Box Score GENEVA, N.Y.—Nationally ranked Rochester relied on its height advantage to top William Smith 61-53. The Herons played strong perimeter defense, but the fifth-ranked Yellowjackets doubled up the Herons in points in the paint and finished plus-10 on the glass.

The first half was a tightly contested affair with three ties and four lead changes. Rochester (9-0) held the biggest lead of the opening 20 minutes, using a 10-0 run to build a 20-13 lead. William Smith (3-3) countered with 10 unanswered points of its own, five from junior guard Jaimie Rubin and five from first-year forward Chloe Hayter.

Rochester scored the final six points of the first half to take a 31-28 lead into the break. Rubin had a game-high nine points at halftime and finished the day with a career-high 13.

In the second half, the Yellowjackets again stretched their lead to seven, but the Herons rallied to make it a 1-point game on a 3-pointer by Sasha Borenstein at the 13:39 mark. After a Rochester basket, Hayter made it a 1-point game with a layup, but William Smith was unable to regain the lead. Hayter netted 10 points and grabbed seven boards.

Danielle McNabb scored the next four points of the game to put the Yellowjackets up five.

Sophomore guard Erin O'Brien (9 pts) made a pair of free throws to make it a 3-point game with under six minutes to play, but Loren Wagner put home a layup at the other end of the floor kicking off a 6-0 run that put the visitors in front nine. A lead that Rochester was able to protect down the stretch.

Wagner finished with game-highs of 15 points and 16 rebounds. McNabb produced 14 points and blocked three shots.

Sophomore guard Jacqueline Murphy pulled down a team-high 11 boards for the Herons. William Smith was held to just 34.5 percent shooting, but did drain 6-of-14 from beyond the arc.

Rochester shot 42.4 percent from the floor, but went 0-for-8 from 3-point range. It's the first time the Yellowjackets haven't made at least one 3-pointer since January of 2002, a string of 282 games.

William Smith will be back in action at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, when the Herons visit Cortland.