CORTLAND, N.Y. – Cortland scored the first 14 points of the second quarter to take a 13-point lead and opened the third quarter on a 9-2 run to take control as the Red Dragons defeated visiting Buffalo State, 70-42, in SUNYAC women's basketball action. 
 
Cortland upped its record to 11-2 overall and 7-0 in the SUNYAC. The Red Dragons are in the first place in the league standings, one half game ahead of New Paltz (6-0 league record). 
 
Nyia Longford (Medford/Longwood) led Cortland with 18 points, 13 in the second half. She made 7-of-14 shots, including 4-of-8 3-pointers, and added six rebounds, two assists and two steals. Sarah Tully (East Aurora) scored 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting and shared the team lead with nine rebounds. Maggie Malone (Cornwall) scored 10 points, Corinne Miedreich (Pearl River) tallied nine points and Emily Morano (Olyphant, PA/Mid Valley) finished with seven points and nine rebounds. Julia Siler (Seaford) led the Red Dragons with three assists. 
 
Buffalo State (1-12, 0-7 SUNYAC) placed two players in double figures. Jadyn Jones scored 16 points and grabbed five rebounds and Adiya Jones scored 12 points and added three steals. Tashawni Cornfield, who entered the game as the SUNYAC's second-leading scorer at 15 points per game, was held to four points but led the Bengals with seven rebounds. 
 
Buffalo State led 14-13 after one quarter. Cortland outscored the Bengals, 14-3, in the second quarter, including the quarter's first 14 points. Tully scored seven points and Longford had five during that stretch. The lone points for the guests in the second came on a Jadyn Jones 3-pointer with 1:45 remaining. Cortland led 27-17 at halftime. 
 
Adiya Jones opened the scoring for Buffalo State with a jumper 36 seconds into the third quarter, but Cortland scored the next nine points – six by Malone and three by Longford, to go up 36-19 with 7:09 left. The Red Dragons led by 29 points, 55-26, after three quarters and by at least 26 points the entire fourth quarter. 
 
Cortland shot 47 percent in the second half to finish at 39 percent from the floor. The Red Dragons held the Bengals to 28 percent shooting overall and just nine percent (2-of-23) from the 3-point arc. 
 
Cortland hosts Brockport Tuesday at 2 p.m.