Ashley Addison’s three with under two minutes left in regulation gave the Molloy Lions the lead for good, as they went on to defeat the Dowling Golden Lions 56-51, Wednesday at Quealy Gymnasium on the Campus of Molloy College. With the win Molloy improves to 11-13, 7-7 in ECC play.
Addison, who led all scorers with 16 points, was confident in her play and happy her team picked up the victory. “It felt great to get this win tonight against the number one team in our conference. It brought our spirits up after the tough loss on Saturday,” Addison said. “I felt very confident when I took the shot ( that gave the Lions the lead), it's the type of shot the team and myself work on in practice all the time.”
Dowling got out to an early 5-2 lead, on five points from senior Sarah Schicher. The Lions would regain the lead,8-5, with a 6-0 run. With Lions up 11-10, Dowling would regain the lead with a three from senior Kelly Puwalski. Dowling would make this lead eight, 22-14, when sophomore Julia Koppl hit a three. But the Lions would come back, they cut the lead to two, 25-23, when graduate guard Amanda Bartlett hit a three and would tie the game with a jumper from junior Ikema Ross. Dowling would answer with a three from Puwalski to go up 28-25. In the winding seconds of the half junior Julia Finlay hit a three for Molloy to tie the game. At the half the game was knotted at 28.
Molloy started the second half on a 7-0 run to go up 35-28. With Molloy ahead 39-33, the Golden Lions went a 9-0 run to take a 42-39 lead. With the Golden Lions ahead 44-43, sophomore Jessica DeNicola hit a layup to give Molloy a one point advantage,45-44. Dowling responded with a three from Koppl and then on its next possession a three from freshman Christine Verrelle to go up 50-44. Molloy would respond with a three from Addison and on the next trip Ross would score to tie the game at 50. This lad to Addison’s shot that put Molloy ahead for good.
The Lions wrap up their ECC schedule on Wednesday when they travel to the University of the District of Columbia.
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