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Visiting Hartwick College made 11 3-pointers, including seven in the second half and snapped a seven-game losing streak to St. John Fisher College with a 80-70 win over the Cardinals in the Empire 8 Conference women's basketball doubleheader for both teams. 

With the win, Hartwick, who shot 55% from 3-point range, improves to 5-3 overall, while Fisher falls to 4-2, 0-1 in the Empire 8.

 

Fisher led 32-27 at intermission, but the Hawks came out on fire in the second half. 

 

Hartwick took the lead for good at 36-34 on a layup from Krystle Crouse (Canajoharie) and quickly pushed its lead to 11 at 51-40 as the Hawks shot 5-for-6 from beyond the arc over the opening six minutes of the second half, with three 3's coming from Heather Pruchansky (Naples, FL) and two from Katie Caddell (Amsterdam).

 

Marissa Canori, who finished with a career-high 15 points, cut the lead to four points at 66-62 with 4:51 left, and again with 1:51 left, by failed to get any closer.

 

Mary Kate Comfort finished with a season-high 16 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the floor, and also grabbed a game-best 13 rebounds. Freshman Kristi Jeffres hauled in 10 boards and finished with nine points.

 

Fritzi Flores (Bergenfield, NJ) finished with a career-high 20 points for the Hawks, with Lauren Ploof (Hammond) and Katie Caddell adding 13 and 11, respectively.

 

Fisher will return to action at 2 p.m. on Saturday and will host Stevens Institute of Technology, while Hartwick will travel up East Avenue to play Nazareth College.