JOHNSTOWN – The Lady Raiders took care of business on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Lady Timberwolves of SUNY Adirondack 74-56. FM led for nearly the entire game.

Radasha Pope opened the scoring with a layup. Abby Boyer took a pass from Stephanie Rice and gave FM a 7-6 lead. The Lady Raiders never trailed again.

Photo:  Silvia Vasquez Rivera scores a field goal – the other Raiders are, from left, Torri Richard, Evanda Redwood, and Angel Gittens

Captain Jessica Woney drained a three from the left side. Evanda Redwood added a long two from the left. FM led 16-8.

Head Coach Kevin Jones' team played with plenty of hustle, pushing the ball up court quickly. They also used a balanced attack, with nine Lady Raiders putting points on the scoreboard in the first half. FM led 41-26 at the break.

The FM volleyball team was honored at halftime. Head Coach Rachael Salvione, Assistant Coaches Tina Oyler and Nicole MacGregor, and Captains Whitney Ostrander and Kaylee Gillen were introduced. The team was commended for their 24-4 season in which they won the Mountain Valley Conference Tournament and were semifinalists in the Region 3 Championship Tournament.

Photo:  Jessica Woney passes to Stephanie Rice

Rice opened the second-half scoring after taking a feed from Redwood. Woney stole the ball and dashed in for two. FM led 47-28.

Woney also scored the game's final basket. Her nice drive to the hoop made it 74-56.

Four Lady Raiders scored in double figures for the game: Rice had 15, Woney scored 13, Evanda Redwood and Abby Boyer (see photo below) both scored a dozen. 

The Lady Raiders are now 4-3 on the young season. Adirondack is 1-5. FMCC will host always-tough Jefferson CC at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Jefferson's Lady Cannoneers posted a big win in Schenectady on Saturday, defeating the Royals 78-46. 

                   C.J. Bonny, website writer 

Scoring: 

Adirondack: McKinney 1-1-3, Sardina 3-2-8, McDonough 1-0-2, Smith 1-0-2, Jenkins 8-6-24, Hastings 6-3-15, Major 1-0-2; Total 56
Three-point Goals: McKinney, Jenkins 2 

FMCC:  Vasquez Rivera 3-1-7, Pope 2-3-7, Woney 6-0-13, Richard 1-1-4, Rice 4-6-15, Redwood 5-2-12, Gittens 1-0-2, Frost 1-0-2, Boyer 5-0-12; Total 74 
Three-point Goals: Vasquez Rivera, Woney, Richard, Rice, Boyer 2 

Photo:  Abby Boyer scores after taking an inbounds pass from Angel Gittens (#12, foreground)

 

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