Dec. 3, 2007

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. - Junior Jasmine Travers (Gaitersburg, MD) tallied 13 of her career-high 15 points in the first half as the Adelphi University women's basketball team topped Georgian Court, 64-48, in non-conference action on Monday night at Woodruff Hall. The Panthers win their third straight to improve to 3-3 on the season. Georgian Court falls to 3-3.

Senior Gianna Smith (Hempstead, N.Y.) had 14 points and six rebounds, while junior Danielle Parks (Galloway, N.J.) chipped in 12 points off the bench.

Adelphi wasted no time jumpting out to an early 8-0 lead which extended to a 15-2 margin through 12:26. The Lions cut the lead to nine, 19-10, on a basket by Dee Varley at 10:01, but this was the closest they would get. A layup by freshman Lekesha Harris (St. Albans, N.Y.) sparked a 17-4 rally to give the Panthers their largest lead of the night, 36-14, at 2:37. Adelphi shot 52.4 percent from the field in the first half and carried a substantial 39-21 lead into the locker room.

The second half was more of the same as Adelphi maintained its cushion despite connecting on just 7-of-21 from the field. Georgian Court faired slightly better with nine field goals and were unable sustain a consistent rally.

The Panthers held a slight 32-29 rebound advantage with junior Serita Lee (Freeport, N.Y.) pulling down a game-high 11 boards. Adelphi went to the free throw line 36 times, hitting a season high 72.2 percent (26-36).

Varley was the only GCU player in double digits with 19 points to go along with seven rebounds.

Adelphi returns to conference action on Wednesday, December 5, as they host Concordia College at 5:30 p.m.