NAZARETH DEFEATS ALFRED, 80-73
Golden Flyers (7-13) visit RIT Tuesday
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ALFRED, N.Y. (Feb. 3, 2007) – Visiting Nazareth used a balanced scoring attack to defeat Alfred 80-73 in an Empire 8 Conference basketball game. Five players scored in double figures for the Golden Flyers, who improve to 7-13 overall and 3-6 in the Empire 8. With the loss, Alfred falls to 4-16 overall and is 0-9 in the Empire 8.

Alfred surged to a 17-8 lead just over eight minutes into the game, but the Golden Flyers went on a 14-4 scoring run to cut the Saxons' lead to 22-21 with 5:15 to play in the first half. Nazareth put together another scoring run capped off by a jumper by freshman Whitney Smith to take a 37-35 halftime lead.

The Golden Flyers controlled the opening minutes of the second half expanding their lead to 48-38 after freshman Kelly Dunne (pictured) connected on a two-point jumper. Alfred chopped away at Nazareth's lead as the Saxons went on a 19-9 scoring run and took their first lead of the second half, 58-57 with 10:44 to play. Nazareth secured the victory after Smith, junior Ali Sharpe, and sophomore Sally Wilcox combined to go eight for eight from the free throw line in the final 1:37.

Dunne led the Golden Flyers with 18 points, Smith added 13 points off the bench, followed by senior Sarah Homer who recorded 12 points. Sharpe and freshman Jamie Malloy each added 10 points for Nazareth.

Alfred was led by Megan Samsell (25 points), Melanie Jackson (13 points), Libby Meier (12 points), and Hannah Meier (11 points). The Saxons held a slight advantage in rebounds (37-32) but had 25 turnovers.

The Golden Flyers travel to RIT for another Empire 8 Conference game on Tuesday, February 6 at 6 p.m.