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MANCHESTER, N.H. - Katie Dunn led visiting Le Moyne College with 18 points as it edged Southern New Hampshire University 57-56 in Northeast-10 women's basketball Tuesday night at the SNHU Fieldhouse.  The Dolphins improved to 14-11 overall and 11-10 in the NE-10, while the Penmen are now 11-14 and 7-13 in the league.

Dunn was one of three Le Moyne players in double figures.  Kathleen Gladstone finished with 12 points, while Vanessa Holden added 11 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.  Julia Houghtaling (Franconia, NH) led Southern New Hampshire with 18 points on 8-12 shooting, while Kristen Anderson (Hooksett, NH) finished with a season-high 13 points, canning three of her six three-point attempts.  Sara Tucker (Red Hook, NY) added nine points and seven boards.

SNHU trailed by as many as 11 points in the second half and was down 54-44 with 4:39 left when it held Le Moyne scoreless for just under four minutes and used a 10-1 run to cut the lead to one, 55-54 with 20 seconds left on a three by Stephanie Houghton (Manchester, NH).  Le Moyne would turn over the ball on the inbounds pass following a timeout giving SNHU the ball back with 19.7 seconds to play.

A layup attempt by Ashara Carrington (Marblehead, MA) was blocked and after getting the ball back turned it over.  Courtney Coryea sank a pair of free throws for Le Moyne to push the lead to 57-54 with nine seconds left, and the Dolphins would foul SNHU twice coming up the court as it only had four team fouls to that point.

On an inbounds with 2.9 seconds left, Anderson was fouled shooting a three at the top of the key.  She would make the first before the second free throw attempt would spin around and out.  Anderson made the third but the Penmen were not able to come up with the ball on the inbounds.

SNHU came out on fire and was up 16-3 just 5:48 into the game following a three by Anderson.  The Dolphins would get it down to six, 22-16, with 8:01 to go on a layup by Brandy Wangelin, but five straight Penmen points capped by a Megan Shay (Candor, NY) three made it 27-16 with 7:06 before halftime.  Southern New Hampshire would carry a 30-25 lead into the locker room.

Le Moyne scored the first eight points of the second half to take a 33-30 lead with 17:29 left on a basket by Gladstone.  The Dolphins would continue to build their lead and went up 53-42 with 8:32 to play on a pair of Holden free throws.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Saturday when it travels to Assumption College for a 1:30 contest.