Box Score Peyton Alazaus scored a team-high 14 points and grabbed four rebounds, but Division I Binghamton used a strong second half to pull away for a 71-45 exhibition victory over the Pitt-Johnstown women's basketball team, Wednesday night in Binghamton, NY.
 
Pitt-Johnstown fell behind by 10 after the opening quarter, but the Mountain Cats didn't go away.  Pitt-Johnstown narrowed the gap to five on three occasions in the second quarter, with the last coming at 24-19 with 1:43 on an Alazaus free-throw, before going into the halftime break trailing, 29-21.
 
However, the Bearcats came out fast in the third quarter and were able to extend the lead on their way to the victory.
 
Along with Alazaus, the Mountain Cats also got 11 points and five rebounds from Makalyn Clapper and eight points and a career-high 10 boards from Olivia Fasick.  Cassidy Crawford netted five points, and Hayden Taylor scored three points and pulled down five rebounds for Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Genevieve Colman's game-high 20 points led Binghamton, while Denai Bowman scored a dozen points, and Clare Traeger chipped in nine points and a game-high 19 rebounds.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to a non-conference game at Malone (OH) University on Saturday, before making its 2022-23 home debut in the Sports Center against Salem (WV) University on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.