Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton women's basketball team set a new single-game program scoring mark on its way to a 94-28 win v. Paul Smith's in both team's season opener on Tuesday evening. The 94 points is the most for the Roos in the D-III era and at least the last 13 seasons.
THE BASICS
- Result: SUNY Canton 94, Paul Smith's 28
- Location: Stan Cohen Court – Roos House
- Records: SUNY Canton (1-0) | Paul Smith's (0-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Paul Smith's scored the first two points of the game, but it was all Roos from there as they outscored the Bobcats 19-3 the remainder of the opening quarter.
- Canton continued to control play in the second stanza outscoring the visitors 21-9 to take a 40-14 lead into intermission.
- The Roos used their depth to run up and down against Paul Smith's, who was playing on Tuesday with just five players as some of their multi-sport athletes were still completing their fall seasons.
- Canton outscored Paul Smith's by a remarkable 34-2 margin in the third quarter, as the Bobcats had a player injured and needed to play with four players for five minutes of action.
- SUNY Canton's reserves continued to be effective scoring 20 points in the final 20 minutes of action for the 94-28 final.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Roos previous high mark of 90 points came in a 90-26 win at Wells on January 25, 2022.
- Six players reached double figures in scoring for Canton as all 12 players that saw action in the game scored and made a basket from the field.
- Hayleigh Armstrong led the Roos offensively as she was 6-for-7 from the field and 4-for-5 from three-point range in just 14 minutes of action. Emily Shook dropped in 13 points on 6-for-12 shooting to go with five assists, four rebounds and three steals in her collegiate debut.
- Sophia Munoz posted a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds in 17 minutes of action in her first collegiate game. Hope Aniceto also had an impressive debut with 11 points and five assists.
- Samantha Dayter and Autumn Kunes chipped in 10 points apiece with Dayter adding five assists and five steals.
- Canton had just 10 turnovers and recorded 17 steals while forcing the Bobcats into 27 turnovers. The Roos finished with 27 assists on 40 made field goals tying a D-III era program record set when they had 27 assists on February 7, 2016 against Vermont Tech. The Roos held the upper hand in rebounds (52-28), points off turnovers (42-2), points in the paint (52-4), second chance points (19-3) and fast break points (22-0).
- Grace Honan led the Bobcats with 10 points, while Holly Bagley finished with nine.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The women's basketball team returns to action on Friday when they host Wells College at 6 p.m.
About SUNY Canton
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SUNY Canton Kangaroos 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity esports and cheerleading.
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