The Skidmore College Thoroughbreds defeated St. Lawrence University in the 2015 Liberty League Women's Basketball Championship game by the score of 67-62 in double overtime in Canton, NY. Molly McLaughlin, the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, had a game-high 21 points for the Thoroughbreds, while the Saints were led by Allison Cady's 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Skidmore heads to the NCAA Tournament after earning the automatic bid with a 17-10 overall record, as Kelly Donnelly (14 points, 13 rebounds) and Angela Botiba (13 points, 16 rebounds) added double-doubles to land All-Tournament Team honors. Meanwhile, St. Lawrence finishes the year at 20-7, as the loss continues a nine-year streak that the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament has failed to win the automatic bid.

"That was a great and entertaining conference championship game. Both teams played extremely hard and left everything on the floor," said St. Lawrence head coach Dan Roiger. "I felt really good at halftime because we were shooting it well, but we went ice-cold in the second half. I was really happy with the way we played in the two overtimes, having to come back in both, which showed a lot of character. They just had one more run than we did."

Skidmore finished with a 61-54 rebounding advantage and shot 17 more free throws than St. Lawrence, which settled for perimeter jumpers throughout the game. The Thoroughbreds managed to earn the win despite a 1-for-19 mark from behind the arc, as the Saints weren't much better at 6-of-34.

The Saints put together an early 10-point run to snag the early lead, as the team had eight different players chip in on the offensive end in the half. Kara McDuffee and Cady led the way with a combined 14 points, but Samantha Godfrey hit a key three and Olivia Mathieu scored on a contested lay-up to keep the home team on top. However, with Skidmore struggling to score with an 8-of-34 mark from the floor, the Saints missed a few opportunities to stretch the lead, up 29-19 at the half.

An early triple from Kaelyn Kohlasch gave St. Lawrence a 13-point lead, but Skidmore refused to cave, with McLaughlin hitting several jumpers from the elbow while continuing to involve Botiba in the post. The Saints held the lead throughout the entire second half until back-to-back jumpers by Donnelly and Amber Holgate tied it at 46-46 with 1:51 to play. Skidmore had the best chances to win it in regulation, as Allie Keller missed two free throws with 16 seconds left, only to see her team get the offensive rebound. However, McLaughlin's last-second three hit iron and sent the game to overtime.

The Thoroughbreds never trailed in the first overtime, but never took a lead larger than two. McDuffee's lay-up with 41 seconds left tied it at 52-52, answering a bucket by Botiba. After Holgate missed for Skidmore, Kohlasch had two open looks from three to win it including one at the buzzer, but failed to convert.

Skidmore finally built some separation in the second overtime, using a 7-0 run capped by a McLaughlin lay-up to take a 59-54 lead with 2:03 left. Cady answered right away with an and-1, keeping the lead manageable at 59-57. However, that was the last made field goal by the Saints as McLaughlin was too much and converted free throws down the stretch led the Thoroughbred's to the program's first Liberty League Tournament title.

"This has been one of my favorite teams to coach," added Coach Roiger. "We had a great team, overcame adversity and injuries, and just came up one win short. The women should be proud of the way they played all season."

Both Cady (18 points, 10 rebounds) and McDuffee (10 points, 14 rebounds) had double-doubles in their final game for St. Lawrence and were named to the All-Tournament team.