EMMITSBURG, Md. – Leah Westbrooks (Dublin, Ireland/Holy Faith Secondary School) notched her first collegiate double-double to power Mount St. Mary's past Lafayette 58-54 in non-conference women's basketball action on Tuesday.

Westbrooks, who was averaging a double-double with 13.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game coming into the contest, recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double after narrowly missing the feat in her first two games this season. The sophomore shot 4-for-6 from the field and 6 of 11 from the free throw line while adding two assists and four steals in 40 minutes of action.

Brianna Gauthier (Severna Park, Md./St. Mary's) led all-scorers with 15 points while Lauren Howell (Quinton, N.J./Sacred Heart) registered 12 points off the bench to help the Mount (2-1) win two of its first three contests for the first time since the 1996-97 season.

LaKeisha Wright and Emily Garner each posted 13 points and seven rebounds for the Leopards (0-4) in the loss.

Mount St. Mary's held the lead for the majority of the game, but had to come from behind in the waning minutes to become to the first home team to win on its home floor in the series.

After Elizabeth Virgin handed Lafayette a 52-51 edge with 3:49 left, the Mountaineers scored seven of the final nine points to come away with a 58-54 victory.

Hassanah Oliver (Hillside, N.J./Hillside) reclaimed the lead for the final time for Mount St. Mary's on a layup at the two minute mark for a 53-52 margin. Westbrooks then converted her steal into two made free throws at 1:15 before Oliver nailed two from the line with 20 ticks on the clock.

Wright answered with a pair from the charity stripe to trim the margin to 57-54 with seven seconds remaining, but Gauthier sealed the win by hitting 1 of 2 free throws a second later.

Lafayette started the game scoring the first five points thanks to three points from Wright and a layup by Garner. The Mount then tied the game at 5 after a Mary Dunn (Whippany, N.J./Morris Catholic) jumper and a Howell 3-pointer. Mount St. Mary's then opened up a five and six-point lead only to see the Leopards come back to cut the deficit to a one possession game.

After Wright cut the score to 20-19 with 2:55 left until halftime, the Mount scored 10 of the final 12 points to go into the locker room with a 30-21 edge. Gauthier started the run with a 3-pointer at 2:32 before Wright scored in the paint cut the margin to 23-21 with 2:09 on the clock. Howell then hit a 3-ball and Westbrooks recorded consecutive buckets in the final two minutes to stake the Mountaineers to a nine-point edge at the break.

The Leopards came out of halftime on a 14-5 run to tie the game at 35 sparked by eight points from Garner and six from Cristin Zavocki. Melissa Downey then handed Lafayette a 37-35 edge at 10:57 only to see the Mountaineers go on a 10-2 run to reclaim a six-advantage with 6:26 remaining. Dunn fueled the run with four points. Lafayette responded once again to score 13 of the next 19 points to grab a one-point edge on Virgin's layup with 3:49 left, but the Mount took over the rest of the way to earn its second win of the year.

Dunn finished the game with nine points, five rebounds and three steals while Oliver recorded eight points and four assists in the win.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday at home against Pennsylvania. Game time is 1 p.m.