POTSDAM, N.Y. – Kerry McHugh (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) scored seven of her team-high 15 points during a key fourth-quarter run, and Justine Crespo (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) and Kristy Vitucci (Deer Park) added 13 points apiece, as Cortland's women's basketball team held off host Potsdam, 63-49.

The Red Dragons remain in a three-way tie for second place in the SUNYAC standings at 9-4 and are now 12-8 overall. Cortland will play at Plattsburgh Saturday at 1 p.m. before returning home for the final four games of the regular season.

Shana Crespo (Monroe/Monroe-Woodbury) and Tanna Mohammed (Huntington/Elwood-John H. Glenn) added eight points each for the Red Dragons. Vitucci handed out a career-high seven assists in addition to her 13 points, while the Crespo sisters combined for 17 rebounds – nine by Justine and eight from Shana.

Riley Luckie paced Potsdam (1-19, 0-14 SUNYAC) with 16 points, including three 3-pointers. Drew Dufrane finished with 11 points and Abbey Smith amassed six assists.

Cortland outscored the Bears 21-13 in the second quarter to take a 33-22 halftime lead. Potsdam, however, opened the third quarter on a 9-2 run, seven of the points from Luckie, and was within 35-31 less than four minutes in.

The Red Dragons pushed their lead back to 11 later in the quarter and led by 10 entering the fourth. Potsdam was within 48-39 after a Dufrane free throw with 8:13 remaining – the only point scored by either team for the first four minutes of the period – but McHugh personally fueled a 7-1 run with a jumper at the 5:45 mark, a trey with 4:46 left, and a jumper with 3:47 on the clock, to put Cortland ahead 55-40. Potsdam got no closer than 11 from that point.

Cortland turned 16 offensive rebounds into a 13-5 edge in second-chance points. The Red Dragons shot 38 percent  from the field compared to 33 percent by Potsdam. Cortland held an 18-6 edge in scoring from the free throw line, including a 4-for-4 effort by (Shana) Crespo and 3-for-4 accuracy by Mohammed.