Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Kelly Legg converted on a put-back with less than a second remaining as visiting St. Lawrence defeated the Skidmore College women's basketball team 49-47, Friday night at the Williamson Sports Center.

 

The Thoroughbreds fall to 7-6 in the league and 11-12 overall, while the Saints improve to 9-4 in the league and 18-5 overall.

 

Both teams battled back and forth throughout the game, with Skidmore holding the largest lead of the contest at 6 points with 11:57 remaining in the first half. There were four ties and four lead changes in the first half with the Thoroughbreds taking a 27-26 lead into half time.

 

The teams continued to keep it close in the second half as neither team was able to gain more than a four point advantage. Late in the contest, Erica Sperra gave St. Lawrence a three-point advantage on a layup with 2:06 remaining, but Christine Kemp answered with a three-pointer less than 10 seconds later to tie it up at 47-47. Neither team was able to convert for the remainder of the game until Legg was able to recover the rebound off Iris Santoni's missed jumper and layed it up and in with 0.7 seconds left to give the Saints  a 49-47 victory.

 

Kemp led the way for the Skidmore with a team high 15 points. Megan Gaugler added nine and Jordyn Wartts finished with eight while Logan Frederick grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.

 

For St. Lawrence, Legg had a game-high 18 points to go with nine rebounds and Sperra finished with a double-double of 13 points and 10 boards.

 

The Thoroughbreds were outscored 26-14 in the paint, but were able to turn 16 Saint turnovers into 13 points.

 

Skidmore hosts Clarkson at 2 p.m. on Saturday as part of the Big Green Scream. The game will be the final game of the regular season for the Thoroughbreds.

Newspaper Box Score

St. Lawrence University vs Skidmore College

2/18/11 6 pm at Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

At Williamson Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 49, SKIDMORE COLLEGE 47

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY (18-5, 9-4Liberty)

Kelly Legg 8-13 2-3 18; Erica Spera 6-11 1-2 13; Casey Capello 3-12 0-0 9;

Katie Murray 1-3 0-0 3; Katie Abramski 1-3 0-0 2; Cassie St. Hilaire 1-1 0-0

2; Katherine Edgerton 0-7 2-2 2; Elisabeth Dwyer 0-0 0-0 0; Hannah Wilson

0-2 0-0 0; Iris Santoni 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 20-53 5-9 49.

SKIDMORE COLLEGE (11-12, 7-6)

Christine Kemp 6-12 0-0 15; Megan Gaugler 3-11 1-2 9; Jordyn Wartts 4-6 0-0

8; Cyrida Felton 2-4 0-0 5; Logan Frederick 1-5 2-2 4; Michela Ottati 0-5

2-2 2; Molly Gile 1-1 0-0 2; Jessie Kavana 0-0 2-2 2; Christina Gargiso 0-5

0-0 0; Ismatu Alison-Konteh 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-50 7-8 47.

St. Lawrence University.......   26   23  -   49

Skidmore College..............   27   20  -   47

3-point goals--St. Lawrence University 4-12 (Casey Capello 3-6; Katie Murray

1-3; Katherine Edgerton 0-1; Hannah Wilson 0-1; Kelly Legg 0-1), Skidmore

College 6-18 (Christine Kemp 3-4; Megan Gaugler 2-9; Cyrida Felton 1-1;

Michela Ottati 0-4). Fouled out--St. Lawrence University-None, Skidmore

College-None. Rebounds--St. Lawrence University 37 (Erica Spera 10),

Skidmore College 33 (Logan Frederick 11). Assists--St. Lawrence University

15 (Iris Santoni 4; Kelly Legg 4), Skidmore College 10 (Michela Ottati 3).

Total fouls--St. Lawrence University 8, Skidmore College 10. Technical

fouls--St. Lawrence University-None, Skidmore College-None. A-350