Marietta College’s Ava Heller (4) goes up for a shot throughout Saturday’s sport towards Wilmington at Ban Johnson Arena. (Photo by Rebecca Wheeler)
MARIETTA — The Marietta College women’s basketball crew mixed a robust capturing efficiency with a stifling defensive effort and by no means trailed, defeating Wilmington, 87-47, Saturday afternoon on the Ban Johnson Arena.
Marietta improves to 6-7 total and 1-3 within the Ohio Athletic Conference. Wilmington falls to 4-8 on the season and 1-2 within the OAC.
“We just got off to a great start today,” mentioned Marietta head coach Jenna Andersen. “That’s something that we have been emphasizing lately, getting off to a great start and putting ourselves in a good position. We knew we had to be aggressive and raise our level of intensity. We knew we could run on Wilmington, but getting the defensive pressure that we got this afternoon was great to see. Things are starting to click.”
Marietta jumped out to a 10-4 lead within the first three minutes of the competition, capped off by a basket and bonus free throw by Ava Heller. Later within the interval, Marietta went on a 11-2 run, fueled by 5 steals that became six factors. After one quarter, the Pioneers had a commanding 23-12 lead.
The Quakers managed to get the primary bucket of the second quarter, however the Pioneers prolonged the lead with one other giant run. Marietta scored 9 straight factors, 4 from Heller, to push the result in 18 factors. After Wilmington hit a pair of free throws, the Pioneers answered with a 20-4 run, fueled by 5 factors from Kelsey Harlan and 4 consecutive