VAUGHN’S LAST SECOND HEROICS LEAD RAMS TO 60-59 WIN OVER SAINT JOSEPH’S Junior hits game-winning shot and notches second career double-double 11-19-06 Box Score RICHMOND, Va. – Junior Krystal Vaughn (Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton-Eastern) (pictured) hit a jumper from just above the free-throw line with :00.8 showing on the clock to lead the VCU women’s basketball team to a 60-59 victory over visiting Saint Joseph’s University on Sunday afternoon at the Siegel Center. The Rams improve to 3-0 in 2006 as the Hawks fall to 1-2 on the year. It marks the second straight season that the women’s squad has opened up with a 3-0 mark. Vaughn sparked an 11-2 run to open the contest as the Black and Gold held a nine-point advantage with 15:54 remaining in the first half. Jenna Loschiavo keyed a 18-9 run for Saint Joseph’s as she nailed two jumpers from beyond the arc to even the game at 20-20 with 9:00 left in the first half. Freshman D’Andra Moss (Atlanta, Ga./Norcross) nailed a jumper from nine feet with 0:24 seconds showing on the first half clock to give the Rams a 35-32 advantage at the intermission. The Hawks would come out of the locker room with fury as they went on an 18-4 run and held the Black and Gold to just four points in the first 10 minutes of the second half as Saint Joseph’s held a 50-39 advantage with 8:24 remaining in regulation. Lay-ups from Michelle Cosel (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) and Brittany Pinkney (Clinton, Md./The Patterson School) cut the Saint Joseph’s lead to 52-47 with just over five minutes remaining, but two free throws from Whitney Ffrench with 1:56 remaining in the contest gave the Hawks a 57-53 advantage. An old-fashioned three-point play by Vaughn with 0:51 left and a Pinkney jumper from just inside the arc with a Hawks’ defender in her face gave the Black and Gold a 58-57 lead with 0:45 remaining in the contest. Free throws by Ffrench gave the Hawks a 59-58 with just over 15 seconds showing on the game clock. Vaughn’s heroics came over a beautiful assist from Cosel as she nailed a jumper from just above the free-throw line to give the Black and Gold the victory. Vaughn’s double-double led the Rams as she netted 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the victorious effort. Sophomore Quanitra Hollingsworth (Chesapeake, Va./ Great Bridge) was the second Ram in double-digits as she scored 10 points for the Black and Gold. Loschiavo led the Hawks as she scored 13 points including three three-pointers as Jen Oyler and Ayahna Cornish also scored 10 points for Saint Joseph’s. The Rams return to action on Tuesday evening as they host the University of Albany at the Alltel Pavilion at the Stuart C. Siegel Center in a 7 p.m. contest.