Landy double-doubles in loss at Buff State
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BOXSCORE: Buffalo State 64, Fredonia State 59
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Fredonia State fell to Buffalo State, 64-59, despite a double-double by Blue Devil senior Katie Landy (Jamestown/Southwestern).
Landy had 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Merissa Gaeta (Kirkwood/Windsor) added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Blue Devils, who fell to 4-6 in the SUNYAC and 8-8 overall.
Fredonia State led 34-28 at halftime and opened up three double-digit leads in the second half, the largest of 51-40 on a three-point play by senior Maya Jordan (Bronx/DeWitt Clinton) with 7:54 remaining. The Blue Devils were outscored 24-8 the rest of the way, including 6-0 during decisive stretch late in the game.
A layup by Landy with 2:45 left forged a 53-53 tie. Back-to-back baskets by Buffalo State's Divine Sebuharara and two free thows by Marlena Edwards accounted for the six-point run. Fredonia State's Grace Moore (Fredonia) knocked down two three-point baskets on consecutive possessions to cut the Buffalo State lead to 61-59 with 27 seconds left. The Bengals closed out the scoring with two free throws by Kristin Ritch and one by Staci McElroy.
Ritch had 14 points to lead the Bengals to a 22-12 advantage in bench scoring. McElroy added 12 points while Sevuharara had 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Bengals improved to 9-8 overall, 3-7 in the conference.
The Blue Devils resume a run of four straight conference road games with a trip Tuesday to Brockport, followed by road games next weekend at Plattsburgh and Potsdam.