Cobleskill, NY – Jayda Pina led the Roos with eight points but NAC West top seed and host SUNY Cobleskill played stifling defense holding SUNY Canton to a season-low 33 points in a 76-33 loss in a NAC Tournament Semifinal contest on Saturday afternoon.

The Roos finish the season 21-6 posting the first 20 win season in the D-III era and the first since the 2006-07 team finished 23-5. The 21 wins surpass last season's mark for most wins in the D-III era by seven as the future looks bright for SUNY Canton women's basketball.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Cobleskill 76, SUNY Canton 33  
• Location: Iorio Gymnasium – Cobleskill, NY
• Records: SUNY Cobleskill (25-1) | SUNY Canton (21-6)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Cobleskill jumped out to an early 9-2 lead less than three minutes in. The Roos scored the next four points on a pair of buckets inside from Pina to get within three.
• From there the Fighting Tigers outscored Canton 12-3 the remainder of the quarter to take a 21-9 lead after one.
• The hosts played stifling defense in the second quarter holding Canton scoreless the first 9:50 of the frame as Pina scored the Roos only two points of the quarter with nine seconds left. The Tigers led 36-11 at intermission.
• Cara Walker led all players with 12 first-half points to go with six rebounds. Logan Thayne chipped in nine for the Tigers and Pina paced Canton with six of their 11 points.
• Cobleskill continued to play lockdown defense holding Canton to seven points in the third stanza while putting up 23 points of their own opening up a 59-18 advantage en route to the convincing win.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Pina led the Roos with eight points and added three rebounds, while Hope Aniceto, Samantha Dayter and Sierra Pabo had five points each. Pabo was named to the All-Tournament Team for the Roos for her performance over the two days of the tournament.
• Walker led all players with 18 points and 10 rebounds for Cobleskill, while Thayne had 12 points. Antonia May (11) and Annie Canales (10) also reached double figures in scoring.
• Cobleskill shot 52% from the field and 56% from three-point range, while holding Canton to marks of 20% and 10%, respectively.
• The Tigers controlled rebounds (46-28), points in the paint (38-14), points off turnovers (25-8), bench points (23-8), second chance points (10-3) and fast break points (8-3).
• The 33 points scored are the fewest for the Roos in a game this season. Their previous low also came against Cobleskill in a 68-44 loss on December 8th.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
This concludes the Roos 2023-24 season, the most successful win total in the Division III era for the SUNY Canton women's basketball program.  
   
About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 23 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The 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.