PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Cortland got off to a quick start for the second straight day, and the final result was also similar as the Red Dragons defeated host Plattsburgh, 70-45, in a SUNYAC women's basketball game.

Cortland (7-8, 6-2 SUNYAC) scored the game's first 14 points and led 20-3 late in the first quarter. In Friday night's 71-45 win at Potsdam, the Red Dragons opened the game with a 12-0 lead and also led 20-3 in the first period.

Cassidy Chapko (Valley Falls/Hoosic Valley) led Cortland with 23 points and added five rebounds. She hit on 5-of-8 shots from the 3-point arc and all four of her free throws. Alyssa Crosby (Brier Hill/Hammond) was 6-of-6 from the foul line and finished with 16 points, five rebounds and two blocks.

Also for the Red Dragons, Stephanie Rice (Duanesburg) finished with nine points and a game-high nine rebounds. Kristy Vitucci (Deer Park) scored nine points, and Danielle Levine (Holbrook/Sachem North) recorded seven rebounds, four assists and three steals. Taylor Miller (Freeport) added four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

Plattsburgh (7-7, 3-5 SUNYAC) was paced by Bella DePasquale's 15 points on 5-of-15 shooting from the 3-point line. Becca Mahon hit 5-of-8 field goals and finished with 11 points and five boards. Jax Miller led the Cardinals with seven assists and Olivia Souky grabbed nine rebounds.

Cortland held Plattsburgh to just two field goals made in each of the first two quarters. The hosts shot 4-of-28 (14 percent) from the field in the opening half compared to the Red Dragons' 12-of-29 (41 percent). Cortland led 20-5 after one quarter and 35-13 at halftime.

Plattsburgh started warming up in the third quarter and eventually got to within 11 at 46-35 on a DePasquale 3-pointer with 2:33 left. Cortland, however, scored the last four points of the frame on buckets by Chapko and Crosby, and the Red Dragons led by at least 15 points the entire fourth quarter.

Cortland finished the game at 38 percent from the field and 89 percent (16-of-18) from the free throw stripe. The Red Dragons connected on 8-of-25 attempts from 3-point range. Plattsburgh, hampered by its first-half shooting woes, finished the game at 26 percent from the field.

Cortland travels to Oneonta on Tuesday for a 7:30 p.m. league matchup.