Northampton, Mass. - The Smith College Pioneers defeated the Trinity College Bantams for the first time in 10 years, 68-47, this afternoon in women's basketball action.  Trinity drops to 5-3 with their first loss in three games, while improves to 7-1 with their fifth victory in a row. 

Trinity was led by junior forward Taylor Murtaugh (New York, N.Y.) and Shantel Hanniford (Nantucket, Mass.), who each scored 10 points, while Hanniford and rookie Mackenzie Griffin (Stamford, Conn.) added seven rebounds apiece.  Paulina Solis led Smith with 17 points, six rebounds, and six steals while Devon Quattrocchi and Rosa Drummond each chipped in 12 points.  Trinity committed 29 turnovers, shot 35.8 percent from the field, and missed nine free throws in 18 tries.

Quattrocchi drained a three-pointer that broke a 7-7 tie and gave Smith the lead for good at the 14:18 mark of the first half.  Smith went on an 18-7 run over the next eight minutes, culminated by a three pointer from Drummond with 6:15 to play in the first half that gave Smith an 11-point advantage (28-17).  Smith led by as many as 12 on Marissa Munoz-Ruiz' free throw before taking a 37-27 lead into halftime.  The game remained a double-digit affair throughout the second half.

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