BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Sophomore guard/forward Kelly Degnan (Irvington, N.Y./Irvington) scored a season-high 18 points and added nine rebounds and senior forward Taylor Clare (Peekskill, N.Y./Peekskill) posted an 11-point, 17-rebound double-double, but the Plattsburgh State women's basketball team fell to The College at Brockport, 55-51, in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action on Saturday afternoon at Jim and John Vlogianitis Gymnasium.
 
Down nine points with 9:35 left in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals went on a 9-0 run, and Degnan tied the game at 42-all with 5:28 remaining. After Brockport's junior guard Julianna Taylor made a free throw, sophomore guard Kayla Doody (Troy, N.Y./Tamarac) connected on a 3-pointer to give Plattsburgh State its first lead of the second half. After the Golden Eagles made the back end of a two-shot trip to the line, Degnan and Clare each scored on two-point baskets to swell the Cardinal advantage to 49-44 with 2:55 left.
 
Senior guard Bailey Pratt nailed a 3-pointer for Brockport and Degnan answered with a layup for Plattsburgh State before the Golden Eagles closed the game with eight unanswered points.
 
Plattsburgh State drops to 6-12 overall (3-8 SUNYAC) with the loss and next hosts SUNY Potsdam on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 5:30 p.m. Brockport rises to 8-10 overall (5-6 SUNYAC) with the win and next visits Fredonia on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 5:30 p.m.
 
After the Golden Eagles took a 7-3 lead early in the first quarter following a 3-pointer by Taylor, Doody nailed a trey on the next possession to trim the gap back to one. Following a pair of made free throws by Brockport's freshman guard Anna Felice, freshman forward Misa Dowdell (Far Rockaway, N.Y./Scholars Academy) and junior guard Theresa Quinn (Cromwell, Conn./Cromwell) cashed in on two-point buckets to stake the Cardinals to a 10-9 lead. Brockport made two free throws in the final 1:22 in the quarter to put Brockport out in front, 11-10, through 10 minutes of play.
 
While Brockport's sophomore guard Chelsea Henry scored the first two points of the second quarter on two made free throws, Clare buried a jumper to cut the gap back to one. The Golden Eagles then went on a 15-6 surge to close the first half, with a Felice jumper at the buzzer giving Brockport a 28-18 cushion heading into the locker rooms.
 
The Golden Eagles opened up a 12-point lead midway through the third quarter, but the Cardinals netted seven unanswered points to battle back. A 3-pointer by junior guard Hanna Whitney (Keene, N.Y./Keene Central) with 1:19 remaining in the quarter drew Plattsburgh State within 37-32, but Pratt made a trey with 22 seconds left to put Brockport back up by eight heading into the final regulation period.
 
Plattsburgh State shot 33.3 percent (20-of-60) from the floor for the afternoon, including a 50 percent (7-of-14) mark in the fourth quarter. Brockport held a slight 44-42 edge in rebounds and shot 71.4 percent (15-of-21) from the line to bolster a 29.1 percent (16-of-55) performance from the field.
 
Brockport had three players in double figures: Henry (11), Taylor (10) and Pratt (10). Sophomore forwards Kylee Rosbrook and Allison Chiera pulled down 12 and 11 rebounds, respectively.