NORTHFIELD, Minn. – Visiting Carleton College scored 10 of the game's final 15 points to break a tie and deal the St. Olaf College women's basketball team a 58-53 setback on Wednesday evening at Skoglund Center.

With the game tied at 48-48 with 4:30 to go, Carleton (3-9, 2-7 MIAC) hit three of its next four shots to take the lead and held off St. Olaf (5-7, 2-7 MIAC) behind four-straight made free throws by Amelia Solt in the final 23 seconds. With the win, the Knights maintained possession of the Presidents' Cup regardless of the outcome of the second meeting between the two crosstown rivals on Jan. 30.

Sophomore Paige Yagodinski was 4-for-5 from three-point range while scoring a team-high 14 points for St. Olaf and pulled down seven rebounds. Yagodinski was the lone Ole in double figures in scoring, as senior Sophie Olmen had nine points, seniors Rachel Kelly and Cassie Fix had eight apiece, and senior Grace Hegland added seven points, eight rebounds, and five assists.

Kelly's eight-point night saw her move up to 18th in program history with 832 career points, while her three made field goals put her in a tie for 10th all-time at St. Olaf with 338 for her career. The senior's eight rebounds also bumped her up to 15th in program history with 434.

St. Olaf shot at a 40.4 percent clip (21-for-52) while Carleton hit at a 39.6 percent rate (19-for-48), but the Oles could not overcome 20 turnovers, which the Knights turned into a 15-7 advantage in points off turnovers.

Jasmine Choi paced the visitors with 14 points on 6-for-12 shooting to go with six rebounds and was one of three Knights in double figures in the win. Aiana Whitfield contributed 12 points, while Solt was 7-for-8 from the free-throw line while scoring 11 points. Carleton was 17-for-21 (81.0 percent) from the charity stripe, compared to 6-for-10 (60.0 percent) for St. Olaf.

Both teams shot over 46.0 percent in the opening quarter that ended with the teams deadlocked at 15-15. Yagodinski connected on her first three shots, including a pair of three-pointers, for the Oles, while Choi scored seven early points for the Knights.

Carleton held St. Olaf to just two points over the first eight-plus minutes of the second quarter to take its largest lead of the game at 27-17 before a jumper by junior Cayden Botten hit the Oles' first field goal of the quarter with 1:55 to go. Despite the drought, St. Olaf went into the locker room down just six, 27-21, after a jumper by Olmen in the closing seconds of the half.

In the third quarter, the Oles battled back to tie the game at 36-36 on a jumper by Fix with 2:42 to go and took their first lead since the first quarter on a three-point play by sophomore Sarah Tangen on their next possession. St. Olaf was 8-for-15 (53.3 percent) from the field in the third quarter to trim its deficit to one, 42-41, going to the fourth.

Yagodinski's fourth three-pointer of the night followed by a Hegland basket in the paint gave St. Olaf a 46-44 lead with 6:51 remaining before a Tangen jumper knotted the score for the second time in the fourth quarter at 48-48 with 4:30 to go. Carleton broke the tie with baskets by Whitfield and Margie Clauss, but the Oles stayed within a point on back-to-back layups by Kelly.

Trailing 54-53 with 45 seconds remaining, a St. Olaf foul sent Solt to the line and the first year sank both free throws to make it a three-point lead for the visitors. Out of a timeout, Olmen got a good look at a three-pointer that would not go and Solt sealed the win for Carleton with two more made free throws.

The Oles visit Augsburg University for a 3 p.m. tip-off on Saturday, Jan. 14 in the second game of a doubleheader from Si Melby Hall.