Women's Basketball | 1/7/2016 2:52:00 PM

The St. John Fisher College men's and women's basketball teams will begin their quest to successfully-defend their Empire 8 Conference titles this weekend.   The Cardinals will open conference play on Friday at Elmira College and on Saturday at Houghton College.

Friday's men's game will tip off at 6 p.m., while the women's game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m.  On Saturday, the men will play at 2 p.m., while the women will start at 4 p.m.

The men's team recently took the championship title in the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa Invitational. Fisher defeated Cazenovia College 94-63 in the first game, before winning 67-54 over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the championship game on the following day.

Lone seniors Chaz Lott and Tyler Hart both reached personal milestones in the two wins.  Lott became just the 21^st player in the 53-year history of the program to reach 1,000 career points in the win over Cazenovia. In the championship game against RPI, Hart sank his 100^th career 3-pointer, while also tallying a career-high 23 points.

The women (7-2) head into the weekend winning the last two games, most recently defeating Medaille College 101-65 last Saturday. The 101 points are the most scored in a single game since a 106-24 win over City College of New York in the 1991-92 season. Maria Kelleher registered a career-high 15 points and drained three 3-pointers in the contest, while senior Mary Kate Cusack racked up 17 points and tied her career high with eight steals.

Elmira will provide live stats and video feed for both games at:
http://portal.stretchinternet.com/elmira/

To follow along Saturday at Houghton, live stats and video are available at:
http://portal.stretchinternet.com/houghton/
 
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