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SUNY Potsdam Bears second half surge falls short against Golden Eagles women's basketball team

Posted 1/21/17

BROCKPORT -- The SUNY Potsdam women's basketball's (2-13, 1-9 SUNYAC) comeback fell short against College at Brockport. The Golden Eagles edged the Bears 56-52 on Saturday evening. Senior captain …

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SUNY Potsdam Bears second half surge falls short against Golden Eagles women's basketball team

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BROCKPORT -- The SUNY Potsdam women's basketball's (2-13, 1-9 SUNYAC) comeback fell short against College at Brockport. The Golden Eagles edged the Bears 56-52 on Saturday evening.

Senior captain Patti Dorgler (Floral Park, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) had a career-high night with 24 points, seven boards and three steals and junior forward Emily Drake (Athens, N.Y./Coxsackie-Athens) tied her career-high in rebounds with 12 for a game-high. For Brockport, Olivia Lebaron finished with 16 points and Emily Nestler also grabbed 12 boards in the win.

Sophomore guard Abbey Smith (Bainbridge, N.Y./Bainbridge-Guilford) lead off the game by knocking down a shot from behind the arch. Dorgler put up five points during the quarter including her own 3-point play which grabbed a one-point lead before Schyler Laux hit a 3-pointer for a two-point lead.

The Golden Eagles' offense put together a 21 point quarter for a 14 lead at halftime. Dorgler added another five points with fellow senior captain Meghan Driscoll (Troy, N.Y./Troy) tacking on four. LeBaron went 3-for-4 from the three point line for nine points.

Potsdam assembled a strong second half totaling 33 points to Brockport's 23 and it started with a layup from Drake in the third. At 5:56, Drake drained a jumper to get the Golden Eagles' lead down to single digits, but Brockport answered with nine points to Potsdam's five to get it back to 13. At 1:02 and 30 seconds respectively, junior forward Keme Fofana (Bronx, N.Y./A.E.C.I. Charter H.S.) and freshman guard Drew Dufrane (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) each split at the free throw line to end the third. The Bears totaled 14 points during the 10-minute span with Dorgler scoring eight for her most during a quarter for the contest.

At the start of the fourth, Brockport started with 2 straight buckets for five points, but at 8:19, Potsdam recorded 12 unanswered points. The run ended with a steal from Dorgler and a fast break layup to get the Golden Eagles' lead down to four with 2:07 remaining. Lebaron knocked down a 3-pointer and Dorgler and Dufrane hit their own to get the Bears within one. With 12 second remaining, Laux went 1-for-2 from the free throw line for a two point lead then Dorgler followed suit and the same from Brockport's Nestler with four seconds to go. Potsdam got the defensive rebound and called timeout. Bears had the ball on the inbound, but a steal from Lebaron followed by a layup sealed the 56-52 Golden Eagle victory.

Driscoll finished with 12 points and Smith tallied seven with three assists.

Faith Welch recorded 10 points and four assists for Brockport, while Laux contributed nine. Hannah Rehbaum grabbed 10 rebounds.

Potsdam edged Brockport from the floor 28-percent to 27, but the Golden Eagles grabbed 48 boards to the Bears 44.

Potsdam will continue their road games on Tuesday against Plattsburgh at 7:30 p.m.