ONEONTA, N.Y. - Three were in double-digits on Friday night as Nazareth tallied another conference win against Hartwick 75-42. All twelve of Nazareth's players contributed to the scoring efforts in the victory.
The Golden Flyers' record improves to 11-3 overall and 5-0 in the conference, while Hartwick drops to 3-10 overall and 1-4 in the conference.
Nazareth commanded the game from the jump-ball, going up 16-4 in just over five minutes of game-play. By the end of the first quarter, Nazareth, going 73.33% from the field, held a 25-7 lead.
The Golden Flyers' offense continued to pressure Hartwick in the second quarter, while Nazareth's defense held the Hawks under double digits again. Nazareth outscored Hartwick by 12 in the second, to go up 46-16 heading into the second half.
Scoring in the first half for the Golden Flyers was
Katie MacLachlan with 14,
Madalyn Kelly and
Kiara Anglin with eight each,
Molly Benetti with seven,
Sarina McDowell with four,
Madilann Johnson with three, and
Leah Fusilli with two.
In the third, Nazareth continued to knock down shots, going 58.33% from the field in the quarter.
The final quarter was Nazareth's weakest scoring segment, the Golden Flyers scoring 14 points to Hartwick's 16 on a 40% field goal percentage. The game concluded at a score of 75-42 in favor of the Golden Flyers.
MacLachlan led the scoring efforts with 16 points while also having a team-high nine rebounds, two assists, and one steal. Freshman Peyton Littlefield had 11 points, going 4-6, while Kelly added 10 points on a perfect shooting day, going 4-4 from the field. Anglin added eight points to the tally along with three rebounds, three assists, and two steals, while Benetti had seven points, seven rebounds, and five assists. McDowell also had a perfect shooting day, scoring six points on 3-3 from the field, while also adding five rebounds.
Chianna Williams and Fusilli each added four points and two assist, while Fusilli also tallied five rebounds. Johnson scored three points for the Golden Flyers while
Morgan Caraballo,
Tessa Schuey, and
Brayden Schultz each added two. Schuey and Schultz also added three and five rebounds respectively.
The Golden Flyers will be back on the floor on January 18th at 2 p.m. at Russel Sage.