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Bob Ewell
Christine Gargiso Led the Thoroughbreds with 13 points

Women's Basketball

Thoroughbred women in another tight Liberty League contest

Box Score Rochester, N.Y.— A late free throw cost the Skidmore College women's basketball team a 61-60 Liberty League decision to RIT Saturday afternoon.
 
Sarah Wolcott hit a free throw with 1.3 seconds remaining to break a 60-60 tie and give  RIT (10-12, 6-7 Liberty League) the win.   Skidmore College falls to 14-8 and  7-6.
 
RIT  used a 15-5 run to close out the game for  the win.  Skidmore's Megan Gaugler hit a layup with 10.4 seconds remaining to tie the game at 60, before Wolcott drew a foul to get to the line with 1.3 left.  Wolcott missed the first, but nailed the second to give RIT the win.
  
Down 37-35, the Thoroughbreds began the second half on an 18-7 run, taking a nine point lead with 10:50 remaining off of a layup by Molly Gile.  The teams traded buckets before the Tigers began their run to close the game.
 
RIT shot 23-for-53 (43%) from the field, while Skidmore was 26-for-69 (38%).  The Thoroughbreds out rebounded the tigers 40-34, and outscored RIT 40-24 in the paint.
 
Skidmore travels to St. Lawrence on Tuesday.
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