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LAS VEGAS, N.V.—In a battle of two undefeated teams yesterday morning on the west coast; it was the No. 6 Babson Beavers that bested the Oneonta State Red Dragons by the score of 61-50. The Beavers remained undefeated at 10-0 while Oneonta suffered its first set back of the season and fall to 8-1. The loss for the Red Dragons came one game after they had established a program record of eight straight wins to start the season in its opening game of the Las Vegas Hoopla Tournament against Heidelberg.

Despite 21 points and 10 rebounds from junior forward Samantha Szkotak (New York Mills, New York Mills), the Beavers got 24 points and 14 boards from Nicki Wurdeman, who received 13 points and 13 rebounds from Kathleen King.

The teams entered halftime deadlocked at 26 before Oneonta took a 30-27 lead early in the second half. Babson followed with an 11-0 run and stayed ahead the rest of the way.

The Beavers held a 54-44 lead with 1 minute, 9 seconds to play, but the Red Dragons pulled to 55-50 with 26 seconds left with the help of two three-pointers from Madison Slagle (Rome, Rome Catholic). Babson capped its victory with a 6-0 run as Wurdeman, Allanah Wynn (10 points) and Damisi Adewumi each went 2-for-2 at the free throw line.

Slagle sank a game-high five three-pointers en route to 18 points for the Red Dragons, who received three blocks from Mary Kate O'Connell (Altamont, Guilderland).

The women are off now until Friday, Jan. 7, when it hosts Fredonia for a SUNY Athletic Conference game beginning at 6 p.m. The Red Dragons are 2-0 in the SUNYAC.

After the game, the women took time to visit a local nursing home to spread some Holiday cheer with the residents. They visited the Torrey Pines Care Center, which is a short term, episodic medical and rehabilitative care center.

The women spent most of the afternoon there assisting the patients with lunch, serving cookies and singing Holiday carols. The team split themselves into two groups; one group visiting the permanent care patients and the other group visiting with short-term patients.