Becky Hebert sets new all-time basketball mark
The Fredonia State women's basketball team handled Potsdam, 74-57, and the Devils' Becky Hebert (Hilton) eclipsed the school's all-time scoring mark on Jan. 24. The team has now won three of its last four SUNYAC games.
Hebert connected for 18 points to push her career total to 1,380. She moved past 2008 grad Cheryl Kindzia's mark of 1,370.
In addition to Hebert, Jaimie Warren (Lakeview/Frontier) and Sabrina Macaulay (Newark) added to a balanced attack, each turning in a double-double. Warren had 18 points and 15 rebounds. She also moved up an all-time list, now with 646 career boards, going past 1999 grad Sarah Adkins (634) for fifth place. Macaulay finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
Freshman Alexis Cheatham (Lockport) contributed six assists.
The Devils led most of the first half, and held a 35-26 lead at the break. Hebert netted 12 in the first period, the record-breaker coming at the 8:14 mark on a wide open layup.
Warren also had a solid first half, scoring nine points and grabbing nine rebounds.
The Devils held the lead the entire second half, their biggest margin of 23 points came with four-and-a-half minutes to play, 70-47.
Potsdam (2-6 SUNYAC, 4-11 overall) was led by Hannah Kmiecinski with 14 points.
With a 4-4 SUNYAC mark, the Devils conclude the first half of the conference season Jan. 25 vs. Plattsburgh. They improved to 9-5 overall.
