PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam women's basketball team (7-11, 3-9 SUNYAC) avenged a loss earlier in the month with a 60-53 victory at Plattsburgh State (7-11, 4-8) on Tuesday evening. Junior guard
Xy'El Bradford (Syracuse, N.Y./Syracuse Academy of Science) led the Bears with 17 points and six rebounds. Junior forward
Jenna Cotter (Johnson City, N.Y./Susquehanna) scored 11 points and grabbed 10 boards for her third career double-double
The Cardinals started with a 7-2 run. Selma Deisz hit a three at 7:03 for the five-point lead. The Bears stormed back, finishing the first quarter on a 15-4 run and led 17-11 after 10 minutes. Junior forward
Jenna Cotter (Johnson City, N.Y./Susquehanna) was on fire, scoring nine of the points.
Potsdam steadily added to their lead in the second quarter. A 3-pointer from junior guard
Zavia Jaime (New Hartford, N.Y./New Hartford) put the Bears up double digits at 26-15. Bradford gave the Bears their biggest lead of the half, 30-15, with 1:09 left. Potsdam was up 32-19 at the break. Bradford had six points in the second and Cotter added another four.
The third quarter was the most tightly contested, but Potsdam outscored it's hosts 13-12 for a 45-31 lead through 30 minutes Bradford had six points and Jaime scored from long range again.
A jumper from junior guard
Barbara Bruno (Bronx, N.Y./Brooklyn High School for Law) and Technology) and another three from Jaime opened up Potsdam's largest lead of the game early in the fourth, 50-31. A barrage of threes from Plattsburgh sparked a 22-8 run and narrowed the Bears advantage to 58-53 with 25 seconds to play. However, Potsdam's defense teamed with the clock to close out the 60-53 win. Bruno had another six in the quarter and graduate student forward
Jakia Howard (Syracuse, N.Y./Nottingham) scored four.
Bruno finished with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists. Howard scored nine and Jaime contributed eight.
Imani Walcott led all scorers with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinals. Deisz scored 12 points and Payton Couture added 10.
Howard now has 1,098 points in her career, claiming third place on the program's all-time scoring list. She has at least six games remaining to try to catch former teammate
Dyamon Hunter '23 at 1,214.
The Bears are back home on Friday, when they host SUNY Cortland at 5:30 p.m.
