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77
Winner St. Lawrence SLU 7-6,3-4 Liberty League
67
RIT RIT 4-11,2-6 Liberty League
Winner
St. Lawrence SLU
7-6,3-4 Liberty League
77
Final
67
RIT RIT
4-11,2-6 Liberty League
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
St. Lawrence SLU 16 23 21 17 77
RIT RIT 8 21 17 21 67

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball falls to St. Lawrence, 77-67

ROCHESTER, NY – Junior guard Emma Waite scored 18 points as RIT lost to Liberty League rival St. Lawrence, 77-67, on Friday at Clark Gymnasium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • St. Lawrence opened scoring with 8:24 left in the first quarter with a free throw from Hannah Van Dyke. Van Dyke later extended the Saints' lead to 4-0 with a three-pointer with 7:56 left.
  • The Tigers got on the board with 6:32 left in the opening quarter on a layup by first-year guard Erin DiPaola to make it 4-2.
  • St. Lawrence outscored RIT the rest of the first quarter, 12-6, to extend their lead to 16-8.
  • After the Saints extended their lead early in the second quarter, a three-point field goal by first-year guard Ansley Orrell cut St. Lawrence's lead to six, 21-15, with 6:57 left in the second quarter.
  • St. Lawrence again extended their lead to 10, 25-15, but a five-point run by RIT culminated in a three-pointer by Waite to close the game to 25-20 with 4:28 left in the second quarter.
  • Waite closed the gap even more a little more than a minute later, hitting a three-pointer from deep with 3:20 left in the second to make it 27-23.
  • RIT kept pace over the next couple of minutes, but St. Lawrence ended the final 1:06 of the half on a 6-0 run to enter halftime up 39-29.
  • St. Lawrence opened the third quarter on a 9-0 run to extend their lead to 48-29 with eight minutes left in the third quarter.
  • RIT hit three straight three-pointers- two from sophomore guard/forward Sydney Pearson and one from sophomore guard Lila McGuiggin- to pull back to a nine point deficit, 52-43, with 4:25 left in the third quarter.  
  • The Saints again pulled ahead to finish the third quarter up 60-46.
  • The Tigers outscored St. Lawrence in the fourth quarter, 21-17, but couldn't make up the deficit as they fell 77-67.
GAME NOTES
  • RIT shot 24-of-66 (36.4%) from the floor, including 12-of-34 (35.3%) from beyond the arc.
  • The Saints outrebounded the Tigers, 47-43.
  • Pearson had 10 points and 11 rebounds, while DiPaola scored 15 points.
UP NEXT
RIT hosts Clarkson at Clark Gymnasium on Saturday, Jan. 21. Tip-off is scheduled for 2:00 PM.