Brockport sophomore Erin Cunningham grabbed a rebound and put it back with three seconds, as the Golden Eagles stole a road win tonight against SUNY Oneonta 54-53.  The rebound came off a missed layup by freshman Faith Welch as time was winding down in the contest.  The win for Brockport raises its record to 8-8 overall and 3-4 in the SUNYAC while the loss for Oneonta dropped them to 12-4 overall and 6-3 in the conference.

Oneonta battled from behind all game long and finally gained a 53-52 lead when junior Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston) made a pair of free throws with 1:15 remaining in the game.  The Red Dragons trailed by as many as 10 points on two occasions during the second half, the last time at the 9:52 mark.

A basket by freshman Anna Feller gave the Golden Eagles a 47-37 lead.  Oneonta scored nine unanswered points over the next 3:47 to cut the lead to one point at 47-46 with 6:05 to go.

Freshman Cara Adams (Attleboro, MA/Bishop Feehan) buried a three-pointer at the 4:14 mark to tie the game at 49 apiece.  On the next trip down the floor, Welch made a layup and was fouled.  She completed the three-point play to give Brockport a 52-49 lead with 3:02 left in the game.

A layup by senior Grace Schilling (Northport/Northport) got Oneonta back to within one point with 2:44 to go, setting up the opportunity for Longto after a couple of missed shots and a turnover.

Longto finished the game with 12 points and four rebounds.  Senior Alyshia Crawford (Oxford/Oxford) led Oneonta with 16 points to go with four steals and three assists.

Welch paced Brockport with a game high 17 points, as she was the only Golden Eagle to reach double figures.

Oneonta will back in action tomorrow afternoon at home versus SUNY Geneseo beginning at 2pm.

Newspaper Box Score
BROCKPORT 54, SUNY ONEONTA 53

BROCKPORT (7-7/3-4 SUNYAC)
WELCH, Faith 6-12 3-4 17; FELLER, Anna 4-9 0-0 8; CUNNINGHAM, Erin 3-6 2-3 8; MARSHALL, Alexandra 2-7 3-4 8; FORTNEY, Bree 2-4 1-1 6; BATTAGLIA, Codi 1-3 0-0 3; LEONE, Emily 0-0 2-2 2; FORDYCE, Hannalee 0-2 2-2 2; REHBAUM, Hannah 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 18-48 13-16 54.

SUNY ONEONTA (12-4/6-3 SUNYAC)
CRAWFORD, Alyshia 5-14 3-3 16; LONGTO, Sarah 4-5 4-4 12; SCHILLING, Grace 3-7 1-2 7; MULLIGAN, Kelly 2-5 1-2 5; LOOMIS, Bryn 2-7 0-0 4; PRICE, Lyteshia 1-5 2-3 4; ADAMS, Cara 1-3 0-0 3; DiPASQUALE, Sara 1-1 0-1 2; CARISEO, Caitlin 0-0 0-0 0; PONESSE, Kaitlyn 0-0 0-0 0; SPECTOR, Brianna 0-2 0-0 0; MURRAY, Kiera 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-49 11-15 53.

3-point goals--Brockport 5-13 (WELCH, Faith 2-3; MARSHALL, Alexandra 1-2; BATTAGLIA, Codi 1-2; FORTNEY, Bree 1-2; REHBAUM, Hannah 0-4), SUNY Oneonta 4-15 (CRAWFORD, Alyshia 3-9; ADAMS, Cara 1-3; LOOMIS, Bryn 0-1; PRICE, Lyteshia 0-1; SPECTOR, Brianna 0-1).
Fouled out--Brockport-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.
Rebounds--Brockport 28 (WELCH, Faith 5), SUNY Oneonta 36 (MULLIGAN, Kelly 6).
Assists--Brockport 9 (BATTAGLIA, Codi 3), SUNY Oneonta 11 (CRAWFORD, Alyshia 3).
Total fouls--Brockport 17, SUNY Oneonta 18.
Technical fouls--Brockport-None, SUNY Oneonta-None.