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Women's Basketball

Brockport Women Fall Late to Cortland

Faith Welch leads Golden Eagles with 17 points

Anna Feller hit a late basket to cut the lead to one against Cortland Tuesday night
Box Score

The College at Brockport Women's Basketball team surrendered eight of the final 11 points of the game and dropped a 66-58 decision to Cortland Tuesday night in a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) game in Jim and John Vlogianitis Gymnasium in Brockport.

Freshman Anna Feller (Voorheesville, NY/Voorheesville) hit a jumper with 2:27 left to play in the second half to cut a Cortland (11-6 Overall, 7-3 SUNYAC) lead to a single point at 56-55.

The Red Dragons responded with the next six points but a 3-pointer by senior Alexandra Marshall (Manorville, NY/Eastport-South Manor) trimmed the lead to four points at 62-58 but Cortland connected on all four free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

Brockport (8-8, 4-5) traded baskets throughout the first half and entered the halftime intermission tied at 36-36. The Golden Eagles hit 6-of-12 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes and also connecting on nearly 50 percent of their shots from the field (14-for-29). The defense was also strong, forcing 16 Cortland turnovers for the game.

In the second half, Brockport opened up a four-point lead early and a basket by Meg Stucko (Elba, NY/Elba) gave the Golden Eagles a 53-51 lead with 7:08 left to play.

Cortland tied up the game a minute later and took the lead for good at the 4:39 point of the half with a three-point play and led 56-53.

Feller's jumper two minutes later trimmed the lead to a point before Cortland's final run.

Welch led Brockport with 17 points and sophomore Bree Fortney (Lorain, OH/Lorain) added 10 points and five rebounds off the bench. Marshall and Kaitlin Hammersley (Weedsport, NY/Weedsport) each scored seven and Feller finished with six points on 3-of-5 shooting for the Golden Eagles. Welch handed out six assists and Marshall led the way with three steals.

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