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GENEVA, N.Y. - Three William Smith College student-athletes reached double digits in the scoring column to lead the Herons to a 69-57 Liberty League win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in women's basketball at Bristol Gymnasium.

Senior Mia Morrison led the charge with a game-high 18 points with a game-high 13 rebounds, including 10 on the defensive end. Sophomore Stavriana Dimitrakopoulou had 17 points, including a game-high five 3-pointers, and sophomore Juliana Gamboa added 10 points and a game-high six assists for the Herons (6-5, 2-3).
 
RPI (7-5, 2-3) also had three players hit double figures. Elizabeth Eckhardt had a team-high 15 points, while Lakissa Martin and Sam O'Keefe added 13 and 10 points, respectively. O'Keefe and Ines Ortea pulled in a team-high six boards.
 
William Smith seized the lead just over a minute into the game when Dimitrakopoulou dialed in from long distance, giving the Herons a 3-2 advantage. The Herons extended their lead to 13 with a 9-0 run late in the first quarter and led 20-11 at the end of the opening 10 minutes
 
The home team began the second quarter with a 9-3 run and took its largest lead of the half, 16 points, on a Dimitrakopoulou 3-pointer. The Engineers cut the deficit to 12 at the half.
 
RPI pulled within eight points with three minutes remaining in the third quarter but William Smith used a late third quarter push to extend the lead out to 14 points.
 
Rensselaer scored the first three points of the fourth quarter to make it a nine point game but William Smith answered with a 3-pointer and led by double digits for the rest of the game. The Herons used Dimitrakopoulou's three pointer to launch a 12-2 run, extending the lead to 19 points with four minutes remaining in the game. The Engineers ended the game with a 9-2 run of their own.