FIGHTING TIGER WOMEN TOP ONONDAGA IN OVERTIME 69-65

The SUNY Cobleskill women’s basketball team posted an important 69-65 overtime road victory over NJCAA Region III Division III power Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY last night. The victory gives the Fighting Tigers a 12-1 overall record to date while the Lazers drop to 9-3 on the season.

The Fighting Tigers led at the half by a 37-26 margin before the Lazers dialed in from three-point range, finishing the contest with 11 triples on the evening, to take a 60-54 lead into the contest’s final minute. With seven seconds left in regulation Cobleskill senior guard Trista Thomas, Brooklyn, NY, Erasmus Hall High School, connected on her only field goal of the game from three-point range to knot the score at 60-60. In the overtime, the Orange & Black outscored their hosts nine to five as freshman forward Marie O’Malley, Oneonta, NY, Oneonta High School, scored four points and Trista Thomas made three pressure packed free throws to secure the win.

“This was a big road win for us and could be very important in terms of potential post season seeding ramifications because we’ve now beat them head-to-head and they have been ranked as high as eighth in the nation,” said a jubilant Fighting Tiger Head Coach Josh Suttles. “In the first half we executed extremely well and made some key shots and even in the second half when things weren’t necessarily going our way we maintained our poise and continued to play hard even when we were six points down with a minute left to play.”  

The Cobleskill attack was led by freshman forward Sharee Daniels, Poughkeepsie, NY, F.D. Roosevelt High School, who scored 15 points and by freshman center Shelley Pierson, Watervliet, NY, Watervliet High School, who scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds on the night. Marie O’Malley was also active in the victory with 13 points.

Also contributing to the victory were: Trista Thomas with six points, freshman point guard Nichole Garzon, Bayside, NY, Cardozo High School, with five points, freshman Jessica Byerwalters, Coeymans Hallow, NY, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School, who scored five points and grabbed a career high of 11 rebounds, and freshman Katie Greene, Port Crane, NY, Harpursville High School, who had six points on the night.

Cobleskill will return to action on Thursday December 13th when they travel to Albany, NY to meet the Albany College of Pharmacy beginning at 7:00 PM.