The St. John Fisher College women's basketball team earned a 73-52 win over East Avenue rival Nazareth College on Senior Day at Fisher's Bobby Wanzer Court.
 
With the win, Fisher improves to 17-5 overall and 10-3 in the Empire 8 Conference, while the Golden Flyers fall to 14-8, 9-4.  The Cardinals are 8-1 in their last nine games, avenging their only loss during the run.

Junior Mary Kate Cusack scored 30 points in the win and tied the Fisher single-game record for 3-pointers in a game with eight.  The record was first set back in 2001.
 
It was a back-and-forth game early on with Nazareth taking a 21-20 lead with just over seven minutes left in the opening half.  Fisher, however, would take the lead for good after going on a 15-4 run late in the period and led 35-27 at the break.
 
Fisher led 37-30 two minutes into the second half, but the Cardinals went on a 16-4 run over the next four minutes to pull away with Cusack scoring 14 during the pivotal spurt.
 
Cusack's 30 points – one of shy of her career-high – came on 10-of-14 shooting, including 8-of-10 from beyond the arc.  She also finished with a team-high six rebounds and three steals.
 
Senior Portia Velasco tallied 11 points, eight assists and four steals in her final home game, while fellow senior Sydney Bloomstein tallied eight points in the win.
 
Senior Meghan Ermi also scored, while classmate Brooke Seavitt, who hasn't appeared in a game after suffering a season-ending knee injury back in November, started and played the opening five seconds.
 
Fisher will return to action at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Alfred University.