Box Score ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - An 11-0 run in the first half provided a cushion, and the women's basketball team from RPI rode to a Liberty League victory over Bard, 68-54, on Tuesday night.
It was the last game of the season for Bard, and the last game in the careers of seniors
Imani Jones and
Ruth Lakew.
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The Raptors were ahead, 11-10, before the 11-0 run by RPI, and the lead was 36-24 at halftime. The Engineers (13-10, 7-7 Liberty League) shot 59 percent in the first half and got 16 points from Sarah Wetmore, who made 7-of-9 shots from the field in the first 20 minutes. She entered the night as the league's top scorer.
With 14:02 left in the game, Bard was down 51-31, but the Raptors fought back. A 14-3 Bard run cut the deficit to nine, and after a three-pointer from
Victoria Fleisher with 4:14 left, Bard was down eight, 58-50. RPI missed a jumper on its next possession, so Bard had the ball, but the Raptors turned it over.
RPI scored eight of the next 10 points to put the game away. Wetmore finished with 33 points and 11 rebounds; it was her second straight game scoring more than 30 points.
Bard, which finishes the season at 7-18 overall and 1-15 in the Liberty League, got 24 points and 16 rebounds from freshman
Tytravia Riley.
Joanna Regan added 11 points, and
Imani Jones had six points and five rebounds in her final game.