The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team held its opponents to under 33 percent shooting in back-to-back games this weekend to capture the championship of the Wheaton (MA) Tip-off tournament.  Today, the Red Dragons defeated host Wheaton 57-49 in the championship game.

Junior Kristin Pappalardo (Mahopac/Lakeland) was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player while classmate Grace Schilling (Northport/Northport) was named to the All-Tournament Team.  In today's contest, Schilling scored 14 points to lead Oneonta (2-1) while adding seven steals.  Pappalardo scored 13 points to go with four assists, two blocks and seven steals.

Oneonta fell behind 16-9 in the first 10 minutes of today's game before the Red Dragons ran off 13 unanswered to take a six point lead 22-16 at the 6:53 mark on a steal and layup by Schilling.

Oneonta built its five-point halftime lead into a 12 point advantage on a three-point basket by freshman Bryn Loomis (Norwich/Norwich) at 11:41 of the second half.  Loomis finished the game with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting.

The Red Dragons defense forced 28 turnovers and had 20 steals and eight blocks today along with shooting 46 percent from the field.  Oneonta hit 7-of-16 from behind the arc including three by Pappalardo.

Oneonta opened the tournament yesterday with a 54-48 victory over New Jersey City University.  Oneonta trailed early 10-0 before turning it around en route to grabbing a 27-18 lead at halftime.  Oneonta forced 22 turnovers in the game and collected 11 steals.

Pappalardo led Oneonta with 18 points while Schilling added 11 points, four assists and four steals.  Sophomore Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston) contributed nine points, 10 rebounds and five blocks.

The Red Dragons will be off for the week before traveling to Utica for a nonconference game on Monday, Nov. 26.

Newspaper Box Score
SUNY ONEONTA 57, WHEATON COLLEGE 49

SUNY ONEONTA (2-1)
SCHILLING, Grace 6-9 2-2 14; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 5-14 0-0 13; LOOMIS, Bryn 5-8 0-0 12; MULLIGAN, Kelly 3-5 0-0 7; PRICE, Lyteshia 2-6 0-0 5; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 2-7 0-0 4; CARISEO, Caitlin 1-2 0-0 2; LONGTO, Sarah 0-1 0-0 0;
BRODHEAD, Shamari 0-0 0-0 0; NELSON, Rebecca 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-52 2-2 57.

WHEATON COLLEGE (1-2)
Kenzie Kuhn 3-9 0-0 9; Abbie Brickley 4-7 1-2 9; Rebecca Arnone 3-5 0-0 8; Melissa McLaughlin 2-7 2-2 7; Jana Jagodzinski 0-5 5-6 5; Lauren McClelland 2-5 0-0 4; Laura Pierce 1-10 0-0 3; Jorden Mitchell 1-1 0-0 2; Kiley
Shoemaker 1-1 0-0 2; Gabby Barbera 0-1 0-0 0; Emily Romans 0-1 0-0 0; Hallie Vitagliano 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-52 8-10 49.

3-point goals--SUNY Oneonta 7-16 (PAPPALARDO, Kristin 3-8; LOOMIS, Bryn 2-2; PRICE, Lyteshia 1-2; MULLIGAN, Kelly 1-1; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 0-1; SCHILLING, Grace 0-2), Wheaton College 7-21 (Kenzie Kuhn 3-6; Rebecca Arnone 2-3; Laura Pierce 1-8; Melissa McLaughlin 1-3; Gabby Barbera 0-1).
Fouled out—SUNY Oneonta-None, Wheaton College-None.
Rebounds--SUNY Oneonta 24 (LONGTO, Sarah 5), Wheaton College 40 (Jana Jagodzinski 8).
Assists--SUNY Oneonta 10 (PAPPALARDO, Kristin 4), Wheaton College 15 (Kenzie Kuhn 5).
Total fouls--SUNY Oneonta 11, Wheaton College 8.
Technical fouls—SUNY Oneonta-None, Wheaton College-None.
A-221

Newspaper Box Score
SUNY ONEONTA 54, NEW JERSEY CITY 48

NEW JERSEY CITY (0-1)
Gabrielle Rivera 9-12 0-0 20; Ashley Vazquez 2-9 4-5 9; Maxine Kaminski 4-12 0-0 9; Alnisa Hernaiz 3-12 0-1 6; Delia Chernez 1-5 0-0 2; Kiana Briggs 0-3 2-2 2; Deseree Johnson 0-0 0-0 0; Jiana Clark 0-2 0-0 0; Kerri Cassarello 0-1 0-0 0; Jade Medley 0-1 0-0 0; Wakeemah Sawyer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-58 6-8 48.

SUNY ONEONTA (1-1)
PAPPALARDO, Kristin 7-15 0-0 18; SCHILLING, Grace 4-7 3-4 11; LONGTO, Sarah 4-8 1-2 9; PRICE, Lyteshia 2-7 1-2 6; LOOMIS, Bryn 0-5 5-6 5; NELSON, Rebecca 1-2 0-0 3; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 1-7 0-0 2; CARISEO, Caitlin 0-1 0-0 0; MULLIGAN, Kelly 0-2 0-0 0; O'KEEFE, Caitlin 0-1 0-0 0; BRODHEAD, Shamari 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-57 10-14 54.

3-point goals--New Jersey City 4-12 (Gabrielle Rivera 2-4; Maxine Kaminski 1-5; Ashley Vazquez 1-3), SUNY Oneonta 6-18 (PAPPALARDO, Kristin 4-7; PRICE, Lyteshia 1-3; NELSON, Rebecca 1-2; LOOMIS, Bryn 0-1; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 0-3; MULLIGAN, Kelly 0-1; O'KEEFE, Caitlin 0-1).
Fouled out--New Jersey City-Delia Chernez, SUNY Oneonta-None.
Rebounds--New Jersey City 40 (Alnisa Hernaiz 13), SUNY Oneonta 39 (LONGTO, Sarah 10).
Assists--New Jersey City 9 (Ashley Vazquez 2; Deseree Johnson 2; Alnisa Hernaiz 2), SUNY Oneonta 11
(LOOMIS, Bryn 4; SCHILLING, Grace 4).
Total fouls--New Jersey City 15, SUNY Oneonta 9.
Technical fouls--New Jersey City-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.
A-123