Junior Caysea Cohen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) scored a game high 19 points in leading the SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team to a 66-54 road win tonight against Oswego.  The Red Dragons turned 22 turnovers by the Lakers into 28 points while also outscoring Oswego's bench 22-17.  Oneonta (7-3, 2-1 SUNYAC) also collected 17 offensive rebounds and finished the game with a 47-41 advantage off the glass.
 
The game remained scoreless for the opening two minutes before a lay-up by Cohen got the Red Dragons rolling.  Junior Lyteshia Price (Liverpool/Liverpool) followed with a three-pointer and senior Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston) added a bucket to put Oneonta out front to stay.
 
Longto finished the game with 12 points and seven boards while Price collected nine points and a team high eight rebounds.  Sophomore Cara Adams (Attleboro, MA/Bishop Feehan) came off the bench to score 10 points in the game.
 
A lay-up by Heather Hebert brought Oswego (3-7, 1-2 SUNYAC) to 9-7 before Oneonta put together a quick 10-2 run to take a 10-point lead at 19-9.  A jumper by Adams gave the Red Dragons its first double digit lead of the night.
 
Another lay-up by Hebert at the 5:52 mark cut the deficit back to three points at 25-22.  Oneonta closed the first half with an 11-4 spurt to lead 36-26 at halftime.
 
Oneonta built its lead to as many as 18 points with just under 10 minutes remaining in the contest.  The Lakers made a final run at the Red Dragons and got as close as seven points at 57-50 with 4:19 to go, but could not get any closer.
 
Oneonta will play its initial home game of the second semester this Friday when they host SUNY Geneseo scheduled for a 7:30pm tip-off.
 
Newspaper Box Score
At Oswego, N.Y. -- Max Ziel Gymnasium
 
SUNY ONEONTA (7-3, 2-1 SUNYAC)
COHEN, Caysea 7-16 2-3 19; LONGTO, Sarah 5-10 2-2 12; ADAMS, Cara 4-7 0-0 10; PRICE, Lyteshia 3-12 2-2 9; DIPASQUALE, Sara 2-3 0-3 4; LOOMIS, Bryn 2-7 0-1 4; SPECTOR, Brianna 2-5 0-0 4; HARRISON, Tyra 2-7 0-0 4; CARISEO, Caitlin 0-1 0-2 0; DAVIS, Jillian 0-0 0-0 0; LISIKATOS, Samantha 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-70 6-13 66.
 
OSWEGO STATE (3-7, 1-2 SUNYAC)
Alison Nunziato 4-6 0-0 10; Heather Hebert 5-12 0-0 10; Rachael Windhausen 3-7 4-5 10; Courtney Ameele 3-8 0-4 8; Alisha Jacobs 2-6 2-6 7; Tayler Sorell 2-4 0-0 5; Lindsay Johnson 2-4 0-0 4; Lexi Gillard 0-0 0-1 0; Mary Mazzella 0-7 0-0 0. Totals 21-54 6-16 54.
 
3-point goals--SUNY Oneonta 6-20 (COHEN, Caysea 3-8; ADAMS, Cara 2-5; PRICE, Lyteshia 1-5; HARRISON, Tyra 0-1; LISIKATOS, Samantha 0-1), Oswego State 6-17 (Courtney Ameele 2-6; Alison Nunziato 2-2; Tayler Sorell 1-2; Alisha
Jacobs 1-4; Mary Mazzella 0-3).
Fouled out--SUNY Oneonta-None, Oswego State-None.
Rebounds--SUNY Oneonta 47 (PRICE, Lyteshia 8), Oswego State 41 (Rachael Windhausen 9).
Assists--SUNY Oneonta 12 (PRICE, Lyteshia 2; COHEN, Caysea 2; LOOMIS, Bryn 2; ADAMS, Cara 2; LISIKATOS, Samantha 2), Oswego State 10 (Mary Mazzella 3).
Total fouls--SUNY Oneonta 16, Oswego State 12.
Technical fouls--SUNY Oneonta-None, Oswego State-None.
A-51