Farmingdale, NY - The Hunter Women's Basketball team took home a non-conference road win at Farmingdale state, with a 80-46 victory.  The Hawks improved to 6-6 overall on the season and grabbed their 3rd win away from the sportsplex.

Hunter came out fast with a 15-0 run to start the game over the first 6 minutes of play.  Hunter finished the first quarter with a 28-7 lead.  The second quarter opened up with scoring from both teams, as they continued to go back and forth until a jumper by Sophomore Erin Cosio pushed the lead out to 24.  With 1 minute to go in the half and another three by Cosio the Hawks had their biggest first half lead with 25.

To start the second half Hunter absorbed a run by Farmingdale fueled by freshman guard Victoria Kantzian, who scored the first 7 points for the Rams, but Hunter quickly responded with their own 7 point run.  The hawks had 4 players finish in double digits, and 8 of the 9 players that played scored.

Freshman Alexa Charles led the way with 19 points and a team high 10 rebounds, to go along with 6 steals and 5 assists.  The freshman leads the country in steals with 67 and steals per game at 5.58.  Sophomore Erin Cosio scored 17 all in the first half with 5 assists, shooting 50% from the field and chipping in with 4 steals also.  Senior captain Kimberly Lau had a balanced game with 16 points, shooting 50% from the field and 2-3 from 3, and off the bench Freshman Kennedy DeRuy had 17 points in 15 minutes.  Shooting 6-10 from the field and 3-6 from 3.

The Hawks held Farmingdale to 29.8% from the field and caused 27 turnovers with 17 steals.  Hunter was able to shoot 31-71 from the field for 43% with 21 assists on the 31 field goals.

Next up for Hunter is a home CUNYAC conference double header, hosting Medgar Evers on January 3rd with a 5pm tip off.