KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — The Keuka College Women's Basketball team lost on Tuesday night to Nazareth College 71-35 in an Empire 8 Conference game at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center.

Sydney Brown (Lowville, N.Y. / Lowville Academy) led Keuka College (1-11, 0-4 Empire 8) with 10 points and seven rebounds. Julia Bauder (Cazenovia, N.Y. / Cazenovia) added five points and six rebounds for the Wolves.

Nazareth College 71 at Keuka College 35

The Wolves came out with an aggressive offensive game plan, slashing against the Golden Flyer defense. It paid benefits as the Wolves took a 6-4 lead early in the game following a driving layup by Julia Bauder. Nazareth tightened their defense, however. The Golden Flyers scored the final nine points of the first to lead 13-6.

Keuka College switched their styles as the deep ball factored into the second. A three by Sydney Brown opened the scoring in the quarter. Following a Nazareth layup, Brown hit another three, and Gianna Padula (Kenmore, N.Y. / Cardinal O'Hara) followed that with three of her own to tie the game at 15-15. In total, Keuka College had 12 points in the quarter on four three-pointers. Nazareth had an answer for Keuka, however, as the Golden Flyers had 15 in the frame and led 28-18 at the half.

The Golden Flyers pulled away in the third. Nazareth scored the first 25 points of the second half to build a 53-18 lead. A put-back layup by Megan Brown (Middleburgh, N.Y. / Middleburgh) snapped the drought with 1:32 left in the quarter. Nazareth carried a 53-22 lead into the final quarter.

Nazareth saw the game out in the fourth. Meaghan McGwin (Rochester, N.Y. / Hilton) scored four in the final frame for the Wolves, but Nazareth outscored Keuka 18-13 on their way to the 71-35 victory.

KC Notes:

• Keuka College is now 10-21 all-time against Nazareth College. The Wolves are 5-7 against the Golden Flyers at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center
• Julia Bauder tied her career-high in points and set a new benchmark in rebounds
• The Wolves hit five threes to give them 112 on the season, tenth-most in program history
• The difference Tuesday was played in the paint. Nazareth was +14 in rebounding and outscored the Wolves 42-12 in the paint–

Up Next for Keuka College: The Wolves will travel to the eastern part of the state this weekend for a pair of Empire 8 games. Keuka College will face Russell Sage College in Troy on Friday night and then square off with Hartwick College in Oneonta on Saturday afternoon.