Hackensack, N.J. – The Le Moyne College women’s basketball team (14-13, 12-2 NEC) outlasted the FDU Knights (10-16, 8-5 NEC) on Saturday afternoon at FDU’s Bogota Savings Bank Center by a score of 70-60 in a battle between the second and third place teams in the NEC Standings.
The Dolphins worked their way back from an early double-digit deficit and tied the game at 44-44 going into the fourth quarter.
Le Moyne outscored the Knights 26-16 in the final 10 minutes to claim their fifth consecutive double-digit victory, which is their largest win streak of the season, and their 10th double-digit win in NEC play.
After trailing 32-25 at halftime, Le Moyne shot 16-28 (57%) from the field in the second half, including 15-23 (65%) on two-point field goals. The Dolphins went 8-13 from the field and 9-11 from the line in the fourth quarter to close out their sixth conference road victory.
In the middle of an exciting fourth quarter, FDU held a 55-54 lead with 5:17 remaining, then the Dolphins went on a 15-0 run over a four-minute stretch to put the game away.
The Dolphins shot just 2-11 from beyond the 3-point line, compared to 7-31 for the Knights, but Le Moyne scored a season-best 42 points in the paint, compared to 26 for FDU.
The Dolphins also committed just six turnovers, which is a season-best for the squad, and they forced the Knights into 12 giveaways.
“We are just gritty and we fight,” said Le Moyne head coach Mary Grimes. “And I will say this, as soon as I walked in the locker room (at halftime after we cut their lead to seven), I just said ‘I love this team’, and they fought and they fought, and they’re getting everything that they deserve.”
Le Moyne junior guard Emily Florvil (Brooklyn, N.Y./Nazareth) scored a career-best 13 points on 5-6 shooting from the field and 3-3 from the line. She also pulled down a career and season-high-tying seven rebounds, dished out three assists and recorded two steals with zero turnovers in 28 minutes off the bench.
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