Alfred, NY- Alfred State women's basketball fell to the Mounties 72-57. After the loss, the Pios fall to 6-15 on the season and 5-7 in conference play.

Leading way for the Pioneers' offense, Taylor Searle dropped 17 points. Jordan Niles followed behind with 14 points. Taylor Benjamin facilitated the offense with seven assists tallied.

In the first quarter, Pioneers trailed for most of the action. Anna Merry contributed a three pointer during the period along with Somers tallying a layup.

The Pioneers looked to kick up the pace in the second quarter as Somers put them on the board and brought the deficit to 23-18 just three minutes in. After some time, Searle put up another basket. Pioneers went into the half trailing 42-22.

Niles began to come alive for Alfred after the halftime break and tallied a jumper along with a  layup in the beginning of the third quarter. The Pioneers began shortening the deficit towards the end of the period as Searle tallied some more layups.

The forth quarter began with the Pios trailing 58-42. Pioneers continued fighting to shorten the gap but where unable to bring themselves back in it as they fell 72-57

Pioneers will travel away to face off against the University of Pitt-Bradford. Tip off is set to began on  Wednesday, February 12 at 7pm.