Gators See Season Come to a Close in the E8 Quarterfinals
GENESEO, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women’s Basketball had its season come to a close with Saturday's 59-41 loss at SUNY Geneseo in the Quarterfinals of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
5 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 41 |
|
|
14 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 59 |
Team Stats
SUNY Geneseo
| Game Statistics | Russell Sage College | SUNY Geneseo |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (14-50) | (26-61) |
| Field Goal % | 28.0% | 42.6% |
| Rebounds | 32 | 41 |
| Assists | 9 | 11 |
| Turnovers | 13 | 10 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 6 | 10 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 0 | 9 |
| Pts in the Paint | 14 | 40 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 3 | 6 |
| Bench Pts | 1 | 16 |
GENESEO, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women’s Basketball had its season come to a close with Saturday's 59-41 loss at SUNY Geneseo in the Quarterfinals of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament.
The host Knights, the four seed, used a 16-3 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to punch their ticket to Wednesday's Semifinal round.
Senior Layla Acosta (Haines City, FL/Haines City) topped the Gators (15-11) with 16 points, eight rebounds, and three assists. The guard, who commenced the postseason ranked fourth in the Conference in scoring average, had ten of her points in the first half to have RSC, seeded fifth, trail by only five, 25-20, at the break. She finished the campaign ranked fourth in program records with 1,276 career points.
Junior forward Kallie Hopkins (Millsboro, DE/Poly Tech), among the E8 rebounding leaders, added nine points and six rebounds, while guard Kyla Smith (Sprakers, NY/Fonda-Fultonville/Fredonia)
Senior forward Grace Galgano led SUNY Geneseo (18-8) with 18 points and nine rebounds.
The Knights, which only trailed for 27 seconds, will face top-seeded Nazareth in the Semifinals on Wednesday.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: The 2025-2026 season marked the second with Michael Branche at the helm of Russell Sage College Women’s Basketball…The Gators have qualified for the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament in both of his seasons at the helm…RSC, which also reached the Quarterfinals of the 2024-2025 E8 Tournament, combined eight returners with four newcomers on this year’s roster…Acosta, a two-time All-Conference pick, became just the tenth RSC player to surpass 1,000 career points in the home win vs. SUNY Cobleskill on December 1…She closed the matinee fourth in program records with 1,276 career points...Emily Parslow ’19 is third with 1,370 career points…Acosta was tabbed the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 9…She topped all players with 24 points on 47.3 percent shooting in the season-opening home victory vs. Bard on November 8…Freshman guard Miranda Price (Stillwater, NY/Stillwater) was chosen the E8 Rookie of the Week for the period ending Sunday, November 16…She tallied a game-high 19 points in the home win vs. SUNY Morrisville on November 15…Price went 7-of-9 from the field, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc, in her collegiate debut…Acosta was tabbed an E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, December 7…The guard tallied 26 points on 43.5 percent shooting in the home win vs. SUNY Cobleskill on December 1…Forward Isabella Clute (Schenectady, NY/Mohonasen) was selected the Conference Rookie of the Week for the period ending Sunday, January 18…The freshman averaged 8.0 points on 6-of-6 shooting and 4.0 rebounds to help the Gators have an undefeated week…Acosta took home E8 Player of the Week honors for the period ending Sunday, February 1…The guard, who averaged 22.3 points on 39.3 percent shooting across three games, scored 35 points at SUNY Brockport (1/30)...She passed Mary Leary '83 for fourth place on the program's career scoring list with the output, tied for the third-most in a game by an RSC player...On January 12, 2019, Emily Parslow '19, who is third on the program career scoring list, scored 35 points vs. Nazareth…Acosta went into the postseason ranked fourth in the E8 with a 16.1 points per-game scoring average…Hopkins began the weekend fifth in the Conference in rebounding at 8.7
