FREDONIA, N.Y. -- A furious second-half scoring pace and 24 second-half points from Alexis Cheatham (Lockport, N.Y. / Lockport) resulted in a 79-76 Fredonia victory over Brockport in women's basketball on Tuesday.

Cheatham, who was held scoreless in the first half, propelled the Devils to a 59-point second half. Brockport scored 50 in the final frame.

Sabrina Macaulay (Newark, N.Y. / Newark) added 19 points and six rebounds. Jacque Law (Machias, N.Y. / Pioneer) and Sammy Villarini (Hamburg, N.Y. / Hamburg) came off the bench to score 13 and 11 points, respectively. The duo also had five assists apiece.

The halftime score was a mere 26-20.

Brockport led most of the first half and the first 6:16 of the second half.  With Brockport up 42-38, Fredonia ran off 10-straight points to take a 48-42 lead. Cheatham started the run with a three-pointer, Macaulay converted a layup and Law sank a three. Macaulay added another layup to cap the run.

From there, the Devils held the lead the balance of the game, although Brockport pulled within two points in the closing seconds.

For Brockport (5-15 overall, 3-10 SUNYAC), Olivia Suhr had 34 points, 20 of them coming in the second half. Erin Cunningham added 15 and Hannah Rehbaum had 11.

With the win, the Devils improve to 6-9 in the SUNYAC. They are percentage points behind Plattsburgh, who is 6-7, for the sixth-and-final playoff spot. Fredonia owns the tiebreaker over Plattsburgh, having swept them in both games this season.

Fredonia stands at 9-12 overall.

Tuesday was also the final regular-season home games for a pair of seniors. Kaylyn Billups (Buffalo, N.Y. / CSAT) and Marissa Cussins (Corning, N.Y. / Corning).

The Devils travel to Buffalo State this weekend. They own an early-season victory over the Bengals