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CANTON, N.Y. - First-year student Kelly Legg scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the St. Lawrence University women's basketball team completed a weekend sweep with a 76-70 overtime victory over RPI on Saturday afternoon in the Burkman Gymnasium.

St. Lawrence, which had four players score in double-figures, improves to 15-4 with a 6-3 mark in the Liberty League. RPI falls to 9-11 overall with a 5-4 record in the conference.

Sophomore Erica Spera joined Legg with a double-double, recording 13 points and 14 rebounds, while co-captains Katie Edgerton and Casey Capello contributed 16 and 10 points, respectively. RPI was led by Linda Larsen with 18 points and Sarah Wetmore added a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds.

The two teams battled throughout the first 20:00, which saw four ties and five lead changes. RPI took its largest lead of the half on a traditional three-point play by junior Hillary McKinley as she was fouled and then converted the free throw. Spera was then fouled and made two free throws of her own, cutting the deficit to four heading into the locker rooms (31-27).

In the second half, the Saints tied the game 35-35 before first-year student Katie Murray gave them the lead with a 3-pointer at 15:32. RPI's Lauren Hayes sparked an Engineers run as she made a layup and was fouled, making the free throw to bring the score to 41-38 at 14:48. RPI stretched that lead to as many as 12 points as Larsen scored 11 of her 18 points in the second half.

First-year student Cassie St. Hilaire provided a spark for the Saints, taking the ball to the basket and forcing several RPI players into foul trouble. The home team chipped away at the deficit with back-to-back threes by Edgerton and Legg until Spera drew a foul and sank both free throws to put the Saints up 63-62 with 2:00 minutes to play in regulation.

Laura Easterling put the visitors up by two (65-63) with a three-pointer with 1:21 to go. After an unsuccessful Saints' possession, the Engineers had several chances to score under the basket before turning the ball over. An RPI foul with 33 seconds left sent junior Iris Santoni to the line where she calmly converted both free threes to tie the game back up at 65-65.

On the ensuing Engineer possession, Santoni intercepted a pass at the top of the arc to give the Saints a chance to put the game away with 12 seconds to play in regulation. After a timeout, tough defense by RPI thwarted the home team's ability to get a shot off, forcing the overtime period, 65-65.

In the overtime, the teams exchanged baskets until a layup by Spera put the home team up by one, 71-70. After a missed Engineer shot attempt, Edgerton took the ball to hoop for the basket and the foul, making the free throw to complete the 3-point play and putting the Saints up by four with 1:13 left in overtime.

The Engineers were held scoreless for the final 2:58 seconds of the overtime period and the Saints made two more free throws to close out the game with a 76-70 victory on their home court.