The St. John Fisher College women's basketball program dropped a 72-49 decision to visiting University of Rochester on Friday night in the second game of the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout.
 
With the loss, Fisher falls to 2-4 overall, while the Yellowjackets, ranked 11^th in the latest D3hoops.com national poll, improves to 5-1.
 
Fisher took an early 8-7 lead on a jumper from Nicole Robinson midway through the first quarter, but Rochester with a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession to take the lead for good and led 16-10 after the opening period.

Freshman Chelsea Repard's driving layup with 4:47 left in the half kept Fisher within six points at 22-16, but Rochester rattled off 10-straight points to take its biggest lead of the half, doubling up the Cardinals, 32-16.   Fisher closed the game with two 3-pointers from Caroline Robertson and Erin Hulbert to make it 32-22 at the half.
 
Both teams traded baskets throughout the third quarter with Rochester leading 48-36 going into the fourth.

Robinson scored the first four points of the final period, making it 51-40 with 7:58 remaining, but the Yellowjackets used an 8-0 spurt off an 80-second span to take a 19-point lead and held on for the win.

For Fisher, junior Jessica Rhone tallied her first double-double, notching 11 points, 10 rebounds and team-high three steals.  Robertson led the Cardinals in scoring with 14 points, while Robinson added eight points and two blocked shots.

Fisher will return to action at 8 p.m. on Saturday and will host Rochester Institute of Technology in the final game of the Mark's Shootout.