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54
Lehigh Lehigh 3-6,0-0 Patriot
66
Winner La Salle LaS 6-3,0-0 Atlantic 10
Lehigh Lehigh
3-6,0-0 Patriot
54
Final
66
La Salle LaS
6-3,0-0 Atlantic 10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Lehigh Lehigh 12 12 8 22 54
La Salle LaS 15 16 18 17 66

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Spruill Leads La Salle to Victory Over Lehigh

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The La Salle women's basketball team took an early lead that it wouldn't relinquish led by a 26-point effort from graduate student Kayla Spruill to defeat Lehigh 66-54.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Amy Jacobs opened up the game for the Explorers with back-to-back layups to give La Salle a four-point lead eventually building up as many as a seven-point lead off an 8-2 run through the 2:13 mark. A layup at the end of the frame from the Mountain Hawks cut the deficit to three at the end of the first, 15-12.
  • La Salle held a narrow 22-20 lead over Lehigh at the 3:18 mark in the second when a Spruill 3-point bucket started the Explorers on a 9-4 run through the remainder of the frame to build up a seven-point lead headed into the second half, 31-24.
  • A 3-0 run put the Explorers up to start the frame before Lehigh cut the deficit to nine. La Salle took an 8-0 run, comprised solely of points from the line, through the final three minutes to pull ahead 49-32 at the end of the third quarter.
  • Mountain Hawks came out fast in the final frame with two three-point buckets and an 8-2 run to cut the deficit to 11, 51-40, forcing a La Salle timeout at the 7:18 mark. The Explorer remained scoreless over the next two minutes with a Lehigh deep ball cutting the deficit to six. Amy Jacobs stopped the bleeding with a jumper but Lehigh held the 5-2 advantage over the next minute to make it a five-point game at the media, 55-50. La Salle took an 11-4 run out of the media through the remainder of the game to secure the 66-54 victory.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
  • Spruill led the game with 26 points, just two shy of her career-high, from 7-of-15 shooting including 3-of-9 from deep and 9-of-10 from the line. Spruill added eight boards in the game.
  • Amy Jacobs hits double-digits rebounding with 10 boards. She was just one point shy from a double-double with nine points from 3-of-3 shooting and 3-of-4 from the line.
  • Mia Jacobs was strong around the rim pulling down eight boards. She was the only Explorer to be perfect from the line shooting 4-of-4.
  • The return of Molly Masciantonio was felt on the court leading the team in assists with three and steals with four.
  • The Explorers turned the ball over one time less than their opponent, 18-19, and outrebounded the Mountain Hawks 40-29.
GAME NOTES:
  • La Salle improves to 6-3 overall this season and now sits at 13-4 in the series with Lehigh. The win is the Explorers fourth-straight in the series and first at home since 2011.  
  • The Explorers are 1-1 in consecutive home games this season after an 8-4 record in back-to-back home contests last year.
  • The contest marks Spruill's second 20-plus point game this season. She is just the second Explorer to hit the 20-point mark and the second to do it in two games. She now has six games with double-digit scoring.
  • Amy Jacobs broke her career-high in rebounding with 10. She previously set the mark at nine in the Explorers season-opener at Howard. She becomes the second player this season to reach double-digit rebounding joining sister Mia Jacobs who recorded 11 against Lafayette.
  • The Explorers are now 4-0 when outrebounding their opponent.  
UP NEXT:
  • La Salle will head down Broad Street to take on the Temple Owls this Monday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. The game will stream live on ESPN+.
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