FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Trailing by 13 at halftime, Fredonia outscored Brockport by 20 points in the second half of a 63-56 victory to improve to 7-1 in the SUNYAC and 12-2 overall.
Jacque Law (Machias, N.Y. / Pioneer) tied her season-best output with 19 points and
Jenna Einink (Westfield, N.Y. / Chautauqua Lake) recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 17 points and 13 rebounds.
Brockport (2-5 / 3-11) was led by Schyler Luax with 22 points and Hannah Rehbaum with 10.
The Devils scored the game's first four points on layups by Law and Einink. Brockport then rattled off nine straight to take a 9-4 lead. A layup by Rehbaum gave the Eagles a 14-8 lead after one quarter.
Brockport shot four of seven from three-point range while Fredonia shot one of six during the first quarter-and-a-half. Brockport's largest lead of the half (13) came with 1:50 left. A layup by Emily Nestler gave the Eagles a 32-19 lead which they took into the break.
A basket by Laux to open the third quarter completed an 8-0 run and gave Brockport its largest lead of the game, 34-19.
With Brockport up 38-24, the Devils began to bear down.
A free throw by Law, back-to-back threes by
Khee Nance (Dunkirk, N.Y. / Dunkirk) and Law, and a layup by Einink allowed the Devils to pull within five, 38-33. Nance came up with a steal on the next possession and was fouled on a breakaway, nailing both free throws to complete an 11-0 run as the Devils made it a three-point game, 38-35.
With just a minute-and-a-half left in the third, Einink sank a pair of free throws to give Fredonia its first lead, 42-41, since the opening minutes.
Brockport's Bailey Pratt hit a pair of free throws to close out the scoring for the third quarter, putting the Eagles back up, 43-42.
Fredonia would eventually regain the lead on a pretty lob-pass-and-reverse-layup from
Alexis Cheatham (Lockport, N.Y. / Lockport) to Law to make it a 48-46 game. Brockport's Laux nailed a three to put the Eagle back up by one.
Cheatham then put the momentum in Fredonia's favor as she nailed back-to-back three pointers to give the Devils a five-point lead they would not relinquish.Â
Brockport tried to slow the game fouling Fredonia the final two minutes. The Devils' final seven points came from the free-throw line as the converted seven of 10 opportunities down the stretch.Â
Alisha Szumigala (Forestville, N.Y. / Forestville) turned in an impressive fourth quarter, grabbing seven rebounds -- including five on the offensive end -- to finish the game with 12 boards. Cheatham finished with nine points, and Nance and Cheatham each had three assists.
As a team, the Devils were 19 of 26 from the line. Brockport hit 11 of 17 attempts. Fredonia finished with a 42-41 edge on the boards, while Brockport hit seven threes compared to six by the Devils.
The ladies travel to Geneseo Saturday for a 4 p.m. game setting up a rematch of the SUNYAC's top two teams. At 7-0 in the conference, Geneseo is one game ahead of the Devils. The two teams played this past Tuesday, with the Knights coming out on top.