Syracuse, N.Y. – Sophomore forward Courtney Webster (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) scored a career-best 18 points to lead the Le Moyne College women's basketball team to a 75-72 overtime victory over Franklin Pierce University on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court.

Webster, who went 9-of-11 from the field, tallied 14 of her points in the second half, while adding two rebounds and two steals. Senior guard Vandell Andrade (Cranston, R.I./St. Mary's-Bay View/Rhode Island College) registered 12 points, nine rebounds (five offensive), seven steals (tied for the seventh-most in a game in the program's history) and dished out three assists. Freshman guard Madison Purcell (Clifton Park, N.Y./Catholic Central) came off the bench to record a career-high 12 points, including four points in overtime.

Jemma Thacker led five Ravens in double-digits with 16 points, including 11 in the second half, while adding four assists and two steals. All-Conference forward Kara Charette tallied 15 points (11 after halftime), four rebounds and three assists, while Dyamond Gardner recorded 11 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Alison Palma and Natalie Bastian each posted 10 points in the setback, while Palma grabbed four rebounds and Bastian dished out three assists.

The Dolphins opened the game with six of the first eight points on baskets by three different players – Andrade, senior guard Lauren Salzbrenner (Sheboygan, Wis./Sheboygan North) and sophomore forward Joanna Dobrovosky (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles).

After Dobrovosky gave the Dolphins an 8-4 lead with 6:25 remaining in the first quarter, Ravens rattled off eight straight points over 3:07 to take a four-point lead of their own. Thacker tallied five of the points in the spurt.

The Dolphins evened the score at 12 and 14 before Charette gave her team the lead at the end of the quarter with a jumper just before time expired.

Following a jumper by Palma to start the scoring in the second quarter, Le Moyne scored five straight points to regain the lead. Senior forward Maggie Brown (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) had the first three points and then Andrade made a lay-up for the lead with 7:27 left.

Following back-and-forth action over the next four minutes, the teams traded 4-0 spurts before Jasmyne Fogle buried a three-pointer to give Franklin Pierce a 32-28 lead at halftime.

The Dolphins opened the third quarter with a 7-2 run to take the lead, but Franklin Pierce posted a 7-2 run of its own to push the lead back to four, 41-37, with 6:06 to go.

After the Dolphins posted a 6-2 spurt, including a pair of jumpers by Webster, to tie the game for the sixth time at 43, Thacker scored five straight points to give the Ravens a 48-43 edge with 2:33 left.

The teams split the last 14 points of the quarter as Franklin Pierce took a 55-50 advantage into the final quarter.

Franklin Pierce extended its lead to seven points twice in the opening 1:35 of the fourth quarter, but the Dolphins answered with nine consecutive points to take the lead back. Webster hit two jump shots, Salzbrenner drained a three-pointer and then Purcell made a lay-up with 4:32 left for a 61-59 lead.

Gardner drilled back-to-back three-pointers to put the Ravens up 65-61 with 3:25 remaining, but they would not score the rest of the quarter.

Purcell pulled the Dolphins within two with a lay-up with 2:17 to go and then Brown made a fast-break lay-up 32 seconds left to tie the score.

After each team missed a shot, Gardner drew a foul with 21 seconds remaining and went to the foul line for two shots. She missed both attempts, but got her own rebound to set up one final chance to win the game in regulation. Thacker's shot with three seconds left was off the mark, resulting in the overtime period.

Following ties at 67 and 69 over the opening three minutes of overtime, Charette gave the Ravens a 72-69 lead with a three-pointer with 1:42. As was the case in regulation, the Ravens failed to score the remainder of the period.

Once again, Purcell started Le Moyne's run with a lay-up with 1:03 to go. After Andrade registered her seventh steal of the game with 38 seconds left, Dobrovosky was fouled and went to the line for two shots. She converted both to put the Dolphins in front with 37 ticks remaining. Following a Franklin Pierce turnover with 10 seconds left, Salzbrenner made two free throws with seven seconds left to cap the game's scoring.

Le Moyne (10-10, 7-7 NE-10), which has won back-to-back games against Franklin Pierce at home, returns to the hardwood on Wednesday at The College of Saint Rose at 5:30 p.m. The game is the 12th contest of the year in the year-long "Upstate Challenge" between the institutions and is worth the second half of the women's basketball point. Le Moyne holds a 5.5-4.5 lead through the first 11 meetings.