ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University women's basketball team hosted Stevens Institute of Technology on Friday evening. The Saxons (6-14, 2-9 Empire 8) fell to the Ducks by a score of 59-48.

The first quarter was a tough defensive battle between the two squads. With the game tied at six and 3:59 remaining on the clock, Bri Hicks (Burlington, VT/Ithaca) converted a layup to begin a 7-0 run that was capped off by a three from Jamie Wilcox (Forestville, NY/Pine Valley), making the score 13-6 with 2:37 remaining in the opening quarter.

Stevens then returned with a 5-0 run to close out the period and cut it to a one point game after the first quarter.

The Ducks turned up the heat on the offensive end in the second quarter while the Saxon offense went a bit stagnant. AU was outscored 15-7 in the second quarter, making the score 27-20 in favor of Stevens at the halftime break.

A couple of buckets early in the third from Wilcox and Lyndsey McCoy (Middleburgh, NY/Middleburgh Central) cut the deficit to six but the Ducks answered with multiple buckets in the paint to push the lead to 12 after three quarters.

Early in the fourth, Stevens quickly pushed its lead up to as many as 17. Some strong moves in the paint from Bri Hicks along with a late jumper from Mandy Skeet (Corfu, NY/Pembroke) brought it back to an 11 point deficit by the time the clock hit all zeros.

"I thought we came out and executed the half court defensive plan in the first quarter but then we got inside of ourselves really and for no reason," Head Coach Mike Moskowitz said. "When you give up a 14-0 run to a team like Stevens, it's going to be tough to win those games."

Hicks led the scoring for Alfred with 13 points. She also grabbed 6 rebounds and forced three steals. McCoy reached double figures with 11 points and dished out four assists. Wilcox finished with nine points while Katlyn Boland (New York, NY/A. Phillip Randolph) had a team high four steals.

The Saxons will look to turn things around tomorrow as they host Sage at 2PM.