PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Lafayette College women's basketball team dropped its game Tuesday night, 73-52, to La Salle in Tom Gola Arena falling to 1-4 on the season.
 
Lafayette was led by a trio of Leopards in double figures. Junior Jessica Booth led the way with 12, while senior Naomi Ganpo and sophomore Makayla Andrews each recorded 10.
 
Ganpo also pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds, making herself the first Leopard to record a double double this season. Andrews was right behind her with a career-high eight rebounds.
 
Lafayette (1-4, 0-0 PL) won the tip, and Andrews and Booth immediately put in back-to-back baskets to put the Leopards up 4-0 less than a minute into the game. La Salle (3-2, 0-0 A10) responded with a shot from beyond the arc to bring the score to 4-3 before stretching its lead out to 7-4. The Leopards were able to keep the deficit to one point through the rest of the quarter, sending the game into the second quarter with La Salle up 14-13.
 
Freshman Abby Antognoli started off the second 10 minutes of action with layup to put the Leopards in the lead 15-13. La Salle responded with a shot from beyond the arc to retake the lead and from there, went on a 4-0 run to push the score to 21-15.
 
The Explorers push their lead out to 37-22 heading into the locker room at halftime and would eventually hold a 47-28 lead at the second media timeout of the third quarter.
 
Andrews was able to push through La Salle's defense with 1:34 left in the third quarter, putting in a driving layup to bring the score to 57-31. Each side put in one more basket to make it 57-29 with 10 minutes left to play.
 
With 1:34 left to play in regulation, Ganpo put in a last attempt effort for the Leopards, being awarded an and one to bring the score to 71-50. She followed those three points up with another layup to make it 71-52, but with 11 seconds left, a jumper by La Salle was all the Explorers needed to secure to 73-52 victory.
 
La Salle also had a trio of players record double figures, led by Kayla Spruill who led all scorers with 21 points.
 
Despite the loss, the Leopards shot a .415 from the field compared to the Explorers .375. They also held the rebounding advantage 41-38.
 
Lafayette returns to College Hill for its next three games, slated to welcome Cornell on November 28, Marist on December 1 and NJIT on December 4.