Jenny Scudder hit a short jumper early in the third quarter to give the St. Lawrence University women's basketball team a one-point lead but Clarkson responded with a 9-1 run and the Saints couldn't recover, falling to the Knights 58-41 in a Liberty League contest Tuesday night at Burkman Gymnasium in Canton.
St. Lawrence (3-7 overall, 1-2 Liberty League) was led by Cara Waterson who scored 10 points. Sarah Thomas added eight points and Scudder scored seven for the Saints. Annabella Pugliese grabbed a team-leading eight rebounds.
The Saints managed just four points in the opening quarter but rebounded to score 14 in the second period while limiting Clarkson (6-4, 1-0) to only seven points, giving St. Lawrence an 18-17 lead at the halftime break.
In the third quarter, Clarkson exploded for 24 points and added 17 more in the final period, shooting better than 60 percent from the field (18-for-29) in the second half to pull away.
The Saints hit the road for their next two games, facing Bard and Vassar this weekend in Liberty League games before returning home for a string of five out of six games at Burkman Gymnasium starting January 17 against Keuka.
