CORTLAND, N.Y. - Sally Hogan scored 24 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench and Danielle Cleary added 20 points as Elmira remained unbeaten with an 82-77 win at Cortland in a non-league women's basketball contest.

The Soaring Eagles improved to 5-0 with the win. Cortland dropped to 0-4, with three of its losses by six points or less.

Taylor Miller (Freeport) led five Cortland double-figure scorers with a career-high 20 points. She also finished with five steals and five rebounds. Miller made 6-of-8 shots from the floor, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range, and hit all six of her free throws.

Kristy Vitucci (Deer Park) finished with 12 points, six rebounds and four assists. Kerry McHugh (Highland Mills/Monroe-Woodbury) and Shana Crespo (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) scored 11 points apiece, with Crespo also totaling a team-high and career-high nine rebounds, and McHugh dishing out four assists. Tanna Mohammed (Huntington/Elwood-John H. Glenn) added 10 points.

Hogan made 11-of-16 field goals in her 24-point effort for Elmira. Cleary connected on 5-of-12 3-pointers on the way to her 20 points, and she also contributed five assists and five rebounds. Emily Green hit 5-of-10 shots from the 3-point arc and ended with 17 points, while Rachel Vespucci finished with nine points and 12 boards.

Cortland trailed 22-20 after one quarter and 39-33 at intermission. Elmira pushed the lead to nine early in the third, but Cortland fought back and eventually tied the game at 51-51 on a McHugh 3-pointer with 2:26 left in the period.

Elmira re-established a 57-52 lead after three quarters, but the Red Dragons struck quickly in the fourth on a Shelby Dugan (Watervliet) jumper and a Vitucci 3-pointer to knot the game at 57-57 less than a minute into the quarter.

Cortland, however, was never able to take the lead. Elmira went up by nine with 4:42 left on a Vespucci free throw. Cortland answered with an 8-1 run, capped by Vitucci's jumper with 2:42 remaining, and trailed 74-72.

Hogan hit a pair of layups at the 1:27 and 48-second marks to give the guests a six-point advantage. Miller drained a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to cut it to three, but Lauren Franklin hit two free throws three seconds later, and the Red Dragons were unable to get any closer than four from that point.

Cortland will open SUNYAC play on Saturday at home versus Oswego at 1 p.m.