First-year Olivia Barringer recorded a career-best 18 points, but the William Smith Herons outscored the St. Lawrence University women's basketball team 30-22 in the second half en route to a 55-52 win over the Saints on Friday night in Geneva, New York.

Barringer shot 9-for-10 from the field and added seven rebounds and two blocks for the Saints, while Katie Frederick finished with 12 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals. Olivia Middleton rounded out the top three scorers with eight points and assisted on six plays for the Saints.

The Saints managed a slight lead over the Herons through the first two quarters, leading 30-25 at the break.

The Herons took their first lead of second half on a 3-pointer from Stella Davis with 4:26 to play in the third. The Saints regained the lead on two technical free throws from McCann and held a 46-44 advantage on a last second layup from Frederick heading into the final 10 minutes of play.

Annaliese Schreder opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer to give William Smith a one-point advantage. After four lead changes, Davis landed another shot from the arc, putting the Herons up 54-52 with 1:43 to play and Stavriana Dimitrakopoulou went 1-for-2 from the line for the final point and the win.

"We played very poorly tonight and deserved to lose to a good William Smith team," said head coach Dan Roiger. "They outplayed us. We have grown a lot this year and have been executing well, but tonight we did not. Our defense and passing was poor, and our perimeter shooting was non-existent. We'll try to fix that overnight and get ready for RIT tomorrow."

Olivia Parisi shot 8-for-13 from the field and led the Herons with 18 points, while Dimitrakopoulou finished with 16 points and a team-high nine rebounds.

St. Lawrence shot 41.1 percent from the floor, to the Herons' 30.9 percent, but William Smith managed to hold the Saints scoreless from the arc.

The Saints remain tied for first in the league standings, but fell to 14-6 on the season and 10-3 in Liberty League play, while the Herons improved to 12-8 and 8-5.

The Saints will face RIT in Rochester tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.