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Canton, NY – Freshmen Hope Aniceto and Sophia Munoz combined for 37 points, but a strong second half carried visiting Bryant & Stratton Syracuse to a 76-66 non-conference win on Monday evening.
 
THE BASICS

• Result:  Bryant & Stratton Syracuse 76, SUNY Canton 66  
• Location: Stan Cohen Court – Roos House
• Records: Bryant & Stratton (4-0) | SUNY Canton (2-4)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos jumped out to a double digit first quarter lead opening a 14 point advantage (23-9). The Bobcats closed the quarter on an 8-3 run to get within nine after 10 minutes of play.   
• Canton led 34-23 with 3:48 left in the opening half, but five Roo turnovers down the stretch led to a 9-2 close to the half for the Bobcats as Canton led 36-32 at intermission.
• Neither team led by more than four points in the third quarter as Bryant & Stratton took a 55-51 lead into the final quarter.
• The visitors went on a 17-7 run to open a 14 point lead midway through the quarter as Canton did not get closer than nine the remainder of the way.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Aniceto recorded a career-high in points for the second straight game tallying 22 points, eight more than her previous outing. She was extremely efficient shooting 7-for-13 from the field, 5-for-8 from three-point range and knocked down all three of her free throws. She also added four assists. Munoz netted 15 points on 7-for-11 shooting with seven rebounds.
• Samantha Dayter chipped in nine points, five assists and three steals and Jayda Pina added eight points and five rebounds on 4-for-6 shooting. Emma Perez had a strong outing with seven points, a team-high six assists and two steals while making three of her four shot attempts.
• Canton had a strong shooting performance hitting on nearly 47% of their field goal attempts and almost 38% of their three-pointers, while the Bobcats had marks of nearly 43%, but hit only 15% of their threes.
• Jehiah Cook led all players with 25 points, eight assists and five steals while adding five rebounds. Eunice Sillong posted a monster double-double with 18 points and 22 rebounds, while Valena Hickerson tallied 22 points. Suliat Afolabi chipped in nine points.
• The Bobcats held the upper hand in rebounds (44-31), offensive rebounds (23-9), second chance points (18-4), fast break points (26-6), bench points (22-13) and points in the paint (46-38).  

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The women's basketball team is off for Thanksgiving before returning to action on November 30th when they visit Bard at 6 p.m.     
   
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