ROCHESTER, NY - The Utica College women's basketball team suffered its second loss of the season to Nazareth College, 75-51, on Saturday afternoon.
The teams were even in the first half as the score was 29-29 entering the break.
Cora Sawyer (New London, CT/New London) netted eight first half points for UC while
Sydney Przygoda (Freehold, NJ/Freehold) finished the first frame with six points and six boards. As a unit the Pioneers out-shot Nazareth in the first half 42.9 percent (12-28) to 36.4 percent (12-33).
Points were hard to come by for the Pioneers in the second half as the Golden Flyers would go on to out-score Utica 46-22 and shot the ball 41 times to UC's 25.
Kristine Miller (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook) recorded six of the team's 22 points over the final 20 minutes of the game.
Sawyer led the team with 10 points on 4-for-6 shooting. Przygoda filled the box score with nine points, eight rebounds and three steals. Off of the bench,
Krissy Geraci (Rochester, NY/Greece Arcadia) added eight points on a perfect 4-for-4 shooting performance and also grabbed five rebounds.
UC (12-2, 3-2 Empire 8) will look to bounce back on Tuesday on the road against Russell Sage. Tip-off from Albany, NY is set for 5:30 p.m.