Syracuse, N.Y. – Freshman guard McKayla Roberts (North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) scored 25 points to lead the Le Moyne College women's basketball team to a 77-68 win over Daemen College in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon at Ted Grant Court.

Roberts, who added five rebounds and a pair of assists to her game-high point total, tallied 15 of her points over the second and third quarters. Classmate Liz Millea (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown) recorded 11 points in 20 minutes off the bench as the only other Dolphin to score in double digits.

Sarah Saba led the Wildcats in the setback with 19 points, including nine in the third quarter, six rebounds, four steals and three assists. Sydney Jones registered 12 points, while Rachel Pawlak added 11 points off the bench.

The Dolphins scored the first four points of the game and led wire-to-wire. After Saba got the Wildcats within 4-3 with 7:55 left in the opening quarter, the Dolphins scored eight straight points. Junior forward Joanna Dobrovosky (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles) started the run with a jumper and a free throw on separate possessions and then Roberts made a free throw and a lay-up around a jumper by junior guard Ellie Leszyk (Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads).

Daemen countered with seven of the next nine points to get back within four, 14-10, with 8:05 remaining in the second quarter. Three different players scored in the span for the Wildcats, with Pawlak hitting a three-pointer to cap the spurt.

Le Moyne answered with a 9-2 run over 2:19 to take a double-digit lead. Millea started the jaunt with a three-pointer and followed 80 seconds later with a conventional three-point play. Roberts then buried a three-pointer for a 23-12 lead with 5:26 to go in the half.

After Pawlak hit a three-pointer to get the Wildcats back within single digits, the Dolphins registered a 9-3 run to take their largest lead of the game, 32-18, with 1:10 left in the half. Roberts scored five of the points, while junior forward Nicole Riddick (Albany, N.Y./Colonie/UMass Lowell) and sophomore guard Madison Purcell (Clifton Park, N.Y./Catholic Central) each scored two points.

Saba made a pair of jumpers in the final 1:01 to get the Wildcats within 32-22 at halftime.

The teams went back and forth over the opening six minutes of the third quarter, with Le Moyne's lead bouncing between eight and 13 points.

Jordan Heinold hit a three-pointer with 3:55 left to get Daemen within seven, but the Dolphins answered with six straight points to push their lead back to 13. Riddick scored the first four points and then junior forward Courtney Webster (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East), who grabbed a game-high nine rebounds, converted a lay-up.

Daemen closed out the quarter with seven of the last nine points to get within 56-48 after three periods. Pawlak and Jones each hit three-pointers in the span.

Following a three-point play by Carina Pringle to get Daemen within 58-51 with 9:06 left to play, the Dolphins rattled off nine of the next 11 points to take a 14-point lead for the second time. Roberts started the run with a three-pointer and three players followed with two points each.

Daemen countered with a 13-4 run to get within five, 71-66, but could not get any closer. Leah McDonell tallied four of the points, while Jones, Saba and Natalie Galus each scored three points.

Dobrovosky scored the next four points and Roberts finished off the game's scoring with a pair of free throws after two free throws by Jones.

Le Moyne (5-1), which is 5-1 for the third time in four seasons, returns to conference action on Wednesday at The College of Saint Rose at 5:30 p.m.