NEW PALTZ, N.Y.—
Jordan Yastremski (Bath/Bath-Haverling) recorded her 10th career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, but New Paltz took advantage of 35 Buffalo State turnovers to beat the Bengals 92-61 in a conference matchup on Saturday afternoon.
THE BASICSFINAL SCORE: New Paltz 92, Buffalo State 61
LOCATION: Hawk Center – New Paltz, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (6-11, 2-8 SUNYAC), New Paltz (10-5, 5-3 SUNYAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED- New Paltz jumped out to a quick lead 5-0 lead just over a minute into play and never looked back, building its lead to as many as 11 by the end of the first quarter.
- Back-to-back 3-pointers in the second quarter, pushed the Hawks lead out to 15 points, 32-17, with 3:38 to play.
- The Bengals did manage to cut New Paltz's lead down to single digits, 34-25, heading into halftime.
- In the third quarter, however, the Hawks hit back-to-back 3-pointers again to go ahead, 40-24, in the opening minutes and were able to pull away from Buffalo State.
- The closest the Bengals would get in the final quarter was 21 points at 9:30.
- Yastremski led the Buffalo State offense, while Clarisa Matias (Buffalo/Holy Angels) added 11 points. Britt Perry (Buffalo/Hutch Tech) and Caleh McLean (New Rochelle/New Rochelle) each chipped in nine points.
- The Bengals finished the game shooting 37.9 percent from the floor, 14.3 percent from long range and 62.5 percent from the free throw line.
FOR THE FOES- New Paltz had four players score in double-digits. Goldie Harrison led the Hawks with 20 points, while Courtney Irby added a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Kit Small tallied 12 points and Jasmine Bryant chipped in 11 points.
- The Hawks finished the game shooting 43.6 percent from the floor, 26.1 percent from long range and 72 percent from the free throw line.
- New Paltz recorded 32 points off turnovers and 22 fast break points, while the Bengals finished with only 10 points off turnovers and 8 fast break points.
UP NEXTBuffalo State will return to action at home on Friday for a 5:30 p.m. SUNYAC matchup against Plattsburgh.