Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College women's basketball team earned a decisive 65-39 victory over Ursinus in the first game of the 2011 Skidmore Invitational, Friday night at the Williamson Sports Center.

The Thoroughbreds improve to 2-0 on the season, while it was the first game of the season for the Bears.

For the Bears, senior forward Lindsay Teuber (Philadelphia, Pa./St. Basil's)  had a team-high eight points and a game-high seven rebounds.  Sophomore guard Diamond Lewis (East Windsor, N.J./Stuart Country Day) had six points and three rebounds to go along with three steals and Liz Martin (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) tallied six points and five boards.

Skidmore used a 17-1 run over the final 7:03 of the first half to seize control of the game.  Five different players scored and the Thoroughbred defense forced eight turnovers during the run to give Skidmore a 29-17 lead at the break.

In the second half, Ursinus cut the lead to nine points on a basket from Jackie Thomas (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) at 13:53, but were unable to get any closer as the Thoroughbreds shot 50% from the floor in the second half en route to a 65-39 victory.

Ursinus takes on Utica tomorrow at 2 p.m. in game two of the Skidmore Invitational.