Syracuse, N.Y. – Classmates McKayla Roberts (North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) and Liz Millea (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown) combined for 49 points to lead the Le Moyne College women's basketball team to a 68-55 victory over Roberts Wesleyan College in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon at Ted Grant Court.

Roberts recorded her second career double-double with a game-high 26 points, including 15 in the second half, and a career-high 10 rebounds, including five in each half. Roberts extended her streak of reaching double figures in scoring to 24 consecutive starts. Millea registered a career-high 23 points, including 13 in the second half. Graduate student center Corinne Poitevien (Bardonia, N.Y./Paramus Catholic (N.J.)) turned in eight points and collected eight rebounds.

Taylor Bynoe led the Redhawks in the loss with 14 points, including nine in the second half, while grabbing seven rebounds. Tashayla Sutorius tallied 11 points and six rebounds.

After senior guard Madison Purcell (Clifton Park, N.Y./Catholic Central) gave the Dolphins a 4-3 lead with a lay-up, the Redhawks scored seven straight points to take their largest lead of the game. Bynoe made a fast-break lay-up, Sarah Nady drained a three-pointer in transition and Sutorius followed with two free throws.

Le Moyne countered with 12 of the next 16 points to regain the lead. Poitevien had four of the points, Roberts and Millea each made three-pointers and freshman guard Cameron Tooley (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) converted a fast-break lay-up.

Morgan Patton made a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Roberts Wesleyan a 17-16 lead after one quarter.

After the Redhawks scored four of the first five points in the second quarter to open up a 21-17 lead three minutes into the period, the teams went back and forth over the next three and one-half minutes with Roberts Wesleyan holding either a two or four point lead.

The teams then traded 4-0 runs. Roberts scored all four of Le Moyne's points to knot the score at 28 with 2:53 before halftime. To start the spurt, Roberts made a free throw with 3:21 left for her eighth point of the game, which made her the 18th player in the program's history to score 900 career points. She then tied the score with a three-pointer 28 seconds later.

Following four points by the Redhawks, Millea drilled a three-pointer with 14 seconds left to get the Dolphins within 32-31 at halftime.

The teams went back and forth over the opening six minutes of the third quarter, with the score being tied three times and the lead changing sides six times.

After Bynoe gave the Redhawks their final lead of the game, 43-42, with a jumper with 4:08 left, the Dolphins rattled off eight straight points to take the lead for good. Sophomore forward Madison Shetrom (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) put the Dolphins in front with a three-pointer, Roberts made one of her own and then Millea knocked down a jump shot with 1:30 to go to force a Roberts Wesleyan timeout.

Dimitra Gkizani and Millea made jumpers in the final 43 seconds as the Dolphins took a 52-45 lead into the fourth quarter.

Millea scored the first five points of the fourth quarter to give the Dolphins their first double-digit lead of the game, 57-45. She opened the quarter with two free throws and then drained a three-pointer with 8:52 to play.

Roberts Wesleyan answered with seven straight points to get within five (57-52) with 5:33 left, but could not get any closer. Sutorius made a jumper, Taryn Wilson connected on a three-pointer and then made two foul shots.

The Dolphins put the game out of reach by scoring the next six points. Roberts drilled her fifth three-pointer of the game, Poitevien made a lay-up and then Millea made a foul shot.

Following a jumper by Emily Miller with 2:00 left for the game's final field goal, Millea (3/4) and Roberts (2/4) went 5-of-8 at the foul line over the final 73 seconds to close out the game. With 26 seconds left, Roberts, who entered the game as the national leader in free-throw percentage at 97.3, misfired on back-to-back free throws for the first time in 31 career home games and for just the fourth time in her 67-game career (first time since January 28, 2017 at Franklin Pierce, 47 games ago).

Le Moyne (9-2), which is off to its best start since the 2000-01 season (also 9-2), opens 2019 on Wednesday by hosting East Stroudsburg University at 6:00 p.m.