Blackbirds
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(boxscore) The Blackbirds (1-6, 0-1 NEC) were led by senior Amber Wirth (Hastings, Minn.) with 15 points and five rebounds. Wirth secured her place in the LIU annals, scoring over 1,000 career points. In addition to Wirth, two Blackbirds scored in double figures. Polona Oberc (Ljubljana, Slovenia) collected 13 points and five rebounds, followed by junior Sonya Coleman (Toledo, Ohio) with 11 points. Classmate Marquita Thompson (Garland, Texas) posted nine points, shooting 5-of-6 from the free throw line and hauling in five boards. The Bobcats jumped out to a seven point head start, 11-4, five minutes into the first half The Bobcats pushed their lead to 15 (31-16) with a jumper from Monique Lee. LIU cut the advantage to one, 32-31, with 2:00 minutes remaining in the opening stanza behind a 3-pointer from Masa Susic (Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina). Junior Brittani Kozik (Belle Plaine, Iowa) hit a jumper to tie the game, 34-34, at the break. With the game tied at 40-40, the Blackbirds went on an 8-2 spurt capped off by a Mikaelar Whippy (Suva, Fiji) lay-in and took a 48-42 lead. Brianna Rooney hit a three-pointer to pull Quinnipiac within three, but Coleman responded with a trey of her own to bump LIU's advantage back up to a six, 51-45, with 13:38 on the clock. After sitting for most of the second half with four fouls, Monique Lee made a layup to give the Bobcats a 65-64 lead with 1:22 left in the game. Quinnipiac would make eight consecutive free throws down the stretch to seal the 75-68 victory. Monique Lee paced the Bobcats with 24 points and seven rebounds. Long Island hosts Columbia on Saturday, Dec. 10 at 2:00 pm in
the Schwartz Center.
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12/7/05 --The
Long Island University women’s basketball team fell to Quinnipiac
University, 75-68, Wednesday evening at Burt Kahn Court in the
Northeast Conference opener for both teams.