Utica, NY – Kate Grainger had a double-double in her Roo debut, three others scored in double figures and the SUNY Canton women's basketball team held the SUNY Poly Wildcats under 40 points in a 64-39 victory on the road Tuesday night.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 64, SUNY Poly 39  
• Location: Kevin Grimmer Court – Utica, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (4-0) | SUNY Poly (2-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• It was a slow shooting start from the Roos as they found themselves trailing 9-0 early until Grainger made a three with 4:53 left in the first half as the first points for the road team.
• SUNY Canton got after it defensively around this time, forcing turnovers by the Wildcats on six straight possessions and using these turnovers to later take the lead 10-9 with Hope Aniceto draining a three to get the Roos into double-digits.
• SUNY Canton led 12-11 at the conclusion of the first quarter with Aniceto leading the way with five points.
• The stellar defense from the Roos continued into the second quarter, as SUNY Poly's shot clock was running low seemingly every possession. This allowed the Roos to go on a 10-2 run to start the quarter, and a little later, get their lead up to 11 with 3:02 left in the half.
• The half ended with a 29-19 SUNY Canton advantage. Grainger, in just her first game of the season, scored seven points in the second quarter and led the Roos with 10 at the break.
• The lead for SUNY Canton swelled even more after a 7-0 run to begin the half gave them a 36-19 lead just a little more than two minutes in.
• The Wildcats made a bit of a run later in the quarter, scoring seven straight points to bring it within single-digits at 39-30 but the Roos finished the quarter strong with both Grainger and Natalie Bush scoring three points each as SUNY Canton got their lead back up to 45-31 at the end of the third.  
• The Roos offense was a little slow out of the gates in the fourth quarter but later scored 11 points in a 3:03 span to balloon their lead beyond to 20, 59-37.
• The Roos scored 14 of the final 18 points of the game to earn the 25-point victory at 64-39.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Grainger led the Roos in points with 16, rebounds with 11, and steals at six in her team debut. Sierra Pabo added 11 points, five steals, and three assists.
• Aniceto scored 13 and Chelsie Tyler put up 10 off the bench in just 14 minutes. Emma Perez led the team in assists with four.
• Alysa Jackson led the Wildcats with 15 points and Sanaa Lee had a double-double with 10 points and 13 boards.
• SUNY Canton shot just 28% (19-68) and SUNY Poly was at 34% (16-47). The game was won, though, by the Roos defense. The visitors had 20 steals in the win and forced 31 turnovers from the Wildcats. The points off turnovers battle was won by SUNY Canton 34-4 and they also logged 21 more field goal attempts with these turnovers plus their 20 offensive rebounds.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos will head to the capital area on Saturday, November 22 to match up against the Russell Sage Gators at 2 p.m. in their final game before Thanksgiving.       
   

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