Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College girls’s basketball team (16-5, 11-4 NE10) moved into second place in the Northeast-10 Conference Standings following a 76-64 win over Adelphi University on Saturday.
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The win was the sixth conference victory in a row for the ‘Phins, and it avenged a six-point loss that Le Moyne suffered at Adelphi in November.
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Senior guard Lytoya Baker (Rochester, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) scored a career-high 30 factors in opposition to the Panthers, and tied a program record with 14 made subject targets during the win.
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The final time a Le Moyne player scored no less than 30 points in a recreation was on November 23, 2021, when Emma Brinker poured in 30 factors at Saint Rose.
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Baker recorded 20 of her points during the second half, and shot 10-13 from the field during the last 20 minutes. The 5’9″ senior guard also tallied seven rebounds, two steals and a team-high five assists during 35 minutes performed.
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Redshirt-sophomore forward Haedyn Roberts (Holland Patent, N.Y./Holland Patent) recorded a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds, whereas freshman guard Sierra Linnin (Valley Cottage, N.Y./Albertus Magnus) knocked down three three-point area objectives and finished the NE10 contest with 10 points.
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Senior guard Lexi Gruss (Binghamton, N.Y./Binghamton) contributed a game-high three steals, while redshirt-freshman guard Sydney Lusher (Oneida, N.Y./Oneida) added four assists, seven rebounds, a block and a three pointer.
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Le Moyne committed simply eight turnovers towards the Panthers, which is the fewest turnovers recorded by the Dolphins throughout a convention sport up to now this season. Le Moyne forced Adelphi into 16 turnovers, and scored 19 points off of those turnovers.
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The Dolphins grabbed 12 offensive rebounds on Wednesday night time, compared to simply five for Adelphi.
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During the third interval, Le Moyne shot 11-18 from the sphere and outscored Adelphi 27-16 during the body to take a 57-42 lead going into the ultimate quarter.
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Senior ahead Jenna Jordan led Adelphi in scoring and rebounding with 20 factors and nine boards in 35 minutes of motion. Graduate guard Lauren Hammersley shot 4-8 from three-point land and finished with 18 points and a team-high 5 assists.
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Adelphi graduate guard Ty’zhea Hawkins, the NE10’s present main scorer, tallied 12 points, three assists and three turnovers towards the Dolphins zone protection.
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A three pointer from Lusher with 1:12 left in the first quarter gave the Dolphins a 16-5 lead, then the Panthers went on a fast 5-0 run during the last minute of the opening interval to trim their deficit to 16-10 after 10 minutes of play.
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Adelphi’s Rolando Robinson made a three pointer with 8:08 left in the second quarter, then scored within the paint less than a minute later to make it 20-18 in favor of the Dolphins.
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Baker scored Le Moyne’s next eight factors between the 6:32 and 1:45 marks of the second quarter to offer the Dolphins a 28-24 lead.
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Gruss knocked down a three pointer with 5:12 left within the third to offer the Dolphins a 12-point lead.
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Baker recorded 12 points and two assists throughout Le Moyne’s 27-point third quarter.
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Adelphi was unable to trim their deficit to single digits at any point during the fourth quarter.
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Hammersley made a 3 for Adelphi with 8:30 left in the third to chop Le Moyne’s lead to 13, then Linnin answered with a three pointer to make it 64-48 in favor of the Dolphins.
The Panther trimmed their deficit to 66-55 with 5:47 left within the fourth following a jumper from Kaitlyn O’ Connell, but Linnin hit one other triple for Le Moyne to make it a 14-point game.
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