SUNY COBLESKILL WOMENS BASKETBALL DUMPS SUNY CANTON IN NAC ACTION

The SUNY Cobleskill women’s basketball team stepped back into conference action on Friday with a decisive 65-35 decision over the visiting Kangaroos of SUNY Canton in a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) contest at the Iorio Gymnasium. With the victory the Fighting Tigers improve to 6-5 overall with a 2-0 record in NAC play while the Kangaroos are currently 3-5 overall with a 1-2 record in league contests. 

Cobleskill used a suffocating defensive effort to secure the win forcing 34 Kangaroo turnovers and allowing the visitors only 11 points in the second half while holding the visitors to only 14-of-44, 31.8%, from the field including 0-for-12 from three-point range.  

The Fighting Tigers were once again led by first-year guard Annie Canales, North Adams, Mass., Hoosac Valley High School, who scored a game high of 16 points to go with three assists and by sophomore guard Taylor Meacham, Berne, N.Y., Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School, who came off the bench to score 11 points. Senior guard TyLysa Martinez, Coram, N.Y., Longwood High School, also played an important role in the win with nine points, and six rebounds. 

Cobleskill will next be in action on Saturday, December 11, when they host the Badgers of Northern Vermont University-Johnson in league play beginning at 3:00 p.m.