Box Score
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- Senior guard Sharlyn Harper (New York, N.Y./Holderness) scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Skidmore College women's basketball team to a 68-52 win over Middlebury College, Saturday at the Sports and Recreation Center.
The Thoroughbreds improve to 8-3, while the Panthers had their five-game win streak snapped to drop to 6-4.
Harper scored 15 in the first half, including five in an 8-0 run to open the game. Middlebury answered with an 8-0 run of its own to tie it 8-8, but Harper hit a three to end the run and put Skidmore in front 11-8 at the 15:58 mark. The Thoroughbreds would continue to lead for the remainder of the half, taking a 31-27 lead into the break.
The Panthers hung around for awhile in the second half, taking their only lead of the game, 38-36, with 14:50 to play on a Brittany Perfetti three-pointer. That would be the only Middlebury field goal over the next nine minutes with Skidmore putting the game away with 22-4 run to take a 62-46 lead on the way to the 68-52 win.
Harper, one of four Thoroughbreds in double figures, added three assists, three blocks, and three steals. Megan Gaugler (Amsterdam, N.Y./Amsterdam) scored 15 points on 6-9 shooting to go along with four blocks. Dana Leonard (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown) chipped in 10 points and Christine Gargiso (Staten Island, N.Y./Staten Island Tech.) scored 10 points and had three steals off the bench.
Perfetti finished with 13 points to lead the Panthers. Kaitlyn Fallon scored nine points and had six rebounds, while Stephany Surrette chipped in seven points and a game-high nine rebounds.
Skidmore scored 32 points off 27 Middlebury turnovers. The Thoroughbreds shot 48 percent from the floor and hit 9-of-16 threes, while holding the Panthers to 30 percent from the floor.
Skidmore opens Liberty League play on the road Tuesday against Union College at 6 p.m.
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Newspaper Box Score
Middlebury vs Skidmore College
1/09/10 2 pm at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 68, MIDDLEBURY 52
MIDDLEBURY (6-4)
Brittany Perfetti 4-10 2-2 13; Kaitlyn Fallon 4-10 1-3 9; Lauren Sanchez 2-6
4-4 9; Leah Kepping 2-8 3-4 7; Stephany Surrette 1-6 5-6 7; Kate Logan 0-1
2-2 2; Alana Wall 1-2 0-0 2; Tracy Borsinger 1-1 0-0 2; Maddie Moreau 0-4
1-2 1; Elissa Goeke 0-1 0-0 0; Jesse Miller 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 15-50 18-25
52.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (8-3)
Sharlyn Harper 7-15 4-4 22; Megan Gaugler 6-9 1-1 15; Christina Gargiso 4-8
1-2 10; Dana Leonard 3-6 3-3 10; Amber Kinsey 1-4 2-2 4; Christine Kemp 1-3
0-1 3; Kelly Bischoff 1-2 0-0 2; Gedville Gineitye 1-1 0-0 2; Antonia
Williams 0-0 0-0 0; Bridget Allan 0-0 0-0 0; Lauren Conway 0-0 0-0 0; Cyrida
Felton 0-1 0-0 0; Logan Frederick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-50 11-13 68.
Middlebury.................... 27 25 - 52
Skidmore College.............. 31 37 - 68
3-point goals--Middlebury 4-13 (Brittany Perfetti 3-6; Lauren Sanchez 1-2;
Leah Kepping 0-1; Kate Logan 0-1; Maddie Moreau 0-1; Elissa Goeke 0-1;
Kaitlyn Fallon 0-1), Skidmore College 9-16 (Sharlyn Harper 4-4; Megan
Gaugler 2-4; Dana Leonard 1-2; Christine Kemp 1-1; Christina Gargiso 1-1;
Cyrida Felton 0-1; Kelly Bischoff 0-1; Amber Kinsey 0-2). Fouled
out--Middlebury-None, Skidmore College-None. Rebounds--Middlebury 39
(Stephany Surrette 9), Skidmore College 29 (Dana Leonard 4; Sharlyn Harper
4; Megan Gaugler 4; Kelly Bischoff 4). Assists--Middlebury 8 (Leah Kepping
5), Skidmore College 15 (Christine Kemp 5). Total fouls--Middlebury 17,
Skidmore College 19. Technical fouls--Middlebury-None, Skidmore
College-None. A-256
