Box Score GENEVA, N.Y.—Senior guard Latasha Coney (Lyons/Lyons, N.Y.) recorded team-highs of 23 points, seven steals, and four assists to lead the William Smith basketball team to a 71-64 victory over Cortland State in Bristol Gym today. The win ups the Herons record to 4-3, while the Red Dragons slip to 6-2.

William Smith made a season-high nine three-pointers, shooting 42.9 percent from behind the arc, and converted 77.8 percent of its free throws (14-18). Cortland shot 42.1 percent from the floor, but struggled from long range (2-of-16) and hit just 66.7 percent from the line (14-21).

Coney, who shot 7-of-13 from the floor and 5-of-7 from the line, was joined in double figures by senior guard Paige Myers (Massena/Massena, N.Y.) and sophomore guard Mollie Danahy (Troy/Troy, N.Y.), who both logged 13 points.

Cortland was led by junior forward Jessica Laing's (S. Kortright/Bloomville, N.Y.) game-highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds. First-year guard Michelle Volpini (Newfield/Newfield, N.Y.) was the only other Red Dragon to hit double digits, adding 10 points off the bench.

The first half was tightly contested, with neither team leading by more than seven. The lead changed hands six times before the break, the last time on a layup by Danahy with 1:59 remaining that put the Herons on the road to a 29-26 halftime advantage. Myers and Danahy led all scorers with 10 apiece in the opening stanza.

Cortland scored the first six points of the second half to take a 32-29 lead, but Coney, who had 18 in the second half, stopped the run and evened the score with one of her four three pointers. The triple kick-started a 19-5 Heron run that gave the home team the largest lead of the day, 48-37, with 11:36 to play.

The Red Dragons responded with a 9-1 run that closed the gap to just three with 8:44 to go, but, following a William Smith timeout, Coney connected on a jumper and the Herons never let their lead dip below four the rest of the way.

The Herons will be back in action at 4 p.m. on Dec. 30, when they face Wheaton (Mass.) in the first round of the Bowdoin Classic in Brunswick, Maine.