SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College women's basketball team finished the weekend with a Liberty League split, falling to Ithaca by a 65-42 score at the Williamson Sports Center Saturday afternoon.
 
Skidmore falls to 5-12 overall and 4-6 in the Liberty League. Ithaca wins its fifth straight game to improve to 13-3 and 8-1.
 
Lilly Berg continued her solid weekend, leading the Thoroughbreds with 14 points, five rebounds, and two blocked shots. Taylor Ong added 11 points and nine rebounds.
 
Grace Gannon led Ithaca with 14 points on 7-for-12 shooting from the field. Meghan Pickell added 12 points and three steals. Ithaca outrebounded the Thoroughbreds by a 41-35 margin and grabbed 11 steals.
 
It was a tight game throughout the first quarter, with the Bombers nursing a four point lead. Skidmore scored five straight points, capped by a Sydney Tsutsui 3-pointer to take a 10-9 lead with 56 seconds left. Ithaca would convert on a jumper on the next possession and would lead 11-10 after one.
 
Ithaca pulled away in the second, beginning the period with a 10-2 run in 4:03 to open up a 21-12 lead. Skidmore and Ithaca would trade baskets over the quarter's final four minutes, as the Bombers held a 32-21 halftime lead.
 
The Thoroughbreds hung tough with the Bombers for much of the second half, but Ithaca's press continued to frustrate Skidmore offensively, forcing seven Thoroughbred turnovers. With Ithaca holding a 14-point, 47-33 lead, Ong scored four straight points to get the deficit within 10, but Ithaca's KellyAnne O'Reilly beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer from the wing to take a 50-37 lead into the fourth.
 
Ithaca would outscore Skidmore 15-5 in the fourth quarter to preserve the victory.
 
Skidmore will welcome Capital Region foes Union and RPI to the Williamson Sports Center next weekend. The Friday matchup with Union will begin at 5 p.m.