KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — The Keuka College Women's Basketball team lost on Wednesday night 77-54 to Utica University in an Empire 8 Conference game at the JMW Recreation and Athletics Center.

Keuka College finishes the season with a 5-20 record while going 0-16 in the conference.

Brooke Burd (Canisteo, N.Y. / Canisteo-Greenwood) led the Wolves with her fifth double-double of the season. The sophomore had 10 points and 13 rebounds in the loss. Caiden Crego (Lyons, N.Y. / Lyons) tied Burd for the team lead in scoring with 10 points as well.

Utica University 77 at Keuka College 54

Keuka College took a quick 4-3 lead over the Pioneers, but Utica answered with seven straight to build a lead. The Wolves snapped the run with a three by Mary Cotter (Hershey, Pa. / Hershey). Keuka kept Utica within reach. A three by Sophia Babcock (Oswego, N.Y. / Oswego) cut the margin down to one in the final minute, but Utica answered with a layup to lead by three, 20-17, after the first.

The Wolves took advantage of the opening possession with Sydney Brown (Lowville, N.Y. / Lowville Academy) hitting a jumper, but Utica answered back with 10 straight. Lillian Mullen (Canisteo, N.Y. / Canisteo-Greenwood) snapped the six-minute drought with a jumper. Mullen later hit a three on Keuka's last possession to keep the margin at single digits going into halftime. Utica led 39-30 at the break.

Keuka College rattled off five straight in the middle of the third quarter. Caiden Crego found Brooke Burd for a layup. Katie Deatherage (Canandaigua, N.Y. / Marcus Whitman) then got a steal and Sydney Brown knocked down a three with Lillian Mullen getting an assist. The flurry made it a six-point game. That, however, would be as close as Keuka College would make it. Utica reestablished a double-digit advantage and led 55-44 going into the final quarter.

The Pioneers closed the game out, outscoring the Wolves 22-10 in the fourth to defeat Keuka 77-54.

KC Notes:

• Keuka College is now 11-14 all-time against Utica University and 6-6 in games played at Keuka College
• The Wolves knocked down six threes in the game. Keuka finished the season with 152 triples, the fifth-most in program history
• Brooke Burd had two of Keuka's five blocks against Utica. The Wolves had 79 rejections this season, the seventh-most in program history
• Sydney Brown's three moved her into a tie for eighth with 47 triples on the season. She finishes her record-setting career with 191 career three-pointers
• Burd's 13 rebounds give her 242 boards on the season. It is the sixth-most in a season in program history and the most by a Keuka College player in the last thirty years
• Lillian Mullen surpassed 200 points in her first season at Keuka College