Box Score

Troy, N.Y.-- Sophomore guard Megan Gaugler (Amsterdam, N.Y./Amsterdam) scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Skidmore College women's basketball team to a 58-49 Liberty League road win over RPI. 

The win moves the Thoroughbreds into a first place Liberty League tie with the Engineers at 6-1.  Skidmore is 14-3 overall, while RPI is 11-7.

The game started out even as neither team had a lead of more than three points in the first seven minutes. With the score tied at 14-14, Skidmore went on a 9-0 run for a 23-14 advantage with 2:28 left in the first half. Gaugler and Sharlyn Harper  had eight of the nine points in the span. RPI pulled back to within five points but the Thoroughbreds closed out the half with another run and led by nine, 28-19, at the break.

A jumper by Skidmore's Dana Leonard (Cooperstown, NY/Cooperstown) put the visitors ahead by 11 points to start the second half and then both teams went cold. Following a 4:01 scoring drought, RPI got baskets by Lauren Hayes (Rensselaer, NY/Columbia) and  Allison Connor (Hudson, NY/Hudson) to pull within six points at 14:04. Skidmore got the next two baskets and led by no fewer than eight points the rest of the way.

Gaugler made 9 of 15 shots from the field, while also tallying two assists and a steal. Harper added six rebounds, five assists, two steals and a pair of blocks. Leonard finished with three points and a team-best 10 rebounds.

Skidmore will host Union College on Tuesday at 6 p.m.