Sophomore Leanne Corso (Commack/Commack) led three players in double figures tonight as the SUNY Oneonta women's basketball defeated Plattsburgh 65-59.  Corso scored 15 points including 13 in the second half and was joined by junior Madeline Frank (Syracuse/Jamesville-Dewitt) (13 pts) and sophomore Alexa Amalbert (Nanuet/Nanuet) (11 pts).  Frank also grabbed 10 rebounds to record a double-double while Corso collected nine boards.
 
Oneonta (17-7, 12-5 SUNYAC) led from the opening tip capitalizing on 27 Plattsburgh (8-16, 6-11 SUNYAC) turnovers converting them into 17 points.  The Red Dragons also held the advantage in the paint (26-12) while also holding the advantage off the bench (22-14).
 
Oneonta carried its largest lead of 13 points into the final quarter before the Cardinals made a push scoring nine unanswered points to begin the quarter to make the score 52-48 on a jumper by Taylor Clare.  Four straight points by Corso including and-1 pushed Oneonta's lead back to eight points.  A three-pointer by Anna Thompson with 25 seconds remaining cut Plattsburgh's deficit to three points at 62-59.  A pair of free throws by Frank capped the scoring for both squads four seconds later.
 
Oneonta jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the opening quarter before Plattsburgh stormed back with a 9-2 run to tie the game at nine apiece.  Frank scored the last basket of the first period at the 1:23 mark to put the Red Dragons back ahead for good entering the second period.
 
Oneonta had a very productive middle two periods that led to its 52-39 lead entering the final quarter.  The Red Dragons scored 19 points in the second period to grab a 30-23 lead at halftime.  They then piled up 22 points in the third quarter led by sophomore Casey Hayes (New Hyde Park/Sewanhaka), who scored eight points.
 
Hayes and freshman Maya Bernsley (Monroe/Monroe Woodbury) combined for 16 points off the bench tonight.
 
Oneonta has an opportunity to earn the No. 2 seed for the SUNYAC tournament tomorrow at Potsdam, which would earn them a first round bye.  A victory by the Red Dragons would put them in a positive spot to do just that.