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ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT women's basketball team was defeated by St. Lawrence University 97-67 in non-conference action at the 2010 RIT Tournament on Sunday afternoon. The loss drops the Tigers to 0-2 on the season while the Saints improve to 3-0.

St. Lawrence broke open a close first half with a 15-0 run over the final 5:54. Up to that point there were 10 ties and seven lead changes.

The Saints broke the game open early in the second half with a 20-11 run.

Freshman #Courtney Tennant (Cortland, NY/Cortland)# led RIT with 22 points. She was 10-of-22 from the floor while grabbing five rebounds.

#Mallory Apperson (Bemus Point, NY/Maple Grove) and Leslie Havens (Wayland, NY/Wayland-Cohocton)# each had 10 points for the Tiger who will host Penn State-Erie on Saturday, November 28. Havens had nine rebounds and dished out three assists. Freshman #Kayla Wheeler (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa)# scored nine points and had eight rebounds.

Kelly Legg led St. Lawrence with 22 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor. She grabbed six rebounds and dished out three assists.

Casey Capello added 13 points for the Saints, and Katherine Edgerton, Hannah Wilson and Katie Abramski each had 11 points. Erica Spera scpred nine points and dished out four assists.

2010 All-Tournament Team:
RIT - Courtney Tennant (Cortland, NY/Cortland)
Albany College of Pharmacy - Kelly VanValkenburgh
St. Lawrence - Kelly Legg
St. Lawrence - Casey Capello
Hamilton - Dani Feigin

MVP - Madie Harlem (Hamilton)