COBLESKILL, N.Y. -- The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team could not erase their first half deficit at Cobleskill and fell to the Fighting Tigers, 84-51, in non-conference play Wednesday evening. Senior
Jenna Harclerode (Sayville, NY/Sayville) shot 5-for-10 from the floor and led the team with 10 points, as the Red Dragons moved to 2-5 on the season and the Tigers improved to 8-0 overall.
Sophomore
Emma Schwarzbeck (Wallkill, NY/Wallkill Senior High School) found Harclerode driving to the basket to tie the game before hitting a baseline jumper for a 4-2 Oneonta lead at 8:41. Logan Thayne recorded the next seven points for Cobleskill while junior
Nadia Brown (Troy, NY/Troy) created enough room off her defender for an underhand layup and Schwarzbeck drilled a catch-and-shoot three from the wing at 6:53 to knot the game at nine. Following Schwarzbeck's triple, the Fighting Tigers closed out the quarter with a 14-3 run to go up 23-12. During the stretch, junior
Molly Coyne (Syracuse, NY/West Genesee) hit a jumper from the corner and junior
Amanda Zuntag (Staten Island, NY/Notre Dame Academy) split a pair at the line to end the period.
Cobleskill's run continued in the second and their lead was extended to 23 with 5:56 to go in the half. After junior
Sophia Wakin (Delhi, NY/Delaware Academy) converted one at the line, she passed it to senior
Molly Stephens (LaGrange, NY/Arlington) for a layup at 4:33 that made it 36-16. In the closing minutes of the quarter, freshman
Maddie Hoy (Canton, NY/Canton Central) scored a deep two from the wing, and junior
Alana Batson (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) hit a jumper in the corner off an inbound pass from freshman
Megan Desrats (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) then closed out the half with a layup for the Red Dragons to trail 44-22.
Cobleskill held a double-digit lead throughout the second half for the 84-51 final. Four Fighting Tigers scored in double figures with Thayne leading with 20 points and 13 rebounds.
Zuntag finished with eight points and six rebounds, and Schwarzbeck had six points, three assists and two steals. Desrats dished out five assists and grabbed three rebounds.
Cobleskill shot 46.3 percent from the field and had a 46-32 rebounding advantage, and Oneonta shot 37.3 percent from the floor.
The Red Dragons return to action Friday, December 29, against Colby College at 3 pm for the Babson Tournament at Babson College.
