The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team prevailed tonight versus rival SUNY Cortland 67-62 in SUNYAC action.  Oneonta got 18 points from senior Madison Slagle (Rome/Rome Catholic) and 14 points from Alyshia Crawford (Oxford/Oxford) as they won their fourth straight game.  Oneonta is now 8-4 overall and 6-0 in the SUNYAC while Cortland falls to 8-6 overall and 3-4 in conference play.

Crawford hit a pair of free throws that started a game ending 12 unanswered point run that led Oneonta to the come-from behind victory.  With the score tied at 52 apiece, Cortland appeared to put the game out of reach with a 10-3 run to take a 62-55 lead with 4:49 remaining in the contest.

Oneonta hit 8-of-10 free throws down the stretch including another pair by Crawford.  Cortland finished the game 0-for-6 from the field at the end of the game.

After a Slagle jumper gave Oneonta a 39-29 lead early in the second half, Cortland ran off 11 straight points to take its first lead of the game at 40-39.  Brittany Cohen capped Cortland's run by drilling a three-pointer.  Cohen finished the contest as one of three players in double digits for Cortland with 12 points.

Five quick points by Oneonta including a three-pointer by senior Samantha Szkotak (New York Mills/New York Mills) gave Oneonta its lead back at 44-40.  Oneonta still held a slim two point lead for about three minutes before Cortland tied the game at 48 apiece at the 8:44 mark on a basket by Megan Touhey.

Two big factors in the win tonight for Oneonta were converting 21 Cortland turnovers into 22 points and out-scoring the host Red Dragons 16-8 at the foul line.  Oneonta made 16-of-18 free throws in tonight's contest while Cortland made 8-of-13.

Oneonta opened the game with 13 straight points to take charge.  Cortland scored its first basket at the 14:36 mark and settled in, but Oneonta took a 35-26 lead into halftime.

Newspaper Box Score
ONEONTA STATE 67, SUNY CORTLAND 62

ONEONTA STATE (8-4, 6-0 SUNYAC)
SLAGLE, Madison 7-18 4-5 18; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 3-7 6-6 14; SZKOTAK, Samantha 3-7 0-1 8; REGAN, Gabi 3-7 2-2 8; SCHILLING, Grace 3-6 2-2 8; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 2-5 2-2 7; MULLIGAN, Kelly 2-3 0-0 4; LONGTO, Sarah 0-5 0-0 0; SIMPRI, Vania 0-0 0-0 0; RUFER, Lisa 0-0 0-0 0; WILVERDING, Kate 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 16-18 67.

SUNY CORTLAND (8-6, 3-4 SUNYAC)
RANDO, Brittany 5-8 0-0 13; COHEN, Brittany 4-12 2-2 12; TOUHEY, Megan 4-6 1-2 11; BIORDI, Ally 2-6 3-5 8; BYRNE, Molly 3-12 0-0 8; WOLSTENHOLME, Erin 2-7 1-2 5; MAYCUMBER, Megan 2-4 0-0 4; DeMARCO, Brooke 0-0 1-2 1; DAVENPORT, Katrina 0-3 0-0 0; VOLPINI, Micki 0-3 0-0 0; MINOR, Lindsey 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-62 8-13 62.

3-point goals--Oneonta State 5-13 (SZKOTAK, Samantha 2-3; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 2-4; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 1-1; SLAGLE, Madison 0-5), SUNY Cortland 10-36 (RANDO, Brittany 3-6; COHEN, Brittany 2-7; BYRNE, Molly 2-9; TOUHEY, Megan 2-3; BIORDI, Ally 1-4; DAVENPORT, Katrina 0-1; VOLPINI, Micki 0-1; MINOR, Lindsey 0-1; WOLSTENHOLME, Erin 0-4).
Fouled out--Oneonta State-None, SUNY Cortland-WOLSTENHOLME, Erin.
Rebounds--Oneonta State 37 (SZKOTAK, Samantha 9), SUNY Cortland 41 (BIORDI, Ally 7).
Assists--Oneonta State 10 (SCHILLING, Grace 5), SUNY Cortland 21 (COHEN, Brittany 6).
Total fouls--Oneonta State 12, SUNY Cortland 16.
Technical fouls--Oneonta State-None, SUNY Cortland-None.
A-125