La Salle women's rally falls short

It would have been a comeback for the ages.

La Salle's women trailed Morgan State by 13 with 2 minutes to go, but rallied and had a shot at the buzzer that would have won the game. It wasn't to be.

Corin Adams scored 20 points as the Bears (6-1) held off the visiting Explorers, 71-70, in Baltimore.

Margaret Elderton and Morgan Robertson (13 rebounds) each scored 16 points for La Salle.

The Explorers outscored the Bears, 12-0, over the final 2:04, but Elderton had her potential game-winner blocked at the buzzer.

Ashley Gale had 14 points and Jamie Walsh added 12 for La Salle (4-4).

In other games:

_ At Temple, Shaqwedia Wallace scored 18 points and Shenita Landry added 14 as the Owls (4-2) thumped Dartmouth (1-5), 65-29.

* At Lafayette, after tying the game at the buzzer, Penn went scoreless for the first 2:48 of overtime and fell to Lafayette, 79-75.

Carrie Biemer scored 26 points to lead the Quakers (0-6).

Lafayette dropped to 2-5. *