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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Visiting Stevens outscored Nazaeth 40-23 in the second half Saturday to break open a close game and the Ducks went on to take a 69-52 women's basketball victory over the Golden Flyers at the Kidera Gymnasium.

Stevens won for the 10th straight time and improved to 10-1 overall and 5-0 in the Empire 8 Conference. Nazareth had a four-game winning streak snapped and slipped to 7-5 overall and 2-1 in conference games. Stevens' Kaitlyn Astel scored a game-high 23 points to lead a balanced Ducks offense, whichy included 12 points from Miranda Ripken and 10 points each from Dylan krause and Brittany Washington.

Juniors Julia Brew and Lindsey Kelly each scored 13 points for Nazareth, Kelly added a game-high nine rebounds.
 
The game was tied 29-29 at the half. Stevens went up by eight points early, 14-6, but Nazareth got back in it as Hannah Runyon dropped two free throws, Brew hit a three-pointer and Kelly scored from underneath the basket. Nazareth still trailed, though, until Sam Sorge hit her second three-pointer of the half with 4:49 to go. She scored all eight of her points in the first half. Brew also made a pair of three-pointers in the first half. Nazareth led 29-27 after a free throw by Kelly Broderick with :35 left in the half, but  Astel tied the score with a pair of free throws with :19 left.

Stevens dominated the second half by hitting 13 of 25 shots (52 percent) with two three-pointers while holiding Nazareth to 9-for-31 shooting (28.1 percent). Stevens' Erica Guketlov scored the first basket of the second half to break the tie and the Ducks were ahead the rest of the way. An 18-8 scoring run, capped by a basket by Astel, enabled the Ducks to open a 10-point advantage, 47-37, with 11:13 left.

The lead continued to grow and ballooned to a game-high 18 points, 59-31, following a basket by Ripken with 5:31 to go. Nazareth made a last-ditch attempt to get back in the game and closed to within 61-50 following a three-pointer by Brew with 1:37 to go, but Astel made four free throws and Ripken and Sydney Darby each made two to close out the Golden Flyers.

In addition to Brew and Kelly, Veronica Peck added nine points. Nazareth is home again next Friday against Alfred at 6 p.m. and then visits Utica next Saturday at 2.