Canton, NY – Senior Natalie Bartle scored 19 points, secured 14 rebounds and added six steals to lead the SUNY Canton women's basketball team over the SUNY Poly Wildcats 70-40 on Wednesday evening in a non-conference contest.
 
THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 70, SUNY Poly 40
• Location: Roos House, Stan Cohen Court – Canton, NY 
• Records: SUNY Canton (11-8) | SUNY Poly (3-17)

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Roos jumped out to a 7-2 lead early in the first quarter capped by a three pointer by junior Hope Aniceto.  The Roos continued to push their lead with another trey by Aniceto and a layup by Bartle to open a 12-2 advantage.  The two teams traded points down the final minutes of the opening quarter with the Roos holding a 24-13 edge after one quarter.
• An Emma Perez jumper got the Roos on the board early in the second and Aniceto hit three straight free throws after being fouled on a three-point attempt to increase the Roos lead to 29-13.  Canton scored 11 of final 16 points of the half to lead 40-18.
• The Wildcats scored seven the first nine points of the third quarter to cut the lead to 17 points.  The Roos rattled of seven of the next nine with a Bartle jumper putting Canton up 49-27.  Consecutive three pointers by Poly cut the lead to 14 but the Roos responded again to lead 54-37 after three.
• Canton used a balanced attack to dominate the fourth quarter and would close out the game for a 70-40 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Bartle led all scorers with 19 points, Aniceto had 12 and Kat McRobbie-Taru finished with 10.
• Bartle also led the team with a game-high 14 rebounds, six steals and five assists.
• Alivia Turk led the Wildcats with nine points.  Sanna Lee's 10 rebounds led Poly.
• The Roos had an edge in points off turnovers (23-6), fast break points (15-0) and points in the paint (28-16).
• SUNY Poly led in second-chance points (12-10) and bench points (22-20).

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos travel to Western New York to play a pair of games against Buffalo State on Friday, February 7^th at 5:30 p.m. and Fredonia State on Saturday, February 8^th at 2:00 p.m.
   
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