Skidmore women open at Williams

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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. - Starting three freshman and a sophomore, the Williams College (1-0) youth was evident in the first frame but a solid defensive effort and timely three-point shooting in the second half brought home a 67-55 win over Skidmore College (0-1).

Neither team could find their shooting touch in the early going, as the score remained knotted at 8 points apiece nearly ten minutes into the contest. Skidmore found some open looks from behind the arc to pull ahead 21-15 at the 5:50 mark. Shooting almost half of their first-half field goals from three-point range, the Thoroughbreds were successful on just three attempts of seventeen but used back-to-back scores from Sharlyn Harper to build the slight advantage.

It would be Skidmore's largest lead of the night. The last five minutes of play became the Mika Peterman and Jill Greenberg show, as the tandem combined for 22 of Williams' 30 first half points with eleven each, and pulled the Ephs ahead by five at the half.

Greenberg, finished the game with 14 points and Peterman 16 points.

The Ephs kept Skidmore to a five-minute scoring drought early in the second half. using a 14-0 run to take a 51-40 lead..

Skidmore's Laura Michel scored a team-high 12 points, while teammates Megan Gaugler and Harper added 10 points apiece. The Thoroughbreds host the Skidmore Invitational on Saturday and Sunday.

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