The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team cruised past the Utica College Pioneers tonight, 59-43, in its home opener.  Senior Alyshia Crawford (Oxford/Oxford) paced Oneonta (3-0) with 18 points, four assists and four steals.

Oneonta led from wire-to-wire tonight, as they jumped out to a 16-4 in the first nine minutes of the contest.  Crawford led the Red Dragons with 10 of the first 16 points.

Oneonta built its lead to as many as 13 points in the first half and took a 29-17 lead into halftime.

The Red Dragons pushed its lead to 17 points in the first seven minutes of the second half before Utica (0-2) made its last run of the game to cut the lead back to 10 points with 9:05 remaining in the contest.

The Red Dragons put the game out of reach with a 10-3 spurt over the next six minutes to push the lead to 17 points once again.  A jumper by junior Kaitlyn Ponesse (Wallkill/Wallkill) at the 2:33 mark gave the Red Dragons a 55-38 lead.

The Pioneers had two players in double figures tonight led by sophomore Mary Miceli, who scored 14 points.

Senior Grace Schilling (Northport/Northport) contributed eight points to go with a team high eight boards and five assists.

Oneonta's next contest will be this Saturday on the road at Rochester beginning at 2pm.

Newspaper Box Score
SUNY ONEONTA 59, UTICA COLLEGE 43

UTICA COLLEGE (1-2)
Mary Miceli 4-11 6-9 14; Bridget Greenwald 5-10 1-4 11; Christy Traglia 2-7 0-2 4; Kelcei Edmonds 1-5 1-4 3; Calypso Carty 1-3 0-0 3; Marissa Kahane 1-2 0-0 3; Kelsey Cowell 1-3 1-3 3; Samantha Stayer 1-6 0-1 2; Stephanie Beck 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-47 9-23 43.

SUNY ONEONTA (3-0)
CRAWFORD, Alyshia 8-19 0-2 18; SPECTOR, Brianna 4-8 0-0 8; SCHILLING, Grace 4-12 0-0 8; LOOMIS, Bryn 3-5 0-0 7; PONESSE, Kaitlyn 3-4 0-0 6; LONGTO, Sarah 3-4 0-0 6; PRICE, Lyteshia 2-4 0-0 4; MULLIGAN, Kelly 0-2 2-4 2; CARISEO, Caitlin 0-0 0-0 0; DiPASQUALE, Sara 0-1 0-0 0; ADAMS, Cara 0-3 0-0 0; MURRAY, Kiera 0-3 0-0 0; FOLTMANN, Brooke 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-66 2-6 59.

3-point goals--Utica College 2-11 (Marissa Kahane 1-2; Calypso Carty 1-3; Christy Traglia 0-2; Kelcei Edmonds 0-1; Mary Miceli 0-3), SUNY Oneonta 3-18 (CRAWFORD, Alyshia 2-9; LOOMIS, Bryn 1-1; SCHILLING, Grace 0-1; PRICE, Lyteshia 0-1; MULLIGAN, Kelly 0-1; ADAMS, Cara 0-3; MURRAY, Kiera 0-1; SPECTOR, Brianna 0-1).

Fouled out--Utica College-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.

Rebounds--Utica College 42 (Bridget Greenwald 9), SUNY Oneonta 40 (SCHILLING, Grace 8).
Assists--Utica College 7 (Calypso Carty 3), SUNY Oneonta 15 (SCHILLING, Grace 5).
Total fouls--Utica College 9, SUNY Oneonta 20.
Technical fouls--Utica College-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.