HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams were outlasted by the visiting Smith College Pioneers, 71-68, in overtime in women's basketball action this afternoon on Ogrodnik Court in Oosting Gymnasium.  Trinity falls to 2-1 and the No. 7-ranked Pioneers improve to 5-0. Sophomore guard Indi DelRocco (Branford, Conn.) paced Trinity with 16 points.  The Bantams will visit Coast Guard on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Smith entertains Eastern Connecticut on Thursday at 6 p.m.,

Trinity trailed by double digits in the second half but rallied to take a 38-37 lead early in the fourth quarter on a drive by sophomore guard Hannah Marzo (Shrewsbury, Mass.).  Smith led, 51-48, with less than a minute remaining after a reverse layup by Katelyn Pickunka but Trinity junior Emma Wax (Pine Brook, N,.J.) scored on a drive to cut the home team's deficit to one.  Jessie Ruffner made one of two free throws for Smith, but the Bantams forced the extra session when DelRocco fed junior Reilly Campbell (Wallingford, Conn.) inside on an inbounds play with 21 seconds on the clock.  Bantam senior captain Bria Fuller (Springdale, Md.) made a steal in the closing seconds but Marzo was called for traveling while trying to get off a final shot.

The teams went back and forth early in the overtime and DelRocco tied the game for the final time at 59-59 on a traditional three-point play with 3:37 left to play.  Morgan Morrison scored seven of her team's nine points over the next three minutes and Smith led, 68-62, with 40 seconds on the clock.  Trinity clawed back and scored five points in 28 seconds, trailing, 70-68, on a put-back by DelRocco with six seconds left.  Amelia Clairmont made a foul shot for Smith and Wax's three-pointer from the right wing as time expired was short.

The Bantams had led, 9-2, early after two straight buckets by senior captain Frankie Silva (Auburndale, Mass.) and clung to an 11-10 lead at the first break. The Pioneers scored the first nine points of the second frame and held Trinity to just three free throws until Wax made a jumper in the final minute to make the score, 25-16, in the visitors' favor at halftime.  Two Morrison free throws gave Smith its largest lead at 35-23 midway through the third quarter, but five points by junior Tori Varsamis (Belmont, Mass.) and a trey from the left corner by Marzo pulled Trinity within a point at 35-34 with 1:43 on the clock.  Morrison scored inside and Campbell made a pair of free throws for a 37-36 Smith lead entering the fourth quarter.

DelRocco made seven of nine free throws and added three assists to her 16 points, while Campbell finished with 13 points, a game-high 11 rebounds, and two blocked shots.  Wax had 11 points, five rebounds, four assists, and two steals and Fuller registered five points, five rebounds, and five steals but seven turnovers.  Morrison led all scorers with 22 points to go with 10 boards, while Clairmont scored 17 points and Pickunka had 14 points and eight rebounds for Smith.  The Pioneers shot 52.9 percent from the field (27-51) but committed 22 turnovers.  The teams combined to made 35 free throws but missed 20 shots from the line between them.