SUNY Cobleskill Athletics

Plattsburgh, NY: The SUNY Cobleskill women's basketball team started the 2022 Cardinal Classic with a 74-50 defeat to Plattsburgh State on Friday evening at Memorial Hall.

Freshman Emily Satterday (Latham, NY/Shaker) had a big game finishing with a double-double of 15 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.  Audriana Hollister (Mooers Forks, NY/Northeast Clinton) continued her strong start to the season with nine points, six rebounds, two assists and a steal.

Despite the loss, the Tigers (0-2) had nine different players with at least one basket as part of a team effort on the offensive side.

The game started slowly for Cobleskill, with the Tigers hitting only 6-of-19 from the field and 0-of-7 from deep in the opening period. But some strong defense and good rebounding kept Cobleskill in the game, trailing by just four (18-14) after 10 minutes.

The Cardinals jumped out to an early 26-16 lead with 6:50 to play in the second quarter before Talia Washington (Schenectady,NY/Schenectady) drilled a three pointer that Cobleskill used to spark a 10-0 run to tie the game at 26-26 with three minutes to play in the first half.  In a game of runs, Plattsburgh would answer the Tigers run with a run of their own and entered the half with a 34-26 lead after scoring eight unanswered points.

Satterday led all scorers with 10 points in the first half and Washington chipped in five points for the Tigers.

Plattsburgh built up its largest lead of the third period at 45-26 with 4:11 remaining after using a 11-0 run to start the quarter.  The Tigers battled back and only trailed 51-40 at the end of the quarter after a made jumper by Keyara Maxwell (Middletown, NY/Middletown).

The Tigers carried their momentum into the start of the fourth quarter and scored six unanswered points to make it a five-point game, 51-46, with 7:50 to play. Sophomore Annie Canales (North Adams, Mass/Hoosac Valley) made a big time three pointer during that run.

The Cardinals turned up the heat and went on a 23-4 run to put the game to bed, 74-50.

Cobleskill shot just 30.1 percent (22 of 73) from the field, and only got to the free throw line seven times.  The Tigers couldn't find their groove from behind the three-point line going 2 of 24 (8.3%). Plattsburgh (2-0) held a slim rebounding advantage 57-56 over the Tigers.  However, the Tigers turned the ball over 28 times compared to the Cardinals 11.

Cobleskill will face SUNY Potsdam on Saturday, November 12^th, at 1 pm in Day 2 of the Cardinal Classic.