January 10, 2009
WBB: LE MOYNE PULLS OFF UPSET WITH 68-60 WIN OVER NO. 4
STONEHILL
Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College women’s
basketball team knocked off a nationally-ranked team for the third
time this season in taking down No. 4 Stonehill College, 68-60, in
Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Court. Junior
Courtney Coryea (Mooers Forks, N.Y./Northeast
Clinton) scored a game-high 18 points and anchored the
Dolphins’ second-half surge. Emily Rousseau’s 12 points
led the Skyhawks.
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Senior Vanessa Holden (Suffern, N.Y./Immaculate Heart
(N.J.)) complimented Coryea’s play in the low post
with a double-double, pouring in 13 points and pulling down a
game-high 12 rebounds. Coryea finished with six rebounds of her
own, including three on the offensive end. Crucial three-point
shooting from junior Denise Scott (Yonkers,
N.Y./Lincoln/C.C. of Rhode Island) and senior
Katie Dunn (Whippany, N.J./Morris Catholic/Holy
Family) rescued Le Moyne’s upset bid. Scott went for
10 points off of the bench and Dunn scored nine. Senior
Kathleen Gladstone (Cleveland, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit)
quarterbacked a Dolphins’ offense that scored 43 second-half
points. She finished with seven points, eight assists and three
steals.
Three minutes into the second half, Le Moyne trailed 36-29. But
the Dolphins rode a 20-4 run to turn the seven-point deficit into a
nine-point lead with 7:44 to play. During the stretch, Le
Moyne’s defense stymied the Skyhawks, forcing seven turnovers
and holding Stonehill scoreless for a seven-minute span. Gladstone
(7), Scott (5), Coryea (4) and junior Siobhan Shields
(Mason, N.H./St. Bernard's Central Catholic) (4) accounted
for all of Le Moyne’s points during the rally.
The Dolphin lead grew to 11 after Holden’s three-pointer
with 6:13 to play. But Stonehill utilized an 8-1 run to trim Le
Moyne’s advantage to four, at 53-49, by the 3:51 mark. Le
Moyne’s lead never fell below five down the stretch and a
pair of fast-break lay-ups from Coryea and Scott sealed the win.
The Dolphins shot 50 percent from the field in the second half
(15-of-30) and connected on four-of-seven three-pointers (57
percent).
Stonehill led by as many as 10 in the game thanks to an 11-1 run
with under five minutes to play in the first half. But a pair of
three-pointers from Dunn in the final minute of the first half kept
the Dolphins within striking distance at halftime. Tania Williams
joined Rousseau as the only other Skyhawk in double-figures, with
10 points. Bethany Tighe and Megan Methven each scored eight for
Stonehill while Tighe recorded a team-best eight boards.
No. 4 Stonehill (13-2, NE-10 8-2) is the third nationally-ranked
team Le Moyne has taken down this season. Earlier this year, the
Dolphins (8-8, NE-10 5-6) upset No. 24 Assumption and No. 6
Franklin Pierce. Le Moyne returns to action Wednesday when it hosts
Bentley at 5:30 p.m. in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant
Court.
-agate-
Le Moyne 68,
Stonehill 60
Stonehill (13-2, NE-10 8-2) 31
29 -
60
Le Moyne (8-8, NE-10 5-6) 25
43 -
68
