CORTLAND, N.Y. – Brittney Dumas (Easton, CT/Joel Barlow) scored 25 points as Cortland defeated visiting Oneonta, 64-56, in SUNYAC women's basketball action. The Red Dragons improved to 17-4 overall and moved into sole possession of second place in the league standings at 11-3 with four games remaining.

The top six teams in the standings will qualify for the SUNYAC postseason tournament, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinals. Geneseo leads the league with a 12-1 mark, including two wins over Cortland. New Paltz lost at Oswego Tuesday and is now 10-4, one game behind Cortland.

Dumas hit 8-of-15 shots from the field and 9-of-10 free throws. She also grabbed four rebounds and blocked three shots. Cassidy Chapko (Valley Falls/Hoosic Valley) scored 12 points and Danielle Levine (Holbrook/Sachem North) ended with career-high tying nine points and a career-best nine rebounds. Erin Wolstenholme (Oneonta) contributed eight points and six rebounds.

Oneonta (13-8, 8-6 SUNYAC) was paced by Sarah Longto's 15 points and 11 rebounds. Lyteshia Price and Caysea Cohen each scored nine points, while Cohen and Bryn Loomis dished out five assists apiece.

Oneonta held a seven-point lead twice in the first half and was still up two, 29-27, on a Longto layup with 3:16 left. Cortland finished the half with a Chapko 3-pointer and two Dumas jumpers over its final five possessions and led 34-29 at halftime.

Cortland's lead grew to 46-35 on a Chapko layup with 15:05 remaining and soared as high as 15 points three times. The hosts led 59-44 when Chapko hit a shot with 4:31 left, but Cortland did not make a field goal the rest of the game.

Oneonta still trailed by 11 before Cohen sank a trey with a minute left, and a steal and eventual jumper by Loomis cut Cortland's advantage to 62-56 with 37 seconds remaining. Brittany Rando (Owego/Owego Free Academy) was fouled with 26 seconds left and hit two free throws to extend Cortland's lead back to eight and Dumas blocked a shot to end Oneonta's final possession.

Cortland shot 44 percent from the field, but only 18 percent (3-of-17) from 3-point range. The hosts hit 17-of-21 free throws to finish with a 10-point advantage on the line. Oneonta shot 37 percent overall, 25 percent from three (5-of-20), and was 7-of-11 from the charity stripe. Cortland committed a season-low seven turnovers, three in the second half.

Cortland hosts Plattsburgh Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Potsdam Saturday at 4 p.m. to wrap up its home regular-season schedule.