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AMHERST, Mass. – The 13th-ranked Ithaca College women's basketball team (3-0) outlasted Farmingdale (1-3) to earn a spot in the championship game of the Amherst Tournament Sunday. The Bombers outscored the Rams, 21-7 over the final seven minutes to claim the 75-60 victory.

Four Bombers posted double-digit point performances on the night. Shooting 5-for-10 from three-point land, senior Mary Kate Tierney led Ithaca with 19 points and seven rebounds. Classmate Jenn Escobido added seven rebounds to go with 11 points. Junior Francesca Cotrupe and rookie Erin Ferguson each posted 10 points and six rebounds. Senior Kathryn Campbell led the game with seven assists. She chipped in nine points and pulled down six rebounds.

The Bombers shot 44.4 percent from the floor to the Rams' 34.5 percent. The Blue & Gold also owned a 51-28 gap in rebounds.

The Rams led narrowly in the first nine minutes of action, but Ithaca knotted action on four occasions over the next five minutes before claiming the edge. A Campbell layup gave the Bombers a 25-20 gap at the four-minute mark of the first. Ithaca closed out the half to lead 37-28 at intermission.

Five minutes into the latter half, Ithaca took a 15-point gap on a Kristen Gowdy jumper. Farmingdale answered with 14 straight for a 46-45 game at 11:23. The Rams deadlocked action for the fifth and final time at 6:41, 54-54, but Ithaca ran away with the game using a 12-0 run en route to a 75-60 final.

Ithaca is set to face fifth-ranked and host Amherst Sunday, Nov. 24 at 4 p.m.