ALFRED, N.Y.  – The Hilbert College women's basketball team rallied after half time, cutting the score to a 3-point game, but a slow fourth quarter led to the Hawks 65-46 loss to the 4-0 Alfred State College Pioneers in AMCC action.

THE BASICS              

• Final Score: Alfred State 65  |  Hilbert 46
• Location: Orvis Court, Alfred, N.Y.
• Records: I  Pioneers 7-3, 4-0 AMCC | Hawks 1-11, 0-4 AMCC 

HIGHLIGHTS
 
Ashley Schroeder led the Hawks with 19 points, six rebounds, two blocks and a pair of steals.
Macy Kisner tossed in 12 points and was one rebound shy of another double-double, credited with nine boards while leading the Hawks with three assists.  Alesia Hamm continued to patrol the paint after the ball was released as she led Hilbert with 12 rebounds.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 

• Alfred State jumped out to a 21-9 advantage after the first 10 minutes of play.   Hilbert responded in the second quarter, outscoring the Pioneers 17-14 and carried that effort into the third session building a 13-7 gain that led to a 42-39 score by the start of the final quarter.  But after five minutes of scoreless action, Hilbert slipped into a 19-point hole before scoring their first point at 4:16.  They then traded buckets with the host through the final minutes of the road game.
• The Hawks took care of the ball in the first quarter and gave themselves opportunities on offense, but they just struggle to find the bottom of the net.  Hilbert went 5-of-6 at the foul line and made two jumpers from the floor.
• Hilbert turned things around in the second session, matching basket-for-basket with the Pioneers.  After six and a half minutes of play, the Hawks pulled within seven points after Kisner went 2-for-2 at the foul line.  Alfred State went back up by nine points just before the half time buzzer after Hilbert committed their only turnover in the second quarter.
• Grace Zabawa knocked down a 3-pointer pulling Hilbert within six after intermission which the Hawks held onto for the next five minutes.  ASC stretched their lead to nine (42-33).  Schroeder and Zabawa combined for the quarter's final seven points and set the 42-39 score after three quarters.
• When Hamm connected from the foul line at 4:16, she broke Alfred State's 16-point run in the fourth quarter.
• Both teams traded scores the rest of the game and settled into the 65-46 final.

 
GAME NOTES

• For the fourth consecutive game, Hilbert grabbed double figure offensive rebounds.  They were credited with 40 total and 13 as follow-up rebounds to their own field goal attempts.
• The Hawks committed a season-low 12 turnovers but finished the game hitting 16-62 shots (.258) with a pair from beyond the arc.
• Grace Zabawa added eight points hitting both deep shots from the floor.
• The Pioneers had two players notch a double-double with a third reaching double figure scoring.  They held a 50-40 advantage on the glass and made 27-67 field goal attempts (.403).

WHAT'S NEXT

Today was the final basketball game for the fall semester for the Hawks.  They have 10-days off to celebrate the holidays with their families before they return to campus December 29th in preparation for their home double header on December 3 against Case Western Reserve University.