The St. John Fisher College women's basketball team dropped to 3-2 in the Empire 8 Conference, as Utica College battled back to defeat the visiting Cardinals 73-64 on Friday night.

Fisher (6-4, 3-2 E8) led by five early in the second half, but Utica (9-2, 3-0) took the lead for good midway through the final stanza.   Fisher trailed 59-57 with just over six minutes to go, but Utica used a 7-0 spurt over the next 100 seconds to take a nine-point lead and pull away.   The Pioneers shot over 58% from the floor in the second half and 50% for the game. Fisher shot 38% from the field for the game and struggled from the charity stripe, connect on just 6-of-15 from the foul line.