with a lay-up, but Rowland drilled another three-pointer for a 56-45 advantage with 2:43 remaining.

Cleary had five points around a Rowland jumper to get her team within eight with 1:21 to go, but that's as close as they would get as the Dolphins made six free throws in a span of 18 seconds to put the game away. Junior forward Emily Bayly (Schenectady, N.Y./Niskayuna), the conference's best free throw shooter and the sixth-best in the country, hit four, while freshman guard Alex Marple">Alex Marple (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro), who pulled down a career-best six rebounds, made a pair.

Le Moyne finishes the season with an 8-18 record, including a mark of 5-17 in the Northeast-10. Prior to the game, Rowland, Hart and Cronk were honored for their contributions to the program.