Senior Kaylin VanDusen (Schuyler/West Canada Valley) added 19 points and five rebounds for the Red Dragons (3-1, 1-0 SUNYAC). Freshman Maggie Byrne (Pearl River/Albertus Magnus) scored eight points and dished out three assists, senior Dani Maye (Kirkwood/Windsor) scored seven points and recorded four assists and freshman Ali Canale (Oswego) finished with eight rebounds and three assists.
Brockport (0-3, 0-1) was led by Katie Marcella's (Schenectady/Guilderland) 16 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore Ashley Broadhurst (Sauquoit/Utica-Notre Dame) contributed 14 points, six assists, six rebounds and three steals and freshman Kiomi Matthews (Rochester/Irondequoit) added 11 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Cavanaugh scored 14 points in the first half, including 10 during a 19-8 Red Dragon run that turned a 23-15 deficit with 8:40 left in the half into a 34-30 lead with 12 seconds left. VanDusen scored six points during the run. Cortland held a 34-32 advantage at halftime.
The Red Dragons never trailed in the second half, but the game was close the entire period. Cortland held seven-point leads three times in the first 10 minutes, but Brockport was back within 54-52 with eight minutes left. Cortland's largest lead came at 62-54 on VanDusen's jumper with 2:42 left and again at 64-56 on a Canale layup with 1:12 remaining. Brockport got as close as 67-64 on a Courtney Hines (Johnstown) three-pointer with 15 seconds left. Cortland freshman Megan Assmus (Syosset) put the game away, however, by sinking the first of two free throws a second later.
SUNY Cortland vs SUNY Brockport 11/29/05 6 p.m. at Brockport, NY (Tuttle North) SUNY CORTLAND 68, SUNY BROCKPORT 64 SUNY CORTLAND (3-1, 1-0 SUNYAC) CAVANAUGH, Sara 8-14 3-5 21; VanDUSEN, Kaylin 7-19 5-6 19; BYRNE, Maggie 2-5 2-2 8; MAYE, Dani 3-7 0-0 7; ASSMUS, Megan 1-5 2-4 5; CANALE, Ali 2-4 0-0 4; DABE, Erin 1-1 0-0 2; DeHAY, Chrissy 0-1 2-2 2; COSTELLO, Kerry 0-1 0-0 0; WILKINSON, Andrea 0-1 0-0 0; DeANGELIS, Danielle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-58 14-19 68. SUNY BROCKPORT (0-3, 0-1 SUNYAC) MARCELLA, Katie 7-15 0-0 16; BROADHURST, Ashley 3-8 6-7 14; MATTHEWS, Kiomi 4-11 3-3 11; SCHON, Kim 5-9 0-0 10; EVANS, Lauren 3-6 0-0 6; HINES, Courtney 1-5 0-0 3; HULTON, Steph 1-1 0-0 2; BALDWIN, Megan 1-1 0-0 2; FERENCZY, Liz 0-0 0-0 0; JUNGJOHANN, Katie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 9-10 64. SUNY Cortland................. 34 34 - 68 SUNY Brockport................ 32 32 - 64 3-point goals-SUNY Cortland 6-22 (BYRNE, Maggie 2-4; CAVANAUGH, Sara 2-5; MAYE, Dani 1-2; ASSMUS, Megan 1-3; COSTELLO, Kerry 0-1; VanDUSEN, Kaylin 0-7), SUNY Brockport 5-12 (MARCELLA, Katie 2-5; BROADHURST, Ashley 2-4; HINES, Courtney 1-2; EVANS, Lauren 0-1). Fouled out--SUNY Cortland-None, SUNY Brockport-None. Rebounds-SUNY Cortland 32 (CAVANAUGH, Sara 9), SUNY Brockport 36 (MARCELLA, Katie 9). Assists-SUNY Cortland 16 (MAYE, Dani 4), SUNY Brockport 18 (BROADHURST, Ashley 6). Total fouls-SUNY Cortland 13, SUNY Brockport 14. A-250