The Bard College women's basketball team hustled and scrambled against Skidmore on Friday evening. 

Lexi Miller had a game-high 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting, nearly achieving a double-double with nine rebounds. She added two blocks, a steal, and two assists in just 19 minutes. Erin Tobes contributed seven points, four steals, one rebound, and three steals. Maggy Peyton had seven points and five rebounds.

Shirley Dong had a game-high four assists, adding five rebounds, a block, and two points. Aislynn Dixon had two blocks, six rebounds, three points, and a steal. Maeve O'Sullivan had a career-high three steals to go with four points, a rebound and no turnovers in 17 minutes. Tianna Gonzalez had four points, a rebound, and a steal.

Bard led Skidmore in the blocks column, 3-2 after a quarter. Dong, Miller, and Dixon each had one. Tobes had three steals in the second quarter, adding five points. At the 2:26 point in the second, she had a nifty and-one finish on the fastbreak, with a scoop layup through the defense. The Raptors held Cassie Davidson, the Thoroughbreds' second leading scorer, scoreless in the first half. Bard also led in second chance points in the first half, 8-6. However, Skidmore got three-pointers from four different players in the half to separate themselves into halftime.

Both sides shot around 30% from the field in the third quarter, with the Raptors forcing a 4:34 drought on Skidmore's offense. With 4:33 left in the quarter, Dixon hit a three that was quickly followed by an and-one opportunity by Miller. She didn't convert, but that still made five straight points for Bard. In the fourth quarter, the Raptors had an 8-0 surge at the 6:48 mark led by four from Miller. They achieved their highest field goal percentage of the game in the fourth quarter, shooting 50%, which resulted in a closely contested quarter with a score of 12-13.

The Raptors will tussle with Vassar tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.