Box Score TROY, N.Y. – (RPI Sports Information) Angela Botiba finished with a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Skidmore women's basketball team to a 73-55 win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Liberty League women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon at East Campus Arena.
 
The Thoroughbreds complete the weekend league sweep and season sweep of the Engineers to improve to 8-11 and 3-7. RPI drops to 5-14 and 3-7.
 
The teams played a closely contested start to the game before Amber Holgate (Easton, MA / St. Andrew's School) hit a bucket with 7:00 to play to put Skidmore on top, 24-20. From there, the Thoroughbreds went on a 13-0 run over the next 6:46, extending their lead to 39-22 at the break.

Skidmore held onto a large advantage throughout the second half, with Rensselaer only getting as close as 63-51 after a six-point run late in the game. 

Botiba (Douala, Cameroon / Stoneleigh Burnham) went 8-of-14 from the field, helping the Thoroughbreds shoot 40.0 percent (26-of-65) as a team. Skidmore's Molly McLaughlin (Westwood, MA / Westwood) led all players with 20 points, while also adding three steals, two assists, and two rebounds, in a full 40 minutes of action. Lindsey Davis (Cohasset, MA / Cohasset) was the final player to reach double-digit scoring totals for Skidmore, as she chipped in with 10 points. 
 
Skidmore will host Clarkson on Tuesday at 6 p.m.