Garden City, N.Y. – Senior point guard Erin Fouracre (Loudonville, N.Y./Colonie Central) dribbled the length of the court, made a move past her defender, and scored the go-ahead layup with 0:04 remaining in the Le Moyne College women's basketball team's 46-45 Northeast-10 Conference Southwest Division victory at Adelphi University on Tuesday evening to complete the Dolphins' fourth quarter come-from-behind victory and improve the team's record to 14-4 on the season. Le Moyne now holds sole possession of first place in the Northeast-10 Southwest Division standings with a 12-3 resume against conference competition following the win.

"(Adelphi) is a really good defensive team. We just stayed the course. That's what we talked about at halftime, we just have to stick to what we do," said Le Moyne Head Coach Mary Grimes after the game. "… Erin stepped up and made a great play [at the end]," Grimes added.

The Dolphins showed great poise and maturity down the stretch, moving the ball and getting good shots during high-pressure offensive possessions.

Junior guard Lytoya Baker (Rochester, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) drained a pull up jumper at the 9:04 mark of the first quarter to open the scoring. The Panthers made two three-point field goals during the first quarter and jumped out to a 14-6 lead after nine minutes.

Le Moyne took just three three-point field goals during the entire game on Tuesday and finished the contest 0-3 from beyond the arc.

Redshirt-junior guard Saeeda Abdul-Aziz (Schenectady, N.Y./Mohonasen/Davidson) scored a basket for Le Moyne with 0:42 remaining in the period, and the Dolphins trailed 14-8 at the end of the first quarter.

Jenna Zimmerman (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) drove to the basket as the shot clock was winding down with just under eight minutes remaining in the second quarter. The 6'2" senior forward slashed across the paint and kicked the ball out to Baker in the short corner, who knocked down the jump shot to cut Le Moyne's deficit to 14-12.

Adelphi scored the next two baskets before Baker drilled a pull up jumper to make it 18-14 in favor of the Panthers.

Senior Emma Brinker (East, Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) scored a layup off an assist from Abdul-Aziz with 3:22 left in the half.

The Panthers held a 20-18 lead at halftime.

Abdul-Aziz converted a put back at the beginning of the third quarter to make it 22-20 Adelphi.

Ty'zhea Hawkins converted a jumper, then Sydney Rosenoff made a three-point field goal to put the Panthers up 27-20 at the 7:25 mark.

Following the triple, Fouracre accepted the inbounds pass from underneath Le Moyne's basket, dribbled all the way to Adelphi's basket, drew a foul and made two free-throws to cut the Panthers' momentum.

Abdul-Aziz made a great defensive play during the subsequent Le Moyne defensive possession. The Dolphins switched to a man-to-man defense during the second half; Abdul-Aziz slid her feet as her opponent attacked the basket, stripped the ball out of her hands and forced a turnover, earning possession back for the Dolphins with 6:59 left in the quarter. Le Moyne brought the ball up the court and got it to Zimmerman on the right side. Zimmerman skipped a pass over the defense to Baker on the opposite side of the court. Baker attacked the defender's close out and scored a runner in the lane off the glass to make it a one-possession game.

Le Moyne got another stop on their next defensive possession, and Abdul-Aziz pushed the ball up the floor, drew a foul in the lane and converted one out of two free-throws to make it 27-25 in favor of the Panthers.

Zimmerman made a nice move and scored in the painted area to cut the deficit to 30-29, but Adelphi went down and scored immediately to extend the lead back to three points.

Emily Miccile scored a layup for Adelphi with 0:35 left in the third period to make it 34-29. Miccile attacked the basket again during the last play of the period, but Zimmerman made a great block to keep the score at 34-29 going into the fourth quarter.

The Dolphins went on a 8-0 run to start the fourth quarter.

Fouracre scored a layup at the beginning of the period to make it 34-31. Brinker blocked a Rebecca Lee layup attempt at the 9:20 mark, and Baker drilled another jumpshot at the other end to cut Adelphi's lead to 34-33.

At the end of a great Le Moyne offensive possession, Abdul-Aziz delivered an entry pass to Brinker in the post, who turned and converted the layup to give the Dolphins a 35-34 advantage, their first lead of the contest since they were up 4-2 with over eight minutes remaining in the first quarter.

