Cobleskill, N.Y.: The SUNY Cobleskill women's basketball team returned to North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) action at the Iorio Gymnasium on Wednesday evening by dropping a hard fought 62-56 decision to NEAC North Division leader SUNY Polytechnic Institute at the Iorio Gymnasium. With the defeat the Fighting Tigers fall to 7-6 overall on the season including a 2-3 mark in conference play while the Wildcats are now 7-5 overall with a 3-0 conference record.
 
Down 46-to-32 entering the fourth quarter the Fighting Tigers staged a spirited rally that cut the Wildcats lead down to 58-56 when sophomore guard Addy Lawson, Cooperstown, N.Y., Milford High School, stole an errant Wildcat pass and went the length of the court to score with only 26 seconds left to play.
 
However the home team could not complete the comeback as SUNY Poly connected on four late free throws and a pair of Fighting Tiger three-point attempts fell short to give the visitors the road victory.
 
Addy Lawson scored 16 points, grabbed seven rebounds and passed out four assists to key the Cobleskill comeback with sophomore guard Shaliyah Graham, Bronx, N.Y., Martin King Jr. High School, adding 16 points, nine rebounds and three steals. Sophomore center Stacey Sprague, Grand Gorge, N.Y., Roxbury High School, contributed eight points and 13 rebounds in the game while freshman forward Ali Changa, Watervliet, N.Y., Watervliet High School, added eight points and three rebounds on the evening.
 
The Fighting Tigers will next be in action over the weekend when they travel to Pennsylvania for a pair of NEAC contests starting on Saturday January 13^th when they make their way to Chambersburg, Pa. to face the Phoenix of Wilson College for a 3:00 p.m. tip-off before heading to Bryn Athyn, Pa. for a conference meeting with the Lions of Bryn Athyn College beginning at 2:00 p.m.