Syracuse, N.Y. – Staci Barrett converted a lay-up with 0.3 seconds left to give The College of Saint Rose a 52-51 come-from-behind victory over the Le Moyne College women's basketball team on Wednesday night in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court.

With the victory, Saint Rose trimmed its deficit in the year-long "Upstate Challenge" between the two institutions to 5.0-4.5. The second half of the women's basketball point will be decided in Albany on February 3. In the first four years of the "Upstate Challenge", the women's basketball point has been split twice, while Le Moyne and Saint Rose have each captured the whole point once.

Senior guard Vandell Andrade (Cranston, R.I./St. Mary's-Bay View/Rhode Island College) led the Dolphins in the loss with her fifth double-double in seven games with game-highs of 21 points and 12 rebounds, while adding four steals. Senior guard Lauren Salzbrenner (Sheboygan, Wis./Sheboygan North) was the only other Dolphin in double figures with 11 points.

Barrett finished the contest with 17 points, while adding seven rebounds and two assists. Keyontae Williams added 12 points and five steals.

After the teams traded three-pointers to start the game, Saint Rose rattled off 10 straight points. Williams and Barrett each had four of the 10 points.

Le Moyne answered with a 10-0 run of its own to tie the score with 1:01 left in the first quarter. Sophomore forward Courtney Webster (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) had the first four points, while Andrade had four of the last six points.


The Dolphins scored the first eight points of the second quarter, while the Golden Knights scored the next seven to tie the game at 21 with 5:02 left. Andrade accounted for five of Le Moyne's eight points, while three Golden Knights combined for the seven points.

Le Moyne got baskets from sophomore guard Ellie Leszyk (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) and Andrade to take a four-point lead before Ashley Vanderwall hit a three-pointer with 1:14 left in the quarter to get Saint Rose within 27-26 at halftime.

The Dolphins scored nine of the first 11 points of the second half to extend their lead to eight points with 7:12 remaining in the third quarter. Four different players scored in the run, which was ignited by a Salzbrenner three-pointer.

After Saint Rose scored seven of the next 11 points to get within 40-35 with 1:14 left, the Dolphins scored the last six points of the quarter to take an 11-point lead into the final 10 minutes. Leszyk capped the scoring in the third with a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Saint Rose scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to get back in the game. Taylor Nazon started the comeback with a three-pointer, Karissa Birthwright made two foul shots, Williams hit a jumper in the paint and then Britani Stowe converted a fast-break lay-up off a steal.

Salzbrenner pushed Le Moyne's lead back to five with a three-pointer with 3:57 left, but that would be Le Moyne's only basket of the quarter as the Dolphins were 1-for-7 from the field in the stanza and committed six turnovers.

The Golden Knights got a free throw from Williams, a lay-up from Birthwright and a free throw from Barrett to get within 49-48 with 1:10 remaining.

After senior guard/forward Maggie Brown (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) made a free throw with 29 seconds left to make it a two-point game and each team had an empty possession, Barrett made two free throws with nine seconds left to knot the score at 50.

The Dolphins were then gifted a foul by a Saint Rose player at midcourt with six seconds left and Andrade made one of her two foul shots to put the Dolphins back in front.

After Saint Rose called timeout and advanced the ball to the 28-foot mark, Barrett scored the winning basket from the left block with 0.3 seconds left after taking a feed from Stowe.

Le Moyne (2-5, 0-3 NE-10), which had its lowest scoring output at home against the Golden Knights in 17 all-time meetings, returns to action on Saturday at Adelphi University at 12:00 p.m.