Canton, NY – Sierra Pabo scored 23, four others reached double figures, and the SUNY Canton women's basketball team had one of their strongest all-around offensive games in school history, besting the Morrisville Mustangs 104-66 Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 104, Morrisville 66
• Location: Stan Cohen Court – Canton, NY
• Records: Morrisville (2-22, 1-16 SUNYAC) | SUNY Canton (16-6, 9-6 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos had a strong start right out of the gates, putting 23 points on the Mustangs in the first quarter while Morrisville only had 13.
• Grace Villnave was in the spotlight in the second quarter, hitting her first career three pointer and then scoring three more points a bit later as the Roos went up by as a much as 18 in the half.
• The Roos were beating the Mustangs 42-28 at halftime with Sierra Pabo up to 14 points already.
• SUNY Canton's offense was great in the first half, but spectacular in the second. The Roos scored 11 points in the first two minutes with six belonging to Kat McRobbie-Taru.
• Hope Aniceto drained a three to put the Roos up 61-31 with 4:26 left in the quarter. The advantage swelled up to 73-37 after three quarters.
• The Roos showed no signs of slowing down in the final stanza, making shots on nearly every possession they had. The Roos eclipsed 100 minutes with just over a minute left after a Natalie Bush three-pointer.
• The final score was 104-66 with the Roos scoring 31 points in each of the final two quarters. In the fourth quarter, nine players scored as the Roos were 13-for-21 from the field and 5-for-9 from the three-point line.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Pabo led the Roos with 23 points, seven assists, and was second with eight rebounds with the 1000-point scorer not too far away from a triple double.
• Villnave had a career-high 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting while McRobbie-Taru, Kate Grainger, and Aniceto all contributed with at least 10 points.
• Anyssia Ingersoll, the conference's leading scorer, put in 22 points on 8-for-21 shooting. Both Abbie Platt and Mia Kaltenbach scored 17 and 11, respectively.
• In a fast-paced game with plenty of shots early in the shot clock, the Roos shot nearly 48% (40-83) and held the Mustangs to 24-74 (32%). The Roos also had 61 rebounds and doubled the assists of Morrisville (24-12). 

RECORD BOOK ENTRANCES (D-III ERA)

• Tied 3^rd-most points scored in a game with 104
• Tied 4^th-most field goals made in a game with 40
• Tied 2^nd-most three-point field goals in a game with 16 (42 attempts is a program record, beating the previous high of 34)

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos will next play their penultimate regular season game on senior night against the Buffalo State Bengals on Friday, February 20 at 5:30 p.m.    
   

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