Box Score BOX SCORE
RAPID REACTION WITH HEAD COACH KAREN PINKOS
When and Where: January 26, 2016 – Manchester, N.H. (SNHU Fieldhouse)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 52, Le Moyne College 51
Records: SNHU 11-8 (5-8 Northeast-10), Le Moyne 9-10 (6-7 Northeast-10)
Freshman Kylie Lorenzen (Holliston, Mass.) and sophomore Catherine Stinson (Lynn, Mass.) scored 14 and 13 points, respectively, as the Southern New Hampshire University women's basketball team vanquished a five-game losing skid with a 52-51 victory against Le Moyne College on Tuesday evening at the SNHU Fieldhouse.
Lorenzen was 7-for-8 from the field, while collecting nine rebounds to narrowly miss out on her third double-double of the season. Stinson shot 4 of 13 from the floor, including 2 of 4 from beyond the arc, and 3 of 5 from the stripe to go along with three rebounds.
Vandell Andrade led the Dolphins with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
The game was tied 6-6 a little over four minutes into an opening quarter in which the Penmen never led when five different Le Moyne scorers contributed to a 15-5 run that ended the period with the Dolphins holding a 21-11 advantage. Ailayia Demand paced Le Moyne with five points during the stretch.
Southern New Hampshire flipped the script in the second stanza, opening the quarter with a 12-2 flourish that was powered by eight points from Lorenzen and knotted the contest at 23-all. The Dolphins then crafted a 5-1 spurt that put them back in front before a jumper from freshman Aaliyah Paxton (Hainesport, N.J.) trimmed SNHU's halftime deficit to 28-26.
After an Andrade layup opened the second-half scoring, the Penmen ripped off an 11-2 run as five scorers contributed to put the hosts in front, 37-32, midway through the third quarter. SNHU grabbed its first lead of the game on a three-point play from junior Sara Ryan (Quincy, Mass.) that made it 35-32 with 5:36 remaining.
A 5-0 counter-run from Le Moyne would tie the game at 37-all with just over three minutes on the clock, but back-to-back Stinson layups gave Southern New Hampshire a 43-39 edge at the end of three.
A layup from sophomore Olivia Conrad (Hanover, Mass.) opened the largest lead of the night for the Penmen at 45-39, but four straight points from Andrade sparked a 6-0 run that tied the game at 45-all with 7:45 to play.
A 7-2 spurt – highlighted by a huge Stinson trey – put the Penmen back top, 52-47, with 1:01 to go, but a pair of layups from Demand and Andrade would slice the Dolphins' deficit to just a single point with 15 seconds left. Following a questionable jump ball call that went Le Moyne's way and a timeout, the Dolphins possessed the ball with a chance at the win with 13 ticks on the clock, but missed a 3-pointer with five seconds left and the Penmen escaped with the win.
Conrad finished with eight points (3-5 FG, 2-4 FT) and three rebounds, while classmate Jennifer Shelp (Apalachin, N.Y.) notched eight points (1-7 FG, 6-6 FT) and four boards. Ryan chipped in three points (1-6 FG, 1-1 FT), five rebounds, three assists and two blocks and Paxton added three points (1-5 FG, 1-2 FT) and six boards.
Notes:
-With its 11th win of the season, Southern New Hampshire matches its win total from all of last year.
-Southern New Hampshire outshot Le Moyne, 37.5 percent (18-48) to 30 percent (18-60), while the Dolphins were slightly better from long distance, 21.4 percent (3-14) to 20 percent (2-10).
-SNHU owned the glass, 46-30, while Le Moyne won the paint (26-24) and used 25 Penmen turnovers for a 27-11 margin in points off mistakes.
Up Next:
The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Jan. 30 (1:30 p.m.) when they play host to Pace University on Salute to Service Day at the Fieldhouse. Tickets can be purchased HERE or at the box office on the day of the game.
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