CLINTON, NY (12/1/2013) – The Hamilton College women's basketball team (3-3) held visiting Utica College under 30 percent shooting, snapping the Pioneers' two-game winning streak with a 60-44 win Sunday afternoon at Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Utica's Bridget Greenwald (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills), the nation's 18th-leading rebounder, led all players with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Kelsey Cowell (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) pulled down eight rebounds for the Pioneers, who owned a 44-36 advantage on the boards.

The Continentals held Utica (2-3) to 10 points over the first 12 minutes of play, hitting their first five three-point attempts to open up a 20-7 lead. Hamilton, who never trailed, led by nine points within the first 3:27 and took a double-digit lead just four minutes in on a three-point basket by Serena Ward '16. Utica pulled to within single digits just once for the rest of the game, when a three-point play by Christy Traglia (Mohawk, NY/Mohawk) made the score 16-7 6:44 into the half.

After limiting the Pioneers to 32.0 percent shooting from the floor in the first half (8-25), the Continentals did even better in the second period, holding Utica to 27.6 percent accuracy (8-29).

Dani Feigin scored 15 points – including four three-point baskets --- and contributed two assists and two steals for Hamilton.

The Pioneers were only outscored by one point, 21-20, in the second half, but they could not overcome their halftime deficit in the 16 point loss.

Hamilton held the Pioneers' leading scorer, Mary Miceli (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle), to five points – 16 points below her season average – on two-of-13 shooting from the floor and kept her scoreless for the game's first 25 minutes.

Marissa Kahane (Sayville, NY/Sayville) and Adriana Surprenant (Utica, NY/New York Mills) each tallied three points off the bench for the Pioneers, while Traglia added six. Freshman Calypso Carty (Pipersville, PA/Central Bucks West) got the start for the Pioneers and grabbed four rebounds.

Utica plays at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Tuesday at 6 p.m.