ITHACA, N.Y. – Although it was close after the first quarter, the Ithaca College women's basketball team wore down the visiting Skidmore Thoroughbreds and won their sixth-straight game, this time by a 64-46 score. With the win, the Bombers improved to 11-3 and 7-1 within the Liberty League while the Thoroughbreds fell to 8-3 and 3-4 in conference.

Inside the Box Score

• It was a balanced scoring attack for IC with eight student-athletes scoring six or more points on Friday as they were led by Grace Cannon who scored 10 points in 24 minutes. The fifth-year guard was a rebound away from a double-double with nine boards.
• Emily Dorn was strong in the pain for IC finishing with seven points and seven rebounds off Coach Raymond's dynamic bench.
• Although the game ended with five different ties, IC never relinquished the lead after the beginning of the second quarter.
• Becca Horger notched a team-high 14 points for Skidmore.

How it Happened

• Slow transition defense by Ithaca had the Thoroughbreds pushing the pace as they were able to make a comeback after trailing 9-6. They ran in the fast break and built a 17-9 lead with a Katie McCareney jumper with under four minutes left in the stanza.
• The Bombers settled into their offensive sets and responded with a scoring run of their own to close the period. They finished on a 10-2 run as the score was tied at 19 points apiece.
• Back-to-back 3-pointers from Alex Heuwetter and Hannah Polce opened the second quarter scoring, IC continued to shoot lights out and built a 27-19 lead with 8:58 left in the half on a Natalie Smith layup. Another layup, this time from Cara Volpe had Ithaca leading 31-22. The Bombers headed into the halftime break with a 34-26 lead.
• Grace Cannon scored a team-best nine points with Ithaca shooting a 39.4% (13-of-33) clip from the field. They held the Thoroughbreds to 30.8% (8-of-26) shooting during the first half of play.
• Ithaca continued to further distance themselves from their opponents and outscored Skidmore 17-8 in the third quarter and were up 51-34.
• The Bombers bench began to wear out the Thoroughbreds who were outscored 32-11. Ithaca scored the final six points of the third quarter and the first four of the final period putting the game out of reach.

The Bombers will host Union College tomorrow, Jan. 22 in Ben Light Gymnasium. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m.