Box Score
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College women's basketball team picked up its 18
th victory of the season with Friday night's 59-53 Liberty League win over RPI at the Sports and Recreation Center. The Thoroughbreds improve to 18-3 overall and 10-1 in the league, while the Engineers fall to 12-9 overall and 7-3 league.
Dana Leonard (Cooperstown, N.Y.) led all scorers with 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting and 4-of-5 from three-point range for Skidmore.
Megan Gaugler (Amsterdam, N.Y.) had 13 points to go along with nine rebounds and two blocks and
Amber Kinsey (Troy, N.Y.) added 11 points.
After trailing 5-4 at the 16:25 mark of the first half, RPI went on a 13-2 run to take a 10 point lead but the Thoroughbreds came right back and closed out the half on a 15-5 run and went into the half with the game tied 22-22.
Kinsey hit a three-pointer at the 18:12 mark of the second half to give Skidmore a three point lead and they wouldn't trail for the remainder of the game. The Engineers cut the lead to one on a layup by Amanda Brophy, but the Thoroughbreds answered back with a 10-2 run to push their lead to nine points on a pair of free throws from
Kelly Bischoff (Pensacola, Fla.) with 4:42 remaining. Skidmore didn't allow RPI to get closer than three points for the rest of the game as they went 7-for-10 from the free throw line over the last 2:11 to seal the six-point victory.
Hillary McKinley led the Engineers with 13 points off the bench and Brophy and Nicole Monroe each chipped in with 10 points. Whitney Coleman added six points, nine assists, seven rebounds and three steals.
The Thoroughbreds scored 15 points off 17 RPI turnovers and finished 11-of-15 from the free throw line compared to 11-of-20 for the Engineers.
Skidmore hosts Vassar tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in the Sports and Recreation Center as part of the Big Green Scream.
Rensselaer vs Skidmore College
2/12/10 6:15 at Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
At Sports&Rec Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
SKIDMORE COLLEGE 59, RENSSELAER 53
RENSSELAER (12-9, 7-3)
Hillary McKinley 6-12 1-5 13; Amanda Brophy 3-4 4-7 10; Nicole Monroe 5-10
0-0 10; Allison Connor 3-11 0-0 9; Whitney Coleman 1-11 4-6 6; Lauren Hayes
1-9 0-0 3; Kirsten Orrell 0-1 2-2 2; Ellen High 0-0 0-0 0; Laura Easterling
0-2 0-0 0; Katie Hansan 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-62 11-20 53.
SKIDMORE COLLEGE (18-3, 10-1)
Dana Leonard 6-11 1-2 17; Megan Gaugler 4-7 3-4 13; Amber Kinsey 3-7 4-5 11;
Sharlyn Harper 3-17 1-2 8; Kelly Bischoff 1-4 2-2 4; Christine Kemp 1-3 0-0
2; Antonia Williams 1-3 0-0 2; Ismatu Alison-Konteh 1-1 0-0 2; Gedville
Gineityte 0-1 0-0 0; Christina Gargiso 0-5 0-0 0; Logan Frederick 0-1 0-0 0;
Cyrida Felton 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-62 11-15 59.
Rensselaer.................... 22 31 - 53
Skidmore College.............. 22 37 - 59
3-point goals--Rensselaer 4-24 (Allison Connor 3-10; Lauren Hayes 1-6;
Whitney Coleman 0-4; Laura Easterling 0-2; Katie Hansan 0-2), Skidmore
College 8-25 (Dana Leonard 4-5; Megan Gaugler 2-4; Sharlyn Harper 1-7; Amber
Kinsey 1-4; Christina Gargiso 0-2; Cyrida Felton 0-1; Antonia Williams 0-1;
Christine Kemp 0-1). Fouled out--Rensselaer-Lauren Hayes, Skidmore
College-None. Rebounds--Rensselaer 46 (Lauren Hayes 8), Skidmore College 47
(Megan Gaugler 9). Assists--Rensselaer 15 (Whitney Coleman 9), Skidmore
College 18 (Sharlyn Harper 4). Total fouls--Rensselaer 17, Skidmore College
15. Technical fouls--Rensselaer-None, Skidmore College-None. A-365
Start delayed by officials
