Worcester, Mass. – Senior guard Vandell Andrade (Cranston, R.I./St. Mary's-Bay View/Rhode Island College) scored 18 points to lead the Le Moyne College women's basketball team to a 57-42 victory at nationally-ranked Assumption College on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at Laska Gymnasium.

Andrade tallied eight of points in the opening quarter, while adding three rebounds and two assists. Classmates Maggie Brown (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) and Lauren Salzbrenner (Sheboygan, Wis./Sheboygan North) each recorded nine points, while Brown pulled down a team-best seven rebounds.
 
Assumption, which is ranked 15th in the D2SIDA National Poll and is receiving votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll, received a career-high 21 points from Morgan O'Donnell, who also grabbed a team-best seven rebounds. Kelly Conley was the only other player in the game to reach double digits with 10 points.

The Dolphins opened the game with the first six points with baskets from three different players over the opening 3:55. After the teams traded points over the following four minutes, O'Donnell made a jumper to get the Greyhounds within 14-11 with 1:32 left.

Freshman guard Madison Purcell (Clifton Park, N.Y./Catholic Central) and Andrade countered with lay-ups to push Le Moyne's lead to seven for the first time with 1:02 remaining.

O'Donnell netted five points over the final 48 seconds of the quarter to get the Greyhounds within 18-16 after 10 minutes.

The Dolphins tallied the first five points of the second quarter to extend their lead back to seven with 8:19 left in the first half. Andrade made a lay-up and Purcell followed with three points over two possessions.

After the teams split the next eight points, the Greyhounds tallied eight of the last 11 points of the quarter to get within 30-28 at halftime. O'Donnell made a lay-up, Kelly Carey drilled a three-pointer two minutes later and after Salzbrenner answered with a three-pointer, Conley buried a three-pointer in the final seconds.

Assumption (10-4, 6-3 NE-10) jumped out of the gates in the third quarter with the first six points to take its only lead of the game. O'Donnell made four free throws around a lay-up by Conley.

Le Moyne answered with seven straight points and nine of the last 10 points of the quarter over the final 6:34 to regain the lead. Freshman guard Melanie Quijano (San Diego, Calif./Horizon Christian) started the run with a jumper, Andrade followed with a jumper and then sophomore forward Corinne Poitevien (Bardonia, N.Y./Paramus Catholic (N.J.)) made a lay-up for the lead with 1:33 to go. After Andrade and Jo Impellizeri traded free throws, Poitevien put the Dolphins up 39-35 at the end of the quarter with a lay-up with four seconds left.

The Dolphins extended their lead to eight with the first four points of the fourth quarter. Andrade had the first three and Brown followed with a free throw.

Following three points from O'Donnell in eight seconds to get the Greyhounds within five with 7:48 left, Le Moyne scored the next seven points over 1:47 to take a double-digit lead. Quijano and Andrade made baskets, Salzbrenner converted two free throws and then Poitevien made a foul shot with 4:00 to go.

O'Donnell and Conley each made a free throw to get Assumption within 50-40, but the Dolphins made seven straight free throws to put the game away. Brown made two, Salzbrenner followed with four and then Poitevien capped Le Moyne's scoring in the contest.
 
Le Moyne (7-7, 4-4 NE-10), which won at Assumption for the first time since January 24, 2009, snapping a streak of five straight losses, returns home to take on Saint Anselm College on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.