ONEONTA - SUNY Oneonta senior Shannon Weir led a second half charge with 10 points to help propel the Red Dragons to a 61-52 key win against Oswego State in SUNYAC women¹s basketball action on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the Dewar Arena.  The two teams entered tonight¹s contest tied for third place in the conference standings with seven games to play in the regular season.  The two teams will meet one more time on Feb. 14 at Oswego.

Weir hit 4-of-4 from the field in the second half and Oneonta (14-3, 7-2 SUNYAC) shot 52 percent as a team in taking the nine point win.  Weir finished the contest with a team high 15 points.

The Red Dragons quickly increased its one-point halftime lead to 32-25 with the first six points of the second half. Oswego (8-9, 6-3 SUNYAC) came right back to close the gap to 34-33 at the 15:20 mark on a layup by freshman Kayla Ryan (Schaghticoke/Hoosic Valley). Ryan finished with 13 points and was one of three starter in double digits.  Heather Merino (Queensbury/Lake George) led the Lakers with 14 points, while Traci Bacon (Massena) added 13 points.

From that point on it was all Oneonta as they seized the momentum due in large part to the reserves.  Freshmen Madison Slagle and Samantha Szkotak along with seniors Christi Podgorski and Casey Snyder all played key roles in giving the Red Dragons some breathing room midway through the second half.

Neither team got off to a particularly quick start in the opening half as the score was 5-5 four minutes in.  The Red Dragons began to assert itself and built themselves a 13-7 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining.

Oswego stormed back with nine unanswered points to grab the lead 16-13 at the 7:54 mark on a layup by sophomore Colleen McCready (Pittsford/Pittsford Mendon).

The two teams battled closely for the remainder of the first half with Oneonta taking a slim 26-25 lead into the break. Sophomore Rebecca Bucci led the hosts with seven points.

(Game story courtesy of Oneonta State Sports Information)