SUNY Oneonta senior Madison Slagle (Rome/Rome Catholic) scored a game and season high 23 points tonight to lead the Red Dragons to a 69-58 victory over visiting Utica College.  The win for Oneonta was its first of the season as they are now 1-3 overall.  The loss for the Pioneers drops them to 2-2.

Oneonta led by nine points at halftime due in large part to Slagle scoring 16 of her 22 points in the opening 20 minutes.  Slagle hit 7-of-12 shots in the first half including 2-of-5 from behind the arc.

Utica's only run in the game came at the beginning of the second half when they put together a 9-2 run to cut Oneonta's lead to 37-35.  A three-point basket by senior Katie McGee (Philadelphia, PA) capped the run.  McGee, who was the only Utica player in double figures, scored 18 points in the game.

Back-to-back three-point baskets by Slagle and classmate Samantha Szkotak (New York Mills/New York Mills) fueled a 20-1 door-closing run over the next 10 minutes that put the game out of reach for Utica.  Szkotak finished the contest with 17 points and six rebounds.

The Red Dragons blocked nine shots in the game led by 6'3" freshman Sarah Longto (Kingston/Kingston), who had seven.  The seven blocks was the most recorded by a women's player since 2000.

Oneonta will be home again this Friday night when they open SUNYAC play versus Buffalo State beginning at 6pm.

Newspaper Box Score

ONEONTA STATE 69, UTICA COLLEGE 58

UTICA COLLEGE (2-2)

Katie McGee 5-8 6-7 18; Alyssa Filkins 3-8 0-0 8; Meghan Fiore 2-12 4-6 8; Mara Newland 3-7 0-0 8; Justine Karst 3-11 0-0 6; Brittany Baudanza 1-4 2-4 4; Sam Stayer 0-2 3-4 3; Marissa Kahane 1-1 0-0 3; Bridget Greenwald 0-0 0-0 0; Brooke Martel 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-53 15-21 58.

ONEONTA STATE (1-3)

SLAGLE, Madison 9-20 2-2 23; SZKOTAK, Samantha 8-12 0-0 17; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 4-8 0-2 9; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 2-2 2-2 7; REGAN, Gabi 3-7 0-1 6; WILVERDING, Kate 1-4 0-0 3; LONGTO, Sarah 1-5 0-0 2; SCHILLING, Grace 1-2 0-0 2; PONESSE, Kaitlyn 0-1 0-0 0; RUFER, Lisa 0-1 0-0 0; WELYTOK, Ashley 0-0 0-0 0; MULLIGAN, Kelly 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 29-64 4-9 69.

3-point goals--Utica College 7-16 (Mara Newland 2-4; Alyssa Filkins 2-6; Katie McGee 2-4; Marissa Kahane 1-1; Brittany Baudanza 0-1), Oneonta State 7-17 (SLAGLE, Madison 3-8; WILVERDING, Kate 1-3; CRAWFORD, Alyshia 1-1; SZKOTAK, Samantha 1-2; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 1-3).

Fouled out—Utica College-None, Oneonta State-None.

Rebounds--Utica College 43 (Meghan Fiore 11), Oneonta State 35 (REGAN, Gabi 6; SLAGLE, Madison 6; SZKOTAK, Samantha 6; PAPPALARDO, Kristin 6).

Assists--Utica College 8 (Katie McGee 6), Oneonta State 19 (LONGTO, Sarah 4).

Total fouls--Utica College 12, Oneonta State 20.

Technical fouls--Utica College-None, Oneonta State-None.

A-127