Cobleskill, N.Y.:   A day after their North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) home game versus the Wildcats of Cazenovia College was pushed back due to winter weather; the SUNY Cobleskill women's basketball team dropped a 78-66 decision to the visiting Wildcats on Thursday evening. With the defeat Cobleskill falls to 10-12 overall including a 5-9 mark in league play while Cazenovia moves to 8-12 overall on the season including a 4-9 mark in conference action.
 
With their leading scorer sophomore Addy Lawson, Cooperstown, N.Y., Milford High School, sitting out due to concussion protocol; the Fighting Tigers jumped on the visiting Wildcats early leading 19-12 at the end of the first quarter as freshman guard Monique Britton, Westerlo, N.Y. Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School, scored 11 points in the frame to pace the home team's attack. However as the Fighting Tiger offense cooled down from their hot start the Wildcats gradually took control of the contest taking a 30-29 lead into half time which they expanded on in the second half.
 
Cobleskill showed exceptional balance in Lawson's absence as freshman forward Ali Changa, Watervliet, N.Y., Watervliet High School, notched her first career double/double with 18 points and 13 rebounds while sophomore guard Shaliyah Graham, Bronx, N.Y., Martin Luther King High School, added 18 points, five rebounds and five assists on the evening. Sophomore center Stacey Sprague, Grand Gorge, N.Y., Roxbury High School, continued her strong inside play with 15 points and eight rebounds with Britton finishing the game with 13 points for the home team.
 
The Orange & Black will next be in action on Saturday February 10^th when they travel to Keuka Park, N.Y. to meet the Wolves of Keuka College in NEAC action beginning at 3:00 p.m.