Women’s Basketball Upended by SUNY Cobleskill in NAC Opener
QUINCY, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College women's basketball team suffered an 86-45 setback to SUNY Cobleskill Tuesday night at the Lahue Athletic Conference in the first North Atlantic Conference game of the season.
THE BASICS:
Score: Eastern Nazarene 45, SUNY Cobleskill 86
Records: Lions (4-3, 0-1 NAC) | Fighting Tigers (6-0, 1-0 NAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The home team chalked up the final five points of the first quarter to trail 17-16 after 10 minutes of action.
- SUNY Cobleskill poured in 25 points in the second frame while limiting Eastern Nazarene to 15 points to carry a 42-31 advantage into the halftime intermission.
- The Fighting Tigers rattled off 23 points in the third quarter while the Lions mustered five points as the visitors sported a 63-36 lead heading into the final period.
- SUNY Cobleskill outscored Eastern Nazarene 21-9 in the fourth to cruise to its sixth consecutive win.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Sabanna Berrios (Providence, R.I.) netted a team-high 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
- Delaney Walker (Nampa, Idaho) finished with seven points off the bench.
- Eva Graf (Mather, Calif.) notched a team-best 11 boards to go with four points.
- Eastern Nazarene shot 25.4% from the floor and connected on just 2-for-12 from beyond the arc.
- SUNY Cobleskill concluded the contest with a field-goal percentage of 51.4% while draining 10-of-23 from three-point range.
- Logan Thayne paced the Fighting Tigers with 18 points while Antonia May tallied 17 points and Emily Satterday posted 14 points.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Eastern Nazarene squares off against Vermont State Johnson December 1.