Buffalo, N.Y. — The Le Moyne women’s basketball team earned a 66-61 victory at the University of Buffalo on Saturday afternoon inside UB’s Alumni Arena.
Le Moyne trailed Buffalo 45-44 after three quarters, then the Dolphins outscored the Bulls 22-16 in the final 10 minutes to claim their second road victory of the campaign and hand UB its first loss at home this season.
Le Moyne sophomore guard Kaia Goode (Rochester, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) scored a team-high and personal season-high 17 points with a career-high nine made free throws in 34 minutes played. Goode also contributed three rebounds, three assists and three steals, including a takeaway that sealed the game with a few seconds remaining.
Graduate guard Sydney Lusher (Oneida, N.Y./Oneida) tallied 16 points, a team-high four assists, four rebounds, one block and one steal in 37 minutes for the ‘Phins, while fifth-year guard Lytoya Baker (Rochester, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.
Le Moyne junior guard Emily Florvil (Brooklyn, N.Y./Nazareth) was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to record a career-high in made free throws on her way to scoring a career-high 10 points. Florvil also pulled down two offensive rebounds to maintain her 2.0 per game offensive rebounding average.
Redshirt junior forward Haedyn Roberts (Holland Patent, N.Y./Holland Patent) added 10 points and a season-high eight rebounds to the Le Moyne cause. Roberts went 4-4 from the line to increase her season free-throw percentage to 95%, and she pulled down a team-best four offensive rebounds against the Bulls.
Le Moyne recorded season-highs in free throws made and free throws attempted, shooting 22-25 from the line during the win.
The Dolphins capitalized on 15 offensive rebounds with 13 second chance points, while limiting the Bulls to nine offensive rebounds and five second chance points.
Le Moyne scored 20 points off of Buffalo’s 19 turnovers. The Dolphins outscored the Bulls in the paint by a tally of…
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