December 13, 2008
WBB: SAINT MICHAEL’S HOLDS ON AGAINST LE MOYNE IN NE-10
ACTION, 72-69
Syracuse, N.Y. – Four players reached double-figures in
scoring for the Le Moyne College women’s basketball team but
the Dolphins dropped a Northeast-10 Conference game to Saint
Michael’s, 72-69, at Ted Grant Court. Junior Courtney
Coryea (Mooers Forks, N.Y./Northeast Clinton) scored 15 to
lead Le Moyne and seniors Vanessa Holden (Suffern,
N.Y./Immaculate Heart (N.J.)) and Kathleen
Gladstone (Cleveland, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) each poured in 13
for the Dolphins.
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Gladstone finished with a game-high six assists and three
steals. She also collected six boards while Holden led all
rebounders with seven rebounds on the afternoon. Senior
Katie Dunn (Whippany, N.J./Morris Catholic/Holy
Family) was the fourth Dolphin in double-figures. She
finished with 12 points on the strength of four three-pointers.
Sophomore Danielle Felice (Adams, N.Y./South
Jefferson) chipped in with nine points off the bench for
Le Moyne.
The Dolphins scored the first five points of the game and led for a
majority of the first half. Dunn and Gladstone put in 10 of Le
Moyne’s first dozen points as the Dolphins opened up a 12-6
lead by the 14:17 mark of the first half. The six-point cushion was
Le Moyne’s largest of the afternoon and Saint Michael’s
battled back to knot the score eight times in the first 20 minutes
of play. At the 6:25 mark, Gladstone scored a fast break lay-up to
put Le Moyne ahead 23-18. But the Purple Knights scored the final
five points of the first half to take a 35-33 lead into halftime.
Junior Brittany Davis (Detroit, Mich. (Oak Park/Labette
College (Kan.)) scored all four of her points and pulled
down five rebounds in first-half action.
The Purple Knights never trailed in the second half and led by as
many as nine points by the 12:22 mark. But Le Moyne responded with
a 14-5 run over the next eight minutes to pull even at 60 points
with 4:15 play. The Dolphins’ rally was punctuated by a trio
of three-pointers from Dunn, Felice and Holden. The two teams
traded buckets down the stretch but a three-pointer by Caitlin
Quinn with the shot clock expiring gave the Purple Knights their
final push. With 15 seconds left, Logan Pintka secured the win for
Saint Michael’s with a three-point play to put her team up by
four points.
Alexis Keller led all scorers with 17 points while Michelle Otey
and Caitlin Quinn netted 14 points and 13 points, respectively, for
the Purple Knights (6-3, NE-10 4-3). Keller and Quinn each knocked
down a trio of three-pointers and Pintka finished with nine points
and six boards.
Le Moyne (5-4, NE-10 3-4) returns to action Monday when it hosts
Mercyhurst in a non-conference game at 6 p.m.
-agate-
Saint
Michael's 72, Le Moyne 69
Saint Michael's (6-3, NE-10 3-4)
35 37
- 72
Le Moyne (5-4, NE-10
3-4)
33 36
- 69
