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The St. John Fisher College women's basketball team opened the game with a 23-4 run over the first 11 minutes and coasted to a 62-50 win over East-Avenue rival Nazareth College on Tuesday at Fisher's Manning & Napier Varsity Gym.

With the win, Fisher improves to 6-10 overall and 3-4 in the Empire 8, while Nazareth falls to 4-11, 1-5.

Fisher opened the game with a 13-0 run, as freshman starter Claire Walsh scored the first 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting from the floor with two 3-pointers. 

She scored 14 of her career-high 18 points in the first half – matching Nazareth's opening-period total – as the Cardinals led 32-14 at the break.

Fisher led by as many as 25 points early in the second half, as a free throw from Sydney Bloomstein made it 46-21 with 16:10 left. 

Nazareth ended the game with a 17-6 run over the final nine minutes.

Bloomstein finished with 11 points and seven rebounds.  Portia Velasco added 11 points, six assists, five rebounds and three steals.

Junior center Camaryn Buckner totaled nine rebounds, six blocked shots and five points.

Fisher will return to action at 6 p.m. on Friday and will host Ithaca College.