BOSTON -- Kristie Zator scored 16 points Saturday to lead the MCLA women's basketball team to a 41-40 win over Wentworth.

 

Zator's lay-up with 3 minutes, 40 seconds to play gave the Trailblazers a 41-36 lead, and MCLA's defense held off Wentworth's comeback bid down the stretch.

 

Zator led the defense with five steals.

 

Hailey Peabody scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds.

 

MCLA (2-8) hosts St. Joseph of Connecticut on Monday.

 

Men's Basketball

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. -- SUNY Plattsburgh held off a comeback bid by MCLA to secure a 68-66 win.

 

The Cardinals took a 68-59 lead with 3:07 remaining.

 

The Trailblazers battled back and got within two points on a pair of Dylan Morris-Gray free throws with 1:24 left but could not score again.

 

An MCLA 3-pointer at the buzzer was off the mark.

 

Morris-Gray finished with 11 points. Taconic graduate Quentin Gittens led MCLA with 16.

 

The Trailblazers (5-5) finish the 2023 portion of their schedule on Monday at Anna Maria.

 

Women's Hockey

SALEM, Mass. -- Becky Ade scored a short-handed goal midway through the third period to give MCLA a 1-0 win over Lebanon Valley in the consolation game of the Viking Cup tournament.

 

Juliette Barney made 45 saves to earn the shutout win in goal.

 

MCLA (3-10) is off until Jan. 12 when it visits Hilbert.