By: by Matt Palisin, Asst. SID
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FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Fredonia State women's basketball team stayed perfect at home this season, dishing Oswego its first SUNYAC loss in a 63-51 victory.
The Devils – now 3-0 in Steele Hall -- shot out of the gate and never looked back, scoring the game's first 17 points. They built a 20-2 lead before Oswego's Alyssa Georgiade made the Laker's first field goal at 10:43 to make 20-4. The Lakers missed their first nine shots and connected once in 13 attempts to start the game.
By halftime, the Devils had a 39-19 lead.
Jaimie Warren had 13 points and
Nicole Calbi had 10 points and 6 assists at the intermission. The Devils hounded the Lakers defensively to the tune of a 6-for-29 (20 percent) shooting effort. The Devils connected on a nifty 47 percent (16 for 34).
The Devils never led by less than 12 points in the second half, which occurred at the final buzzer as Oswego scored the game's final seven points after the game was out of hand.
Warren finished with a game high 25 points on 10 of 15 shooting. A bevy of her baskets came on wide open looks on dishes from Calbi who finished with 8 assists. Calbi also added 12 points for good measure.
The Devils managed all this with the absence of the SUNYAC's second leading scorer,
Becky Hebert (20.6 ppg). Hebert sat out the game with an unspecified malady.
The Devils outrebounded the Lakers 49-41.
Oswego (6-2 overall, 3-1 SUNYAC) was led by Kari Kipper with 10 points. Kayla Ryan had 9 points and 11 boards.
The Devils (5-4, 1-2 SUNYAC) play host to Cortland Saturday afternoon. They are slated for a 2 p.m. tipoff in a women's/men's doubleheader.
