PALMER SCORES 16 AS SAINTS ROLL OVER SKIDMORE

Feb. 11: St. Lawrence used an 18-0 second-half run on the way to a 69-43 Liberty League win over Skidmore College, Saturday afternoon at the Sports and Recreation Center. With the win, SLU moves to 10-2 in league and 16-7 overall. Skidmore is now 3-9 in conference, and 9-14 on the year.

Nora Curley had 9 first half points to help St. Lawrence earn the early lead, but Skidmore was able to chip away and come within 1 point at the nine minute mark. That’s when Curley and the Saints began to shut the door. Andrea Muszynski also chipped in 6 in the first 20 minutes of play. At the break, the Saints were up 32-22.

The Thoroughbreds were down by eight, 34-26 with 16:44 to play, when the Saints went on the run to take a 52-26 lead before Skidmore's Laura Michel hit a free throw with 9:29 to play.

Katie Palmer led St. Lawrence with 16 points off the bench. She hit 10 of 12 free throws. Nora Curley added 11 points for the Saints.

Michel finished with seven points. Shardae Gonsalves and Krystal Coke also scored seven each for Skidmore.

St. Lawrence will close out their regular season Feb. 17-18 as they take on Hamilton and William Smith at home.

SAINTS LOSE HEARTBREAKER TO UNION IN OVERTIME

Feb. 10: The St. Lawrence Women’s Basketball team fell Friday night on the road to conference foe Union, 61-55, in overtime to move to 9-2 in the Liberty League and 15-7 overall. With the win, Union moves to 8-3 in league, and 14-7 for the year.

The Saints began the game with the lead thanks to lay-ups from sophomores Kim Sikule and Jamie Wolff, and they held the lead until a jumper from Union’s Michelle Rogers tied the game for the Dutchwomen with 5:36 to play in the half. Erika Eisenhut followed with two made free throws to give Union the lead that they would hold going into the locker room. At the break, the score was 23-22 in favor of Union.

Wolff and Sikule quickly regained the lead for SLU thanks to two timely three-pointers just two minutes into the second half, but the Saints struggled from behind the arc for the first time in a long time, shooting only 3 of 14 from three-point land.

The game went back and forth for the remainder of the second period, and just when it looked like the Dutchwomen were pulling away with a 5 point lead and just over four minutes to play, Jess Smith and Andrea Muszynski were able to pull the Saints within reach with two clutch baskets. Rogers hit two shots for Union down the stretch, and with just 17 second left to play and down by 2, Nora Curley put in a lay-up to tie the game at 48-48.

Rogers stayed hot and accounted for 6 of Union’s 13 overtime points, while the Saints were only able to chip in 7 points in the extra period.

For the game, Rogers and Eisenhut led all scorers with 16 points. Eisenhut also added 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals.

For the Saints, Smith and Curley each scored 12, with Curley adding a game high 13 rebounds. Smith added 3 assists. Sikule ended with 10 points, 11 boards, and 3 steals.

The Saints will look to stay in the hunt for a league championship tomorrow afternoon when they travel to face Skidmore at 2:00 pm.

SAINTS OWN THREE-POINT LAND IN VICTORY

Feb. 7: Shooting an impressive 11-for-16 from beyond the 3-point line for the game, St. Lawrence was able to control the game against the Clarkson University Women’s Basketballteam in the first half and hold on for a 67-36 win over the Golden Knightson Tuesday night at Alumni Gymnasium.

The Golden Knights dropped their overall record to 5-16 on the season and fell to 1-9 in the Liberty League while the first place Saints improved to 15-6 and 9-1 in conference play. Clarkson returns to the road this weekend when they visit Skidmore and Union .

With full court pressure on the Clarkson guards, St. Lawrence was able to establish a double-digit advantage with several lay ups. The Saints jumped out to a 12-2 lead just 4 minutes, 17 seconds into the game. Within the next five minutes, Clarkson was able to climb back into the game with a 11-7 run to cut the lead to two possessions, 19-13. However, the Saints pushed the lead back to ten just a few moments later and finished the half on a 16-6 run for a 35-19 advantage at the end of 20 minutes.

Brittany Gaettano scored 13 points on nearly perfect shooting 5-for-6 from the floor and 3-for-3 from beyond the 3-point arc. Gaettano led the Saints’ 3-point effort as the team made five of its 10 long-range shots. Mickala Hensonled the Golden Knights off the bench with six points on 3-for-3 shooting. The Saints shot 48 percent from the floor while Clarkson made 33.3 percent of its field goal attempts.

The second half started much the same way as the first half ran with the Saints making their first five 3-point attempts to extend their lead into the mid-20s. The two teams went stagnant in the scoring department for a span of several minutes midway through the half, but the Saints went back to the inside game and pushed their lead up further, ending the game with a 31-point edge.

Gaettano and Jamie Wolff each finished with 16 points and combined to shot 11-for-18 from the field and 8-for-9 from beyond the 3-point arc. Mickala Henson finished with 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting for the Golden Knights. Erika Fritjofson added eight points in 40 minutes of play.