Albany, NY — The Sage Colleges' women's basketball team hosted the Pioneers of Smith College on Saturday afternoon in a non-conference game in Kahl Gym. Smith remains unbeaten as they earned a 72-50 road win over Sage and is now 5-0. Sage drops to 2-3.

Smith led 34-25 at the break and was paced by the play of sophomore forward Katelyn Pickunka (Westhampton, MA/Hampshire) as she had a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds. She was 7-7 from the floor and 11-12 from the free throw line with four blocks for the Pioneers.  Sophomore guard Shelle Gleissner (Los Angeles, CA/Serra) added 14 points with six steals and three assists, while rookie forward Amelia Clairmont (Laconia, NH/New Hampshire School) chipped in with 12 points along the way as the Pioneers shot 83.3% from the line for the game, making 20-of-24 free throws.  

Sage sophomore Meghan Murray (Watervliet, NY/Watervliet) added a personal-best 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench with three steals and four assists for the Gators. Junior Madasyn Bush (Pottersville, NY/North Warren Central) added eight points, while senior forward Megan Flynn (Hoosick Falls, NY/Hoosick Falls Central) had seven points with six rebounds before fouling out. Senior Kaitlyn Bowman (Chateaugay, NY/Saranac) finished with four points, six rebounds, three assists with two blocks and a steal for Sage.

Rookie guard Renna Poulin (Troy, NY/Tamarac) also had a career day as she finished with seven points and three rebounds.

Bowman checks in with 743 career points and is now just one points behind Kristen Marcinczyk (1992-1995) who had 744 career points and is 14^th on the Gators' all-time scoring list. Bowman is currently fifth all-time in career rebounding with 614 rebounds, while ranking ninth in free throws made (169) and tied for 14^th in career games played with 87. 

Flynn now has 567 career points, while adding 439 career rebounds and moved ahead of Kristin Alonzo (1999-2001) who was 11^th with 436 rebounds.  

Sage is back in action on November 26 hosting RPI in a 5 p.m. non-conference contest, while Smith College is also in action on November 26 travelling to Keene State for a 5 p.m. road contest.