ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team dropped their SUNYAC game to Potsdam, 55-49, Friday evening in Dewar Arena. It was a one-possession game for most of the second half and was tied multiple times, but Potsdam used the free throw line in the fourth quarter to hold on. Senior
Amanda Zuntag (Staten Island, NY/Notre Dame Academy) led the game with 18 points and 13 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season. The result moved the Red Dragons to 10-11 on the season, 7-7 in the SUNYAC, and the Bears improved to 9-11 overall and 5-8 in conference play.
Potsdam opened the game with a 14-4 stretch for the first nine minutes of play. In the closing seconds of the first, sophomore
Megan Desrats (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) kicked it out to freshman
Nai Torres (Putnam Valley, NY/Putnam Valley) for a three-pointer from the wing to end the quarter down 14-7.
Oneonta put together a 10-3 run to tie the game at 17 with 5:04 left in the first half. Senior
Sophia Wakin (Delhi, NY/Delaware Academy) recorded the first four points during the stretch, Zuntag and senior
Emma Schwarzbeck (Wallkill, NY/Wallkill Senior High School) each scored a bucket in the paint, then senior
Nadia Brown (Troy, NY/Troy) knotted the game with a pair at the line. The Bears answered with seven unanswered points to go ahead 24-17 at 2:15. Sophomore
Carlie Young (Baldwinsville, NY/Baldwinsville Central) made a layup and Wakin split a pair at the line to close out the quarter as the Red Dragons went into halftime trailing 26-20.
Brown tied the game at 26 with 8:05 to go in the third when she stole a pass and went coast to coast for the lay in. Brown scored the next two baskets for Oneonta to keep the game tied until Potsdam's Carley Hill made a three-pointer to go up 33-30 at 4:10. The Red Dragons kept it a one-score deficit for the remainder of the quarter and got to within one, 37-36, when Zuntag split a double team for a layup.
Down 42-36, Oneonta scored six unanswered points and tied the game when Zuntag knocked down a three from the top of the key with 4:28 remaining. The Bears regained the lead for a moment until Young drained a corner three-pointer to tie it at 47 with 1:23 to play. Mikayla Shipley made the go-ahead basket for Potsdam then the Bears used the line to put the game out of reach.
Brown finished the night with 10 points and three assists. Young and Wakin each recorded seven points, Young also grabbed five rebounds while Wakin had a pair of steals. The Bears had three players score double digits, DaeLynn Alcock led with 15 points, five rebounds, and five assists.
The Red Dragons shot 28.6 percent from the field, held a 32-28 rebounding advantage, and finished with an 18-4 margin in points off turnovers. Potsdam shot 41.0 percent from the floor and went 19-for-25 from the line, while Oneonta finished 6-for-10.
The Red Dragons are back in action Saturday, February 8, for a SUNYAC game against Plattsburgh State at 2 pm in Dewar Arena. The team will recognize and celebrate the careers of six players for Senior Day prior to the game.
