Garden City, N.Y. - On Tuesday night, the Adelphi University women's basketball team dropped a tough 46-45 battle to Le Moyne College in Northeast-10 Conference action at the Center for Recreation and Sport.

Five of Adelphi's last nine games have now been decided by three points or less, including two one-point contests.

The Panthers (10-11, 8-8 NE10) built up two three-possession leads, but it didn't prove to be enough.

Adelphi led 14-6 in the first quarter and 27-20 in the third.

Ty'zhea Hawkins, who poured in a game-high 17 points, sank key buckets that propelled the hosts to those leads.

The Brown and Gold led 45-44 in the final seconds, but a drive to the basket by Le Moyne's Erin Fouracre with 4.7 seconds left proved to be the difference in the contest.

Emily Miccile, who was presented with a commemorative 1,000-point ball in a pre-game ceremony, finished with 11 points and eight rebounds. Sydney Rosenoff made two threes and scored 10 points.

Head Coach Sade Jackson and her Adelphi squad are back at it Saturday (Feb. 12) in Albany at The College of Saint Rose at 1:30 p.m.