GENEVA, N.Y. – It was a balanced scoring attack that did the trick on Friday evening with the Ithaca College women's basketball team outscoring homestanding William Smith in each of the second and third quarters to earn their ninth-straight win on Friday. The Bombers bested the Herons by a 75-55 score as they saw Grace Cannon, Cara Volpe and Emily Dorn each finish with double digit scoring totals. Ithaca improved to 14-3 and 9-1 within the Liberty League while William Smith dropped to 4-11 and 3-6 within conference play.
Inside the Box Score

• Cara Volpe and Grace Cannon each finished with 15 points apiece to lead the scoring attack for the Bombers. The dynamic duo also each corralled three rebounds apiece. Emily Dorn notched 12 points in the victory.
• The Bombers defense held William Smith to just 34.4% (21-of-61) shooting from the floor as the Herons did convert on 6-of-18 attempts from downtown.
• Ithaca finished with a 48-39 advantage in rebounds with the Bombers holding a 50-26 points advantage within the paint. They also were able to force 22 turnovers, scoring 26 points off the Heron miscues.
• Olivia Parisi led all scorers with 19 points for William Smith with Brooke Jarvis chipping in 16 points as the only double-digit attackers for the Herons.

 
How it Happened

• It was an evenly contest first quarter with William Smith ending the period with a 16-15 lead. The Bombers trailed for the first 3:11 of the period before a Cara Volpe runner in the paint gave them the 6-4 lead. Ithaca thought they had the lead secured down the stretch when Emily Dorn assisted on a Lindsey Albertelli basket in the paint that made it 15-14. Lauren Devaney made a layup with under four seconds to go to give the Herons the lead as time expired.
• Ithaca was by far its most dominant in the second quarter outscoring the Herons 20-8 in the 10 minute period. The Bombers started the quarter strong and built a nine-point lead when Megan Yawman knocked down a jumper that saw her team up 27-18 with 4:49 left. Strong offensive play continued with Grace Cannon converting a layup with 1:36 remaining that had Ithaca up 33-21. The Bombers took a 35-24 lead into the halftime break.
• The third quarter saw a mini Heron comeback thwarted as Ithaca was able to use its solid defense to build a 55-37 lead. IC fed the ball to Emily Dorn who made her layup with 2:08 left in the period. The Bombers built a 22 point advantage (63-41) as they took that into the final quarter of play.
• The Bombers used strong bench play to avoid any William Smith comeback attempt. They saw Hannah Polce assist an Annabella Yorio bucket down the stretch to put them up 75-52.

The Bombers will look to continue rolling as they square off against RPI tomorrow in Troy, N.Y. at 2 p.m.