COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's basketball team lost to 2019 NCAA Tournament qualifier Le Moyne College, 83-49, on Wednesday in the Ross Sports Center during Northeast-10 Conference play. The Dolphins advanced to last year's NCAA Sweet 16.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-8, 2-8 NE10), Le Moyne (11-6, 7-3 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Nicole Anderson (Kittery Point, Maine/Marianapolis Prep), 14 points, 7 assists (career high), 5 rebounds, 4-for-6 three-pointers
• Sophomore Emma MacDonough (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington), 13 points, 4 assists, 3-for-6 three-pointers
• Senior Taylor Miller (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth), 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 offensive rebounds, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Nicole Ladas (Glastonbury, Conn./Tilton School), 7 points, 5 rebounds
• Senior Cassandra Falone (Chatham, N.J./Chatham), 5 points, 2 steals
• Senior Alyssa Breunig (Trumbull, Conn./Trumbull), 4 rebounds, 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior McKayla Roberts, 30 points, 5 assists, 7-for-12 three-pointers
• Redshirt junior Liz Millea, 17 points, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 3-for-6 three-pointers
• Senior Colleen Corcoran, 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
• Sophomore Erin Fouracre, 9 points, 5 assists
• Sophomore Jenna Zimmerman, 16 rebounds

GAME FACTS

• Le Moyne advanced to the Sweet 16 round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament, finishing as the East Region runner-up.
• By increasing her career block total to 103, Miller passed SMC Athletic Hall of Famer Sarah Turkington '92 (102) for seventh in program history.
• Anderson is now seventh in school annals with 128 career three-pointers, passing both Franklin Pierce University assistant coach Indira Evora '17 (125) and Alexis Keller '10 (127) in the process.
• The Purple Knights committed only 11 turnovers to the Dolphins' 12.

THE ACTION

• MacDonough scored her team's first five points, as the Purple Knights led 5-4 by 7:02 of the first quarter.
• Fouracre responded with a go-ahead jumper before Roberts buried her first three at 5:49, but Ladas's lay-in with 5:01 to go brought the hosts within 9-7.
• Le Moyne put together a 21-2 run over an ensuing 7:20 span, with Roberts scoring eight early points and Millea burying a pair of late threes.
• Anderson's triple produced a 32-14 margin at 4:41 of the second period, and another trey by the captain just before the buzzer kept the separation 43-24 at halftime.
• Miller converted two buckets 48 seconds apart in the third period that both brought Saint Michael's within 17 points, including at 52-35 with 5:56 remaining, and Ladas knocked down a three that had the Purple Knights down 56-38 at 3:27.
• The Dolphins pulled away on the strength of a 15-3 run that carried into the fourth quarter, with Millea netting seven points and Roberts five.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Pace University, 1:30 p.m.
• The Setters are eighth in this week's D2SIDA East Region Media Poll.
• The Purple Knights will host a Hope Happens Here Mental Health Awareness Game that day.