SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — RIT outlasted Skidmore 78-68 in a Liberty League matchup Friday night in a game that featured six lead changes and four ties. The Tigers (7-6, 5-1 Liberty League) used a 31-point fourth quarter to pull away after a tightly contested game.

• Skidmore (5-8, 3-3 Liberty League) was paced by Madison Meyer, who tallied 13 points, including an 8-for-10 performance at the free-throw line. Four different Thoroughbreds finished in double figures.
• Andi Levitz scored 11 points off the bench, hitting two 3-pointers.
• Cassie Davidson and Sophia Martinez both scored 10 with three boards. Davidson had one assist and one steal, while Martinez finished with two of each.
• Claudia Schneider added eight points and a team-high six rebounds for the Thoroughbreds.
• Caroline Henderson led RIT with a game-high 24 points, shooting 5-for-8 from beyond the arc and adding seven rebounds.
• Maddy Ramsgard contributed 21 points, six rebounds, and six assists, while Kaitlyn Bockelman chipped in nine points and two steals.
• Skidmore struggled to get going offensively with a 1-for-13 start and faced a 14-6 deficit following the first.
• The Thoroughbred flipped it around in the second, shooting 60 percent as a team to nearly double up the Tigers in the second and take a 31-27 lead into the break.
• RIT scored on five straight possessions in the third to fuel a 15-1 run to lead by eight by the middle of the period.
• A strong end to the quarter catapulted by a flurry from Martinez, in which she scored seven out of her eight points and registered both of her steals, led to Skidmore holding a two-point lead into the fourth.
• RIT made all four of its 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter to highlight a 61.5-percent shooting period overall by the squad to outscore Skidmore 31-19 and walk away with the win. RIT's big fourth quarter featured an 11-0 scoring run.
• Both teams scored 24 points in the paint. Skidmore finished with a massive 35-10 edge in bench points.

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• Skidmore will host William Smith on Saturday at 2 p.m.