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MICHELLE HALE
Sports Editor
Last weekend the Fredonia women’s basketball team hosted two SUNYAC games against the Potsdam Bears and the Plattsburgh Cardinals.
The Blue Devils defeated the Bears on Friday, but struggled to defeat the Cardinals come Saturday.
On Friday the Blue Devils battled hard in a 57-29 win against the Potsdam Bears. Senior Sabrina Macaulay tallied her fourth double-double of the season with 10 points and 14 rebounds. Freshman Jenna Einink had her sixth double-double adding 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Sophomore Jacque Law and juniors Alexis Cheatham and Jamie Curry were the playmakers of the night by having a total of 11 assists altogether.
In the first quarter the Blue Devils shut down the Bears by only allowing just four points. The Blue Devils also out-rebounded Potsdam 54-28 and held them to shooting only 19 percent.
“We did a good job of shutting their offense down by only allowing them to score a certain amount of points,” said senior guard Sammy Villarini.
On Saturday, the Blue Devils fought until the end, but unfortunately didn’t have the winning results they were looking for. The Blue Devils dropped their fourth SUNYAC loss with a score of 69-65.
The game ran down all the way into the last minutes as the Blue Devils rallied back to a one-point difference. Cheatham stole a pass on defense who then passed to Law for an assist to junior Jamie Curry.
“I think we got outplayed and flat out out-hustled in the second half,” said Cheatham. “We also could’ve done better rebounding.”
The Blue Devils got out-rebounded 51-33. Macaulay led the Fredonia scoring with 14 points while Cheatham had 13 points, three assists and three steals. Law had 12 points and Einink had 10 both coming off of the bench.
As for looking into the SUNYAC playoffs, the Blue Devils know exactly what they need to do to be successful.
“We have the potential to do well, we just need to incorporate all the little things,” said Curry.
The Blue Devils are now 8-4 in SUNYACs and 13-6 overall. They will travel to Cortland and Oswego this weekend for two more SUNYAC games.
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