NEW LONDON, N.H.—Junior Aliah Curry (Windsor, Mass.) converted an old-fashioned three-point play with two seconds remaining in regulation to lead the Norwich University women's basketball team to a 56-53 win against the Chargers of Colby-Sawyer College on Tuesday evening in non-conference action.

With the win, the Cadets improve to 5-4 on the season, while the loss drops the Chargers to 2-5.

With the game tied at 53-53 with 13 seconds to play and the possession in the Chargers' hands, freshman Lacey Stever (Fairlee, Vt.) recorded a steal and passed the ball to Brown, who fed Curry for the layup. Curry was fouled on the play, and nailed the free-throw to aid the Cadets to victory.

Both teams struggled shooting the ball in the first half, but Colby-Sawyer held 16-6 edge after a pair of free throws by Katie McCarthy (Mansfield, Mass.) with 8:26 to play. Norwich did not make a field goal until Laidlaw hit a layup with eight minutes left. The bucket by Laidlaw gave Norwich momentum that aided a 19-5 run to end the frame. Norwich benefited on 11 of 12 free throws to take a 27-23 lead into the half.

The second half featured four lead changes and a pair of ties as the cold shooting continued. Each team kept the game close with solid free throw shooting. The Chargers had the largest advantage of the second stanza at 36-29 when Bragdon completed a three-point play. The teams traded baskets for the next several minutes before Norwich went on a 9-0 run capped by a Stever layup to take a 52-49 lead.

Curry led all players with 16 points. Freshman Heather LeBlanc (Sanford, Maine) recorded a double-double of 12 points and a team-high 11 rebounds for the Cadets.

Junior Kelsey Cahill led the Chargers with a double-double of 14 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. She added a career-high six blocks. Kelsey Bragdon also recorded a double-double. She scored 11 points and pulled down 11 boards. Senior Ashley Fruzzetti hit four three-pointers and finished with 14 points. 

Each team went 18-22 from the free throw line. Norwich finished with 30% shooting, while the Chargers connected on 25% of their attempts.

Norwich is idle until January 4, 2014, when the team travels to Castleton State College for a 1:00 p.m. non-conference matchup.