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Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Senior Kellye Caufield (Monroe, Conn.) connected on two free-throws with 0.2 seconds left on the clock to lift the Skidmore College women's basketball team past William Smith, 69-67, in a thriller on Saturday afternoon at the Sports and Recreation Center.

Skidmore (11-14 overall, 8-6 Liberty) qualifies for its first Liberty League tournament and is in the postseason for the first time since the 2000-2001 season.  The Thoroughbreds will face host and number one seed Union College in the first-round on Friday.

William Smith ends its season at 13-12 and 7-7.

The tightly-contested game featured 12 ties and nine lead changes as the teams battled back and forth the entire way.  The second stanza alone had the score tied nine times with six lead changes. 

In the second half, Senior Laurel Brown (Hamilton, Mass.) put the Thoroughbreds up by two when she hit a free-throw with 25 seconds left to play to give the home squad a 67-65 lead. William Smith answered right back tying it up 13 seconds left when freshman Kristen Kush (Fulton, N.Y.) hit a lay-up and was sent to the line for a three-point play opportunity.

After Kush missed the free throw, Skidmore called a timeout and got the ball on its end of the court with 6.9 seconds left.   

Sharlyn Harper (New York, N.Y.) took a shot from three-point range that missed, but was rebounded by Caufield.  Caufield quickly put back the shot that rolled around the rim and out, but she was fouled on the play.  The senior then calmly iced two free-throws with .2 left to give the Thoroughbreds the 69-67 win. 

Skidmore received 31 points off the bench despite being outrebounded 51-36.

Caufield tallied 13 points, including a solid 9-12 from the free-throw line, while adding eight rebounds.  Harper posted a game-high 19 points with three treys off the bench. .

Junior Erin Cunningham (Rockaway, N.J.) kept the Herons in it in the second half, collecting 14 straight points for the visitors in a 4:22 span near the end of regulation.  Cunningham ended with a team-high 18 points.

Senior guard Latasha Coney (Lyons, N.Y.) had a huge game for William Smith, recording a triple-double of 14 points, 12 assists, and 11 rebounds.  Kush ended with a double-double, adding 16 points and 13 rebounds. 


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Newspaper Box Score
William Smith vs Skidmore College
2/21/09 2pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 69, WILLIAM SMITH 67
WILLIAM SMITH (13-12,7-7Liberty)
Erin Cunningham 7-12 1-2 18; Kristen Kush 8-20 0-2 16; Latasha Coney 5-13
4-10 14; Ashlinn Barber 3-5 1-2 7; Paige Myers 2-10 0-0 6; Julie Hooper 2-3
0-0 4; Sarah Tarantino 1-2 0-0 2; Carrie Stevens 0-0 0-0 0; Amy Guthrie 0-1
0-0 0; Colleen Lukas 0-2 0-0 0; Ali Napier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-68 6-16 67.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (11-14,8-6)
Sharlyn Harper 7-12 2-3 19; Kellye Caufield 2-9 9-12 13; Megan Gaugler 3-9
2-2 10; Dana Leonard 3-8 2-2 9; Laurel Brown 2-8 1-2 5; Amber Kinsey 2-4 0-0
5; Christine Kemp 1-1 2-2 4; Ismatu Alison-Konteh 1-1 0-0 2; Laura Michel
1-5 0-3 2. Totals 22-57 18-26 69.
William Smith.................   27   40  -   67
Skidmore College..............   34   35  -   69
3-point goals--William Smith 5-19 (Erin Cunningham 3-5; Paige Myers 2-8;
Latasha Coney 0-3; Julie Hooper 0-1; Colleen Lukas 0-2), Skidmore College
7-26 (Sharlyn Harper 3-6; Megan Gaugler 2-7; Dana Leonard 1-3; Amber Kinsey
1-1; Laura Michel 0-1; Laurel Brown 0-5; Kellye Caufield 0-3). Fouled
out--William Smith-Erin Cunningham, Skidmore College-None. Rebounds--William
Smith 51 (Kristen Kush 13), Skidmore College 36 (Kellye Caufield 8).
Assists--William Smith 16 (Latasha Coney 12), Skidmore College 13 (Laura
Michel 5). Total fouls--William Smith 22, Skidmore College 17. Technical
fouls--William Smith-TEAM, Skidmore College-None. A-725