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Julia Hauer vs Le Moyne 2022-23
66
Le Moyne LeM 2-1,0-0 NE10
69
Winner Daemen Daemen 3-0,0-0 ECC
Le Moyne LeM
2-1,0-0 NE10
66
Final
69
Daemen Daemen
3-0,0-0 ECC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Le Moyne LeM 13 10 16 27 66
Daemen Daemen 15 15 20 19 69

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | CONTACT: Mary Margaret Johnson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mmjohnso@daemen.edu

Wildcats Win 69-66 Thriller Over Le Moyne

Daemen Women's Basketball Earns Second 3-0 Start Since 2020-21

AMHERST, N.Y. -- In a down to the wire thriller, the Daemen University women's basketball team outlasted a late comeback by Le Moyne to come away with the 69-66 victory. The Wildcats improve to 3-0 to open up the season for the first time since the 2020-21 season. Led by junior guard Kaytlyn Matz (Johnsburg, Ill.) and graduate student Paige Emborsky (Newfane, N.Y.) who combined for 29 of Daemen's points, the Wildcats held off the Dolphins' fourth-quarter run in which Le Moyne out-scored Daemen 27-19.

Sophomore Julia Hauer (Binghampton, N.Y.) banked three buckets in the final two minutes to keep the Wildcats with a late lead over the Dolphins that was ultimately the difference-maker in the game. 

Le Moyne senior Lytoya Baker led all shooters on the day with 18 points. The Dolphins move to 2-1 on the season. 

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Kaytlyn Matz and went 4-of-7 from the field and 4-of-5 from beyond the arc to lead all Wildcat shooters with 15 points. 
  • Julia Hauer's late-game heroics attributed to a season-high 10 points. The sophomore forward finished 5-of-7 from the field, and pulled down a team-high five rebounds, including a team-high three offensive rebounds.
  • Paige Emborsky scored double-digit points for the third straight game, putting up 14 points, five rebounds, a block and a steal. 
  • Junior guard Gabby McDuffie (Buffalo, N.Y.) put up her best offensive game of the season, totaling 11 points after shooting 75-percent from beyond the arc (3-of-4). She added three rebounds to her stat line, and banked two free throws in the final seconds of the game to give the Wildcats' the late advantage.
  • Junior Natalie Angeletti (Panama, N.Y.) and freshman Claire Pikett (Holland, N.Y.) both pulled down four rebounds a piece. 
  • Mikayla Ivy (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Shyla Montgomery (Brockton, Mass.) combined for eight of Daemen's 14 assists on the day, with both the fifth-year forward and freshman guard putting up four assists a piece.
GAME NOTES
  • Emborsky, Paige and McDuffie banked crucial free-throws in the final minutes of the game for the win.
  • The Wildcats led 50-39 after three quarters. Le Moyne went on a 16-3 run to begin the fourth quarter, and would go on to out-score the Wildcats 27-19 in the final quarter. 
  • Daemen saw success from beyond the arc in today's game. The Wildcats banked 11-of-22 three-pointers to finish 50-percent from the distance. Daemen shot 36-percent from the field on the day, going 21-of-58. 
  • The Wildcats bench scored 29 points on the day, marking their second-most points off the bench on the season (Daemen scored a season-high 33 bench points against Felician on Saturday, Nov. 12).  
  • With the win, Daemen snaps a five-game losing streak to Le Moyne that spanned back to 2013. 
UP NEXT
The Wildcats are set to host Saint Michael's on Sunday at 11 AM at Lumsden Gymnasium. 

Daemen University features the premier NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 17 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.

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