ONEONTA, NY – The Women's Basketball team took care of business at home, with a 77-49 win over the visiting Alfred Saxons. The win is Hartwick's third in a row and puts them solely into 2^nd place in the conference standings at 10-3 (15-6 overall).  Alfred falls to 11-11 (6-7) as they battle for the 5^th and final spot in the postseason.
 
Hartwick allowed just 8 points in the opening quarter, limiting the visitors to 4-17 shooting.  Alfred's only lead of the game came at the 6:29 mark when they went up 1, but Hartwick outscored the Saxons 17-3 the rest of the way to take a commanding lead, 22-8, into the second.
 
Hartwick's defense was just as strong in the second, allowing just 9 points on 2-14 shooting.  After each team scored 7 to open the quarter, the Hawks held Alfred scoreless for 4 minutes while they went on a 12-0 run to really open the game at 39-15 with 3 minutes to play.  Just two free-throws were allowed the rest of the way, as Hartwick built an insurmountable 41-17 lead at the half.
 
The Hawks opened up their largest lead of the night at 36 midway through the 3^rd and were able to control the game the rest of the way.  Although cold from behind the arc (just 1-10 in the half), Hartwick connected on 13 of their 29 other shots en-route to easily taking the game.  Hartwick led the game in points off turnovers (15-8), 2^nd chance points (24-12), bench points (37-25), points in the paint (48-16) and fast break points (12-6).  The Hawks led in rebounds 57-40.
 
Mikyla Mitchell came off the bench to lead all scorers with 18 points on 7-11 shooting.  She also pulled down 5 rebounds and dished out 3 assists.  Giuliana Pritchard followed with 17 points and 6 boards while Maggie Kirby and Molly Kirby pitched in with 10 each.  Bree Fargnoli and Maggie Kirby led the team with 8 rebounds each.
 
The Hawks close out their home regular season with a game against Houghton tomorrow at 2pm.