Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. –  The SUNY Potsdam women's basketball team held off a late Skidmore College second-half run for a 75-68 victory in non-conference action Tuesday night at the Sports and Recreation Center.

The Bears have won eight-straight games and improve to 8-1, while Skidmore falls to 3-7.

Potsdam led by 16 with 10:39 to play, 56-40, when the Thoroughbreds made a late run.  Junior guard Sharlyn Harper (New York, N.Y) hit two-three pointers during the span, and freshman Megan Gaugler (Amsterdam, N.Y./Amsterdam) connected from long-range at 5:34 to cut the visitors lead to five, 63-58.  

That was as close as Thoroughbreds would get with clutch free throw shooting by the Bears down the stretch. Potsdam hit 8-of-11 during the second stanza to take the win.  

Harper led all scorers with 24 points and eight rebounds, shooting 9-15 from the field with five three-pointers for the Thoroughbreds.  Senior Kellye Caufield (Monroe, Conn.) chipped in 11 points and five rebounds.  

Senior Maureen Curley (Madrid, N.Y.) led four Potsdam players in double-figures with 20 points, while junior Rachel Graf tallied 13 points.  Junior Cortney Poirier finished with 12 points and classmate Molly Krauza added 10 points.  

Skidmore will travel to Middlebury next on Jan. 10 to take on the Panthers at 1 pm.  

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Newspaper Box Score
Potsdam vs Skidmore College
1/6/09 6 pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
POTSDAM 75, SKIDMORE COLLEGE 68
POTSDAM (8-1)
CURLEY, Maureen 7-10 4-7 20; GRAF, Rachel 3-5 7-8 13; POIRIER, Cortney 5-17
2-4 12; KRAUZA, Molly 5-7 0-0 10; SHOEN, Kelsey 3-9 3-4 9; FAIRCHILD, Hannah
3-8 0-0 8; WHITTON, Brittany 1-3 0-0 3; LEBRASSEUR, LeighAn 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 27-60 16-23 75.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (3-7)
Sharlyn Harper 9-15 1-2 24; Kellye Caufield 3-8 5-6 11; Laura Michel 3-8 1-4
7; Megan Gaugler 2-7 2-2 7; Amber Kinsey 3-7 0-0 6; Dana Leonard 2-6 2-2 6;
Christine Kemp 2-7 0-0 4; Laurel Brown 1-4 0-0 3; Christina Gargiso 0-1 0-0
0; Cyrida Felton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-63 11-16 68.
Potsdam.......................   40   35  -   75
Skidmore College..............   29   39  -   68
3-point goals--Potsdam 5-11 (FAIRCHILD, Hannah 2-4; CURLEY, Maureen 2-2;
WHITTON, Brittany 1-2; SHOEN, Kelsey 0-1; POIRIER, Cortney 0-2), SkidmoreCollege 7-21 (Sharlyn Harper 5-9; Megan Gaugler 1-4; Laurel Brown 1-3;
Christine Kemp 0-2; Laura Michel 0-2; Kellye Caufield 0-1). Fouled
out--Potsdam-None, Skidmore College-None. Rebounds--Potsdam 42 (SHOEN,
Kelsey 10), Skidmore College 38 (Sharlyn Harper 8). Assists--Potsdam 18
(SHOEN, Kelsey 6), Skidmore College 15 (Laurel Brown 4). Total
fouls--Potsdam 12, Skidmore College 16. Technical fouls--Potsdam-None,
Skidmore College-None. A-80