SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Endicott women's basketball team fell, 71-58, to host Skidmore College Friday night inside the Williamson Center in non-conference action to open the 40th annual Skidmore College Invitational this weekend.
In a game in which they never trailed, the Thoroughbreds raced out to a fast start, scoring 20+ points in each of the first three quarters.
Skidmore led 42-23 at the break and never looked back even as Endicott out-scored the hosts 35-29 in the second half, including a 21-9 margin in the fourth quarter.
Junior forward Hannah Shaw (Bar Harbor, Maine) led the Gulls with a team-high 10 points.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Shaw led the Gulls in scoring for the second straight game.
- Senior forward Sarah Hood (Burlington, Mass.) grabbed a tied for game-high nine rebounds to lead the Gulls in rebounds for the second straight game.
- Freshman guard Emily Pratt (Gardner, Mass.) scored a career-high nine points as she earned her second straight start in her rookie campaign.
- The Gulls' highest scoring quarter this season has been the fourth, as they had 21 tonight and 19 against MIT in the season opener on Tuesday.
- Skidmore out-rebounded the Gulls, 45-37, and the Thoroughbreds held a narrow 12-11advantage off the offensive glass.
- The Gulls registered 13 steals to Skidmore's seven, as junior guard Hannah Kiernan (Wenham, Mass.) recorded a game-high three swipes.
FOR THE FOES
- Skidmore was up by as much as 27 points with 9:53 remaining in the game.
- The Thoroughbreds had three student-athletes in double figures, led by junior guard Kelly Donnelly's (Wynantskill, N.Y.) game-high 18 points.
- Junior forward Maja Stjepanovic (Belgrade, Serbia) and junior guard Ari Fustini (Gales Ferry, Conn.) each added 13 and 12 points, respectively.
- Donnelly also brought down a team-hig/game-high nine rebounds.
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Endicott is 0-2 in the all-time series versus Skidmore, as the Thoroughbreds won, 45-30, in the only other meeting between the two teams during the 2000-01 season.
WHAT'S NEXT
Endicott (0-2, 0-0 CCC) will take on Keene St. on Saturday, November 19 at 2:00 p.m. as part of the Skidmore Invitational.
Skidmore (1-0, 0-0 LL) will take on No. 1 nationally-ranked Tufts University, the top-ranked team in the Preseason D3hoops.com national rankings, on Saturday, November 19 at 4:00 p.m. in the Skidmore Invitational. For the latest on Endicott Athletics, follow the Gulls on social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
