Women's Basketball Shakes Off Slow Start, Beats Utica By 18

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – The St. John Fisher women's basketball team shook off a sluggish first half and pulled away from Utica in the final 20 minutes to cap a 3-0 week with a 75-57 victory on Saturday afternoon at Manning and Napier Varsity Gym. 

Senior guards Sidney Tomasso (24 points, 12 rebounds) and Katie Moravec (12 points, 11 rebounds) had double-doubles for the Cardinals, who improved to 8-4

Roos Use Hot Shooting in SUNYAC Win at Morrisville

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Morrisville, NY – The SUNY Canton women's basketball team shot 50% from the field and three-point range cruising to an 84-62 SUNYAC road win at SUNY Morrisville on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 84, SUNY Morrisville 62
• Location: STUAC Gymnasium – Morrisville, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (6-4, 2-2 SUNYAC) | SUNY Morrisville (4-8, 1-4 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Canton jumped out to an early 14-6 lead behind eight points from Bartle.

Thoroughbreds finish Capital Region weekend with split after Saturday loss to Union

Sarah Chambers had her second double-double of the season.

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Skidmore College women's basketball team dropped a 74-57 decision on the road at Union College on Saturday afternoon.

• The Thoroughbreds fall to 5-7 overall and 3-2 in the Liberty League.
• The Garnet Chargers earned the weekend sweep after defeating Ithaca on Friday. Union is 8-5 overall and 4-1 in the conference.
• Union led by 11, 42-31, at halftime, behind two 50+ percent shooting quarters, including a 63.2 percent mark in the second period in which is

Women's Basketball Cruises Past Hartwick, 66-35

GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo women's basketball team traveled to Hartwick on Saturday afternoon and earned a 66-35 victory. The Knights win improves their record to 8-4 on the season and 3-0 in Empire 8 action, while the Hawks dip to 2-9 overall and 0-3 in conference play.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Knights quickly jumped ahead on Hartwick, leading by nine points at 11-2 halfway through the first quarter. The Hawks were able to fight back to

Three Soaring Eagles Tally Double-Digits as Women’s Basketball Falls at Houghton 62-47

HOUGHTON, N.Y. – Three different Soaring Eagles finished in double digits as the Elmira College women's basketball program dropped a 62-47 decision against the Houghton University Highlanders on Saturday in Empire 8 Conference action.
 

JUST THE BASICS:
SCORE: Elmira 47, Houghton 62
LOCATION: Houghton, NY | Nielsen Center
TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (7-5, 1-2 E8), Houghton (11-1, 2-1 E8)


HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Houghton opened the contest with a 7-0 run before Elmira would get onto

UAlbany Shereesha Richards Named to WBCA All-Region 1 Team, Nominated for All-America

2015-16 WBCA All-Region Honorees

ATLANTA – UAlbany senior forward Shereesha Richards has been honored on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Region 1 Team and has been nominated for the Coaches’ All-America Team.

Richards is the first-ever UAlbany player to be selected as an All-Region honoree.  She is the lone representative from the America East Conference and one of three players selected from a school that plays in the state of New York.

Richards earned her third straight America East Player of the Year honor after finishing first in the conference in scoring and second in rebounding.  After leading UAlbany to the America East Tournament title and the program’s first-ever victory in the NCAA Tournament in DI play, the Naismith Trophy Midseason 30 Team member forward finished shooting 55.8% with 23.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game.

The senior forward also earned a place on the America East All-Conference First Team and was the league’s player of the week five times.

Region 1 is made up of seven conferences that primarily play in the Eastern U.S.  The conferences are the America East, ACC, Atlantic 10, Ivy League, MAAC, Northeast and Patriot League.

In all, 52 student-athletes were selected as All-Region players among the five regions.  The 52 are now eligible to be on the 2016 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team, which will be announced on April 2^nd during the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis.

UAlbany Women’s Basketball Battles Maine for 2016 America East Title Game at SEFCU on ESPNU

Game Notes: UAlbany | Maine
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The 2015-16 America East regular season co-champions will meet at the SEFCU Arena to determine the league’s champion as 1-seed UAlbany and 2-seed Maine battle on Friday, March 11th at 4:30 p.m. on ESPNU.  The winner earns the league’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

The game will be nationally televised on ESPNU and WatchESPN with Eric Frede and Katie Smith on the call.  In addition, the game will be broadcast on radio in the Albany area on WOFX Fox Sports 980 with Rodger Wyland on the play-by-play.

Tickets for the America East title game are $40 for courtside seats, $30 for chairbacks, $25 bleachers and $10 for kid bleachers. 

UAlbany and Maine split the regular season title with each going 15-1 in America East play.

UAlbany, the four-time defending America East Tournament champion, defeated Vermont and Binghamton to earn the title game berth, standing at 26-4 overall.  Maine, in its first America East title game since 2004, had wins over New Hampshire and Stony Brook to enter Friday at 26-7 overall.

UAlbany stands with four America East titles overall after winning as many in the last four years,

#17 Syracuse Falls to #2 Notre Dame in ACC Final

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Competing in the program's first Atlantic Coast Conference title game, the No. 17 Syracuse women's basketball team fell to No. 2 Notre Dame, 68-57 in the Greensboro Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.

"I thought our kids really fought hard. When you play against a great team, you've got to give great effort," head coach Quentin Hillsman said. "These kids competed at a really high level and we've got a lot of basketball left."

The Orange (25-7) and the Fighting Irish (31-1) came ready to play. Trading punches in the first quarter, senior guard Brianna Butler struck first for Syracuse with a triple. Notre Dame's Kathryn Westbeld notched eight, giving the Fighting Irish the advantage. The Orange couldn't get the ball to fall their way in the first half of play and trailed 42-30 at halftime.

Syracuse came out of the locker room hungry and junior center Briana Day notched three early to get the half going for the Orange, bringing them back within nine. Despite trailing by 18 in the fourth quarter, Syracuse never quit. Peterson led the way with 19 points on the day, but it wasn't enough and the Orange fell, 68-57.

Peterson averaged 18.7 points in the tournament for the Orange, who defeated NC State in the quarterfinals and No. 7/6 Louisville in the semifinals to compete in the title game. Peterson led the Syracuse in scoring in those contests as well. This performance landed her a spot on the ACC All-Tournament First Team.

Senior guard Cornelia Fondren was honored on the ACC All-Tournament second team following a double-double and 18-point performance against Louisville in the semifinal game, tying her career highs in points and rebounds.

The Orange await their fate on Selection Monday to see where they will land in the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Tournament. The selection show will be televised on Monday, March 14 at 7 p.m. on ESPN.

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