News Release

Oneonta, N.Y. — Mara Tichy led the Hartwick College women’s basketball team (9-14, 4-8) to a 94-81 victory over Nazareth College (7-16, 3-9) with a career-high 30 points on Saturday afternoon at Binder Gymnasium in Empire 8 action. The game marked the final home appearance for the Hawk’s four seniors, who all made major contributions in the win. Tichy’s 30-point effort was accompanied by Lindsay Wilson’s 26 points and eight assists, Jenny Knight’s 19 points, and Alanna Adams’ seven points and game-high eight rebounds.

Nazareth would hold a 4-2 lead in the early minutes of play, but could not come up with an answer for the Hartwick offense, and never held the advantage for the rest of regulation. The Hawks built their lead to 11, taking a 26-15 edge with 11:39 to play in the first half on a Tichy lay-up and would take a 15 point (48-33) lead into the intermission. Tichy and Wilson each had 13 first-half points to pace Hartwick.

In the second half the Hawks came out relentless, building their lead to as many as 20 and never letting the Tigers cut the lead to single digits and coasted to the 94-81 final.

Hartwick shot 55 percent from the floor, while holding Nazareth to just a 46 percent completion rate. The Hawks were also sharp from the line on the day, converting 26-32 free-throws.

The Tigers got a lot of offensive production from their bench, as Whitney Smith led the team in scoring with 19 points. Kelly Dunne also gave good minutes in reserve, posting 18 points. Ali Sharpe rounded out Nazareth’s double-digit scorers with 12 points.

Hartwick will finish up its regular season next weekend as they head on the road to take on Alfred Friday night and St. John Fisher on Saturday afternoon.

HARTWICK  94     NAZARETH  81

 
Hartwick (94): Caddell  0-0, 0-0 0, Foro 1-4, 1-2 5, Dean 0-0, 0-2 0, Galm  1-1, 0-0 3, Knight 7-11, 5-5  19, Tichy 10-12, 9-10 30, Wilson 8-21, 8-10 26, Adams 3-4, 0-0 7, Harrison 1-3, 2-3 4, Pruchansky 0-0, 0-0 0, Davis 0-0, 0-0 0, Crouse 0-0, 0-0 0

 Nazareth (81): Homer 3-8, 0-0 8, Pirozzolo 0-1, 0-0 0, Denniston 0-1, 1-2  1, Wilcox 4-8, 0-0 9, Smith 6-14, 6-8 19, Malloy 2-6, 0-0 4, Bowens 2-7, 1-2 5, Barlow 2-4, 1-2 5, Sharpe 6-9, 0-2 12, Dunne 7-11, 1-1 18

 3-Point Goals – Nazareth 7-21 (Homer 2-6; Pirozzolo 0-1; Wilcox 1-2; Malloy 0-2; Smith 1-5; Dunne 3-5 ), Hartwick 6-15 (Wilson 2-8; Foro 1-2; Galm 1-1; Tichy 1-2; Adams 1-2). Fouled Out – Hartwick- none Nazareth – none  Rebounds – Nazareth  30 ( leader  Smith 7), Hartwick 40 (leader Adams 8 ).  Assists – Nazareth  17 (leader Wilcox 6), Hartwick 19 (leader Wilson 8).  Total Fouls – Nazareth 23, Hartwick 14.  Technical Fouls – Nazareth (none), Hartwick ( none).