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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Aleana Leon
Aleana Leon had a career-best 15 points in Hofstra's win over Virginia
57
Virginia VA 18-16
65
Winner Hofstra HOFSTRA 25-8
Virginia VA
18-16
57
Final
65
Hofstra HOFSTRA
25-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Virginia VA 16 12 16 13 57
Hofstra HOFSTRA 23 8 16 18 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | By Len Skoros

WBB: Hofstra Downs Virginia To Advance To WNIT Quarterfinals

Hempstead, NY - Aleana Leon scored a career-high 15 points and Hofstra pulled away in the fourth period to post a 65-57 victory over Virginia Tuesday night in the third round of the Women's NIT at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. The win sends the Pride to the WNIT quarterfinals against either Tulane of Florida Gulf Coast.

Hofstra improved to 25-8 on the season with the win and are now one victory shy of matching the program record for wins at the Division I level. Virginia sees its season end at 18-16.

Leon shot 7-10 from the floor and added five rebounds. Anjie White posted her fifth double-double of the season for the Pride with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
The first period featured four tie scores. Virginia had lead by as many as six, 16-10, with 2:46 remaining. But Hofstra closed with a 13-0 run to take a 23-16 lead after one. Jakelle King-Gilchrist had six points in the run while White added three points. The Cavaliers missed two shots and had three turnovers during the Pride's run.

Virginia opened the second period by scoring the first five points over 5:20 to cut the deficit to two, 23-21. But Asia Jackson ended the Pride's scoring drought with a three-pointer with 4:40 on the clock to push the lead back up to five, 26-21. The Cavaliers would go on a 6-0 run after that basket to take a 27-26 lead with 2:01 remaining on a pair of free throws from Lauren Moses. But Kelly Loftus put the Pride back on top, 29-27, 31 seconds later with a three-pointer and Hofstra would take a 31-28 lead into halftime.

Hofstra came out of the gates quickly in the third, scoring the first seven points to open a 38-28 lead with 8:21 to go and force Virginia to call a timeout. The Cavaliers came out of the timeout and went on a 10-2 run to get within two, 40-38, with 5:29 to go on a layup from Breyana Mason. But the Pride responded with five straight points to go back up by seven, 45-38, following a steal by White that led to a three-point play from Darius Faulk with 4:22 left to play in the period. The run would extend to seven before Faith Randolph scored four straight points for Virginia five-point advantage for the Pride, 47-42, with 1:52 remaining. Virginia would score one more time and trailed by three, 47-44, going into the fourth period.

Virginia outscored the Pride, 7-4, to start the fourth period to tie the score at 51 on a basket from Moses with 6:14 remaining. But Leon had a personal 4-0 run to give the Pride a 55-51 lead with 4:51 to play. After a Virginia bucket, the Pride would go on a 6-0 run to take a 61-53 lead with 2:33 to play on a jumper from White. The Cavaliers would not get closer than six the rest of the way.

King-Gilchrist and Faulk finished the night with nine points each for the Pride. In addition to her scoring and rebounding, White also did a good job of passing from the post as she tallied a career-best five assists. She also added four steals.

Moses led the Cavaliers with 16 points and added nine rebounds. Randolph had 13 points and matched White for game-high honors with 10 rebounds. Mason also scored in double-figures for Virginia with 12 points.

Hofstra will find out its next opponent tomorrow night after the Tulane-Florida Gulf Coast contest. Regardless of who wins, Hofstra will play on the road in the quarterfinals.

Notes:
-Hofstra is making its second trip to the WNIT Quarterfinals after advancing to the round of eight in 2007.
-Hofstra's 14 home wins matched the program record set by the 1978-79 squad.
-Virginia's 25 turnovers led to 31 points for the Pride.
-Hofstra had 22 fast break points while Virginia had none.
-Hofstra is now 1-1 all-time versus Virginia.
-Hofstra has held opponents under 60 points 19 times this season.
 
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