GENESEO, NY - The St. John Fisher Cardinals (3-4) defeated the RIT women's basketball team (0-2) in the consolation bracket of the 47th annual Wendy's Classic at SUNY Geneseo on Tuesday evening, by a final score of 75-57. Sydney Bloomstein lead Fisher with 21 points for the game and four different Cardinals scored in double figures.

Bloomstein scored 13 of her game-high 21 in the first half on 6-of-7 shooting and added three rebounds and three steals in the first 20 minutes of play.

The Cardinals shot 42.9 percent from the field for the night, while the Tigers knocked down 37.9 percent of their shots. The difference came at the free throw line where Fisher hit 30-of-36 attempts (83.3 percent) while the Tigers only went only 10-for-16 (62.5 percent) from the charity stripe.

#Leslie Havens (Wayland, NY/Wayland-Cohocton) paced RIT offensively with 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting and (Bemus Point, NY/Maple Grove)Jess Kramer (Fayetteville, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt) added 14 points and six rebounds. (Bemus Point, NY/Maple Grove)Kayla Wheeler (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa)# also chipped in 10 points and seven rebounds on the night.

Fisher started the game on an 8-0 run over the first 1:28 seconds but the Tigers would battle back. Havens' jumper in transition culminated a 16-4 RIT spurt and gave the Tigers a 16-12 lead at the 13:44 mark. However, the Cardinals would storm ahead thanks to a 14-0 run and would never relinquish the lead. Fisher would extend the lead with defense, keeping the Tigers without a field goal for over six minutes of play, and pushed the lead to 15 points.  

Fisher went into the break with a 41-28 advantage. The Cardinals took advantage of 14 first half turnovers by RIT and turned those in 19 points on the other end. Fisher shot 48.4 percent for the half, while the Tigers knocked down 10-of-29 (34.5%) of their shots from the field.

Havens paced the Tigers with nine first half points.

RIT faced a 55-35 deficit with 13:21 remaining in the game, but refused to quit. Havens scored eight points during a 15-1 Tigers run over the next 7:51 to pull RIT within six points of the Cardinals. However, the Cardinals would pull away with late game execution and poise at the free throw line. Fisher would go 17-for-20 from the line, including knocking down 11 in a row, over the last five minutes to push the lead back to double digits.

The Tigers have lost both games in the Wendy's Classic, falling to the University of Rochester 80-53 on Tuesday night. They will take on the loser of the Nazareth vs. Roberts Wesleyan game, which takes place tonight at 8 p.m., on Saturday Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. at Nazareth College.