Brinker grabbed an offensive rebound during the next Le Moyne possession, and their second chance opportunity produced another great pass from Abdul-Aziz to Brinker in the post. This time Brinker was fouled, and she converted both free-throws to put Le Moyne up 37-34.

The Dolphins forced two missed shots during their next defensive stand, but the referee called a loose ball foul on Le Moyne during the scramble for the defensive rebound. The Panthers took advantage of the extra opportunity, as Miccile found Rosenoff for a three-point field goal to tie the game at 37-37.

Fouracre drove to the basket during Le Moyne's next possession but could not finish the contested layup. Zimmerman grabbed the offensive rebound, turned and converted a fall away jumper to put Le Moyne back on top, 39-37.

Miccile made two free throws with 4:56 remaining, then sank two more with 3:45 left in the game to put Adelphi up 41-39. Miccile finished the game with 11 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and five steals in 35 minutes of action for Adelphi.

With just under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Baker made a great pass from the top of the key to Brinker, who had slipped between two defenders towards the right block. Brinker caught the pass, absorbed contact from a defender scrambling to recover, made the layup, drew a foul and converted the additional free throw to give Le Moyne a 42-41 advantage.

Le Moyne stayed in their woman-to-woman defense during the next Adelphi possession. Miccile attacked the basket, but was guarded well by Zimmerman, who provided her fifth block of the game for Le Moyne when she knocked Miccile's shot out of bounds. Tuesday's contest was the second game this year during which Zimmerman has had five blocked shots. Zimmerman is now tied with Jennifer Shea for sixth most career blocked shots in Le Moyne College women's basketball history with 138 career rejections. She is also just above current Le Moyne Assistant Coach Joanna Dobrovosky '18 at fifth all-time in career blocked shots per game average with 1.9.

Hawkins immediately sank a jumper for the Panthers off their baseline out of bounds play to put Adelphi up 43-42.

Hawkins then drew a foul and made two free throws with just under a minute remaining to give the Panthers a 45-42 advantage. Le Moyne called a timeout.

Out of the timeout Le Moyne ran a play that got Zimmerman the ball at the right elbow. Brinker slid down and established good position on her defender in the middle of the paint, and Zimmerman gave her the ball. Brinker made a move towards the left block and dropped a nice bounce pass around her defender to Abdul-Aziz who had cut underneath the basket to the right block. Abdul-Aziz finished the uncontested layup to cut Le Moyne's deficit to 45-44.

The Panthers did not call a timeout and dribbled the ball into the front court. They ran the game clock down to 15 seconds before taking and missing a long two-point field goal. Abdul-Aziz grabbed the crucial defensive rebound in the middle of the painted area, and Le Moyne called a timeout.

With 0:13 remaining in the fourth quarter, Le Moyne inbounded the ball to Fouracre from underneath their own basket. With the 'Phins trailing 45-44, their senior lead guard dribbled the ball up the left side of the court. As she approached the three-point line, Fouracre turned to her right into a screen set by Zimmerman, who was trailing the play. Fouracre crossed back over to her left, bounced the ball just outside the elbow, gathered it as she drove towards the left block, kept the ball away from her defender and finished the left-handed layup to put the Dolphins up 46-45. The Panthers called a timeout, and Fouracre let out a roar as the Dolphins celebrated their go-ahead basket on the road.

Adelphi got the ball to Hawkins, who had a game-high 17 points, but junior Lexi Gruss (Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton) played great defense, and contested Hawkins three-point attempt which missed to the left of the rim, completing Le Moyne's fourth quarter come-from-behind victory.

Fouracre finished the game with nine points, six rebounds and two steals in 38 minutes played. Abdul-Aziz and Brinker each also contributed nine points to the Le Moyne cause. Abdul-Aziz also pulled down seven rebounds during the conference victory, while Brinker grabbed six.

Zimmerman finished the game with a stat line of six points, eight rebounds, five blocks, two assists and one steal in 38 minutes.

Baker provided a team-high 10 points to go along with five rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal in 36 minutes of action.

The Le Moyne College women's basketball team will return home to battle Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday, February 12 at 1:00 p.m. EST. The Dolphins previously lost to the Owls by a score of 62-51 in Connecticut on Thursday, February 3.