GAME INFORMATION
Score: Smith College 60, Middlebury College 45
Records: Smith (13-4); Middlebury (13-5)
When: Monday, January 22, 2018
Location: Middlebury, Vt.
Smith Starters: Bondi, Marquez, Holland, Guest-Pritchett, Barriscale
Middlebury Starters: Weeks, Davis, Kaufman, Knox, Huffman

Junior forward Kennedy Guest-Pritchett (Fairburn, Ga./The Lawrenceville School) scored her 1,000th career points as the Smith College basketball team earned a 60-45 road win at Middlebury College Monday evening. The Pioneers win their fifth straight game and improve to 13-4 on the season. Middlebury drops to 13-5 overall. 

SMITH HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior guard Lauren Bondi (Burnaby, BC, Can./Notre Dame Secondary) poured in a game-high 17 points and grabbed five rebounds.
• Guest-Pritchett totaled 12 points, six boards, and one steal.
• Junior guard Paige Marquez (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prepatory) chipped in 11 points, three rebounds, three steals, and three assists.

MIDDLEBURY HIGHLIGHTS

• Sabrina Weeks scored a team-high 13 points to go along with three rebounds for the Panthers. 
• Maya Davis totaled nine points, seven rebounds, and two assists.
• Colleen Caveney and Catherine Harrison each finished with seven points.

Smith jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the opening 5:44, capped by a layup from Paige Marquez (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatius College Prepatory). Middlebury cut the advantage to one (7-6) with 4:24 remaining, before the Pioneers went on a 10-2 run, leading 17-8 at the end of the first quarter. 

          Trailing 22-10 in the second quarter, the Panthers went on an 8-2 run at the 6:07 mark. Middlebury's Sabrina Weeks scored five of the eight points, cutting the deficit to 24-20 with 4:24 remaining. Smith later scored the last five points of the half, holding a 33-24 lead into the break. 

          The Pioneers led by as many as 12 (36-24) in the third, before Middlebury put together a 6-0 spurt in the final 1:32 of the quarter. Weeks and Maya Davis each connected from long range, cutting the advantage to four (40-36). 

          Just 45 seconds into the final quarter, Davis made a layup to bring the Panthers to within two (40-38). Over the ensuing 6:31, the Pioneers put together a 14-3 run, making it 54-41 with 2:37 left on the clock. Middlebury was forced to foul late, but Pioneer Lauren Bondi (Burnaby, BC, Can./Notre Dame Secondary) went 6-6 from the free throw mark, securing the victory for Smith.
 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Field Goals: SMI  22--45 / MID 19-55
• 3-Point FG: SMI  6-13 / MID 5-21
• Free Throw: SMI 10-15 / MID 2-3
• Points off Turnovers: SMI 17 / MID 14

GAME NOTES

• Smith held the 34-28 advantage in rebounds. 
• The Pioneers improve to 4-5 against the Panthers. 
• Guest-Pritchett becomes the 12th player in Smith basketball history to reach the 1,000 career point milestone.
• Alakai is now tied for sixth in program history with 77 made three-pointers.

UP NEXT
The Pioneers return to NEWMAC action Wednesday, January 24 when they host MIT at 7:00 p.m.

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