The St. John Fisher College women's basketball team won on a buzzer-beater 3-pointer from Emily Piacentini to give the Cardinals a 60-59 victory over the Ithaca College Bombers on Thursday night.

With the win, Fisher improves to 16-3 overall, and 9-1 in the Empire 8 Conference, while Ithaca falls to 11-9, 7-4.

Fisher took a seven-point lead within the first five minutes of play, but the Bombers would answer, taking the lead with just under two minutes left in the first period, and headed into the second leading the Cardinals by two.

Ithaca dominated the second quarter, holding the lead until a layup from Caroline Robertson with one minute left tied the game at 24-24 heading into halftime.

The second half was a back-and-forth battle, with neither team holding a permanent lead. Ithaca owned the biggest lead of the third quarter at just four points.

Mary Kate Cusack would hit a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in the third period to send Fisher into the final quarter up 41-40.

Ithaca's Julie Yacovoni scored a 3-pointer after the first minute of play, but neither team would score for nearly three minutes until McKenzie Bezon hit two free throws to tie the game at 43-43 with 7:24 remaning.

Ithaca would grab the lead for the next six minutes as the game wound down. Piacentini hit a crucial 3-pointer at 51 seconds left at 55-55. Ithaca again stole the lead but Fisher hung on, tying again at 57-57 on a layup from Robertson.

The Bombers took a 59-57 lead with just under four seconds left, forcing Fisher to take a timeout and giving the Cardinals the ball at midcourt, under the new NCAA rules.

Bezon inbounded the ball to Piacentini, who caught it at the top of the key, stepped back and swished the 25-footer as the horn sounded. (Listen To Gene Battaglia make the call on ESPN Rochester).

Bezon led the team with 18 points, while Robertson tallied 11 points and six rebounds, and Cusack grabbed 10 boards, while dishing out eight assists.

The Cardinals are back in action at 4 p.m. Saturday when the take on Nazareth College at Bobby Wanzer Court in the Battle of the Beaks matchup.