Box Score

QUARTER SCORES:
1: 13-9 (SCS)
2: 27-23 (SCS)
3: 46-35 (SCS)
FINAL SCORE: So. Conn. St. 68 | Le Moyne 57



Northeast-10 Conference Championship Postseason Outlook:
The top five teams in the Southwest Division advance to the 2015-16 Northeast-10 Conference Championship. Southern Connecticut is currently tied in second place in the Southwest Division, along with Le Moyne and Adelphi, with a conference mark of 10-9. This season, the Owls split with Le Moyne, but loss twice to Adelphi. The Owls still have one game against Pace before finding out the final rankings for the tournament.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team extended its winning streak to three as a quartet of double-digit scores, including a double-double from senior Jackie Beathea (Annandale, Va.), helped lead the Owls past Le Moyne College, 68-57, on Saturday afternoon as part of Senior Day. Following the win, the Owls improve to 17-10 and 10-9 while the Dolphins fall to 13-12 and 10-9 in the Southwest Division.



Junior Maria Weselyj (Marlborough, Conn.) led the Owls' offense with a team-high 17 points, just seven shy of her career-high 24 points, as well as chipped in with two rebounds, an assist and a steal over 27 minutes of play. She ended the day shooting 5-of-8 from the floor, 1-of-2 from behind the arc and 6-of-6 from the free throw line.

Beathea registered a career-high 18 double-doubles, 11 points and 10 rebounds, while posting a single steal against the Dolphins. Senior Nicole Grossbard (Pearl River, N.Y.) and junior Taylor McLaughlin (Colchester, Conn.) also chipped in with 11 points for the Owls. Grossbard led the afternoon in the assist column with six and also posted three rebounds and two steals. McLaughlin finished the afternoon with four rebounds, two steals, a block and an assist.

It was a slow go in the first as both teams recorded a combined 15 turnovers and were tied 2-2 over the first four minutes of play. It wasn't until a jumper from Weseleyj that sparked a 5-0 run to give the Owls a 7-2 lead with 4:46 remaining. Le Moyne battled back to within two, 9-7, following a three from Lauren Salzbrenner, but Southern Connecticut would close out the first quarter with a 4-2 run, taking a 13-9 lead at the buzzard.

The Owls continued their run into the second as a jumper from Powell extended the hosts' lead to seven, 16-9, at the 8:19 mark. Two minutes later, Le Moyne rallied back to within three, 16-13, until a 6-0 run put the hosts up nine, 22-13. At the 2:39 mark, Le Moyne cut the hosts' lead to within two, 27-23, but Southern Connecticut would take a 27-23 lead at the half, following an Owls' 5-3 run.

Despite being down by four at the half, Le Moyne tied the game, 27-27, before taking its first lead of the game 28-27 at the 7:19 mark. The Dolphins' lead didn't last long as a 12-0 run gave Southern Connecticut its first double-digit lead of the game with 11, 39-28. Le Moyne slowly crept in on the hosts as a three from Melanie Quijano brought the Dolphins within nine, 44-35, but Powell would put the Owls' lead back up to 11, 46-35, at the end of third.

In the final quarter, Southern Connecticut saw its lead grow to 18, 59-41, thanks to a free throw from Beathea with 3:38 left to play. Le Moyne cut the Owls' lead to 12 twice before bringing the final score to 68-57, thanks to a layup from Courtney Webster.



The Owls are back in action on Feb. 23 as the team wraps up the regular season at Pace University.