Box Score Hartwick 68, Utica 46 - Box Score

Utica, NY (1-27-12) – The Utica College women's basketball team lost Friday night, 68-46, to Hartwick College in Empire 8 Conference play at the Clark Athletic Center.  Junior Meghan Fiore (Epping, NH/Epping), who netted a team-high 13 points for UC, became the 10th player in school-history to record over 1,000 points in a career.   Fiore is the third player in three years to join the 1,000 point club, following in the footsteps of 2011 graduates Jessica Berry (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) and Devon Croll (Vernon, NY/Vernon Verona Sherrill). 

Utica dropped to 7-12 overall and 2-6 in the conference play, while Hartwick moved to 15-3 on the season and remains in first place with a 7-1 conference mark.

'Wick opened up the contest on a 9-0 run over the first four minutes of play before Utica sophomore Alyssa Filkins (Castleton, NY/Maple Hill) drained a 3-pointer to cut the Hatwick advantage to 9-3.  The Hawks continued their surge with an 11-0 run as they jumped out to a 21-3 lead with just ten minutes left in the first half. After a brief 5-0 UC run, the Hawks regained momentum as they took a commanding 39-14 lead into the locker room at halftime.

The Hawks opened up the second half by outscoring Utica 18-9 in the first ten minutes of play to take their biggest lead of the game, 57-23, at 9:30.  UC cut the lead to 25 with just under four minutes remaining and trailed 62-37.  The Pioneers outscored Hartwick, 23-11, over the course of the last ten minutes, but they fell far short of a remarkable comeback as the Hawks sealed the season sweep.

Filkins scored a season-high 12 points on 3-of-9 from downtown, while senior guard Katie McGee (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth) added seven points, six rebounds and four assists.

UC returns to the court Saturday afternoon as it welcomes Stevens to the Clark Athletic Center for a 2 p.m. tip-off.  Hartwick travels to Ithaca on Saturday in search of its seventh straight victory.