SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Kelly Donnelly posted her seventh straight double/double with 29 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Skidmore College women's basketball team to a 72-69 Liberty League win over Vassar College Saturday at the Williamson Center.
 
The Thoroughbreds improve to 13-10 and 7-7 in league play, while the Brewers drop to 8-15 and 5-9.
 

Donnelly was 8-10 from the floor and responded to a little "hack-a-shack" by hitting 13 of 16 free throws, including 9 of 11 in the second half. Migle Vilunaite scored 12 points and Ari Fustini added 10 points off the bench.
 
Nicole Teta came off the bench to score 22 for Vassar, including six three pointers. Ariella Rosenthal hit for 19 and Caitlin Drakeley contributed 11. They both had three assists.
 
The game was close throughout with five lead changes and 10 ties.
 
Tied 53-53 after three quarters, Skidmore scored the first four points on a Kayla Mitchell field goal and a pair of Donnelly free throws to go up 57-53 with 9:03 to play. The Thoroughbreds never trailed the rest of the way, but Vassar did tie it twice, the final time, 65-65 when Drakeley scored inside with 53 seconds left.
 
Fustini broke the tie with a clutch three with 44 seconds left.  That was the last field goal of the game with the rest of the scoring coming from the free throw line.
 
The Brewers pulled within one 70-69 on a pair of free throws from Maeve Sussman with seven seconds to play. Moceri then hit two of four free throws over the final seconds to preserve the 72-69 win.
 
Skidmore dominated the inside with a 42-18 scoring advantage. Vassar hit 8-of-17 threes (47.1%) and shot 11-13 (84.6%) from the line to keep the game close.  The Thoroughbreds were 25-51 (49.0%) from the floor.
 
Skidmore travels to Clarkson on Feb. 19 for a 6 p.m. game, before closing out the regular season at home Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. against St. Lawrence.