SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Three players scored in double figures for the Skidmore College women's basketball team in a 73-56 league win over Bard on Tuesday evening.
 
Emilija Jakumaite led the Thoroughbreds in scoring with 14 points – a career high. Julia Blanck had 13 points and five blocks, while Clare Driscoll had 10 points. Cassie Davidson had a team-high four assists, and Sarah Chambers posted three steals.
 
Christina Kiser scored 30 for the visitors. She also had 12 rebounds and five assists. Kiser finished 15-for-16 (93.8 percent) from the free throw line. As a team, the Raptors went 20-for-24 (83.3 percent) from the line.
 
Employing a heavy dose of reinforcements, the Thoroughbreds had a 30-6 edge in bench points against the shorthanded Bard squad. Skidmore also dominated in second-chance points (13-2), points off turnovers (23-11), and points in the paint (36-16). Bard committed 21 turnovers to Skidmore's 10.
 
The first quarter saw both teams firing from deep but struggling inside the arc. Bard made 2-of-3 3-point attempts while Skidmore was 4-of-6. There were only three triples made the rest of the way combined.
 
The Thoroughbreds never trailed after the 4:53 mark of the first quarter and despite not fully running away with it until the fourth quarter, Bard never managed to get to within less than seven points in the second half. Jakumaite's two made free throws in the closing seconds to stretch Skidmore's advantage to 17 was as high as it got.
 
Skidmore improves to 8-3 (3-3 Liberty League) and Bard falls to 1-9 (0-5 Liberty League). The Thoroughbreds will travel to Ithaca on Friday, Jan. 21 and RPI on Sunday, Jan. 23.