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ONEONTA, N.Y.—The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team used a balanced attack tonight to hold off a scrappy Hartwick squad in non conference action. Senior Rebecca Bucci (Marlboro, Our Lady of Lourdes) led the Red Dragons with nine points as they raised its overall record to 5-0.

Freshman Kate Purcell led two Hawks (3-3) in double figures with 16 points, which included four three-pointers. Classmate Maria Foglia had 14 points and seven rebounds.

Throughout the second half, every time Oneonta opened up a lead, Hartwick would come back to close the gap. The largest lead the Red Dragons held was at 10 points at the 5:54 mark when junior Samantha Szkotak (New York Mills, New York Mills) hit a jumper just inside the foul line.

Purcell finished off an 8-0 run by Hartwick with a pair of free throws that cut the lead to two points with 2:59 remaining in the game.

A big three-point basket by Bucci gave the Red Dragons some breathing room as the Hawks never got closer than three points for the remainder of the contest.

Oneonta held an early advantage in the contest and steadily built itself a 16-7 lead midway through the opening half. A jumper by Bucci capped an 8-0 run by the Red Dragons to give them a nine point lead.

Hartwick began a run of its own late in the half and closed the gap to 18-17 on a three-pointer by Purcell.

The Red Dragons closed the half with 10 unanswered points to go into halftime with a 28-17 lead. Oneonta's bench outscored the Hawks' bench 15-0 in the first half led by sophomore Kate Wilverding (Manalapan, NJ, St. John Vianney), who had five points off the bench.

ONEONTA STATE 54, HARTWICK 48

HARTWICK (3-3)
Kate Purcell 4-11 4-4 16; Maria Foglia 5-12 3-3 14; Kait Veit 3-12 0-0 7; Katrina Caulfield 2-4 2-2 6; Lee Arduini 1-4 0-0 2; Marie Davison 1-7 0-0 2; Brittany Ladner 0-2 1-2 1; Tracey Koch 0-5 0-0 0; Jordan Nichols 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 16-59 10-13 48.

ONEONTA STATE (5-0)
BUCCI, Rebecca 4-8 0-0 9; REGAN, Gabi 1-2 5-6 7; SLAGLE, Madison 2-7 3-4 7; PUFFER, Erika 0-1 6-8 6; MULLIGAN, Kelly 2-6 2-4 6; SZKOTAK, Samantha 3-10 0-0 6; WILVERDING, Kate 2-2 0-0 5; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 0-7 3-4 3; O'CONNELL, Mary Kate 1-3 1-2 3; SCHILLING, Grace 1-1 0-0 2; RUFER, Lisa 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-48 20-28 54.

3-point goals--Hartwick 6-26 (Kate Purcell 4-5; Kait Veit 1-8; Maria Foglia 1-3; Marie Davison 0-4; Brittany Ladner 0-1; Jordan Nichols 0-2; Lee Arduini 0-1; Katrina Caulfield 0-2), Oneonta State 2-14 (BUCCI, Rebecca 1-3; WILVERDING, Kate 1-1; SLAGLE, Madison 0-3; SZKOTAK, Samantha 0-3;
PAPPALARDO, Kristin 0-2; RUFER, Lisa 0-1; REGAN, Gabi 0-1).
Fouled out--Hartwick-None, Oneonta State-None.
Rebounds--Hartwick 43 (Kate Purcell 9), Oneonta State 37 (PUFFER, Erika 7).
Assists--Hartwick 8 (Maria Foglia 5), Oneonta State 10 (PAPPALARDO, Kristin 3; SZKOTAK, Samantha 3).
Total fouls--Hartwick 20, Oneonta State 17.
Technical fouls--Hartwick-None,
Oneonta State-None.
A-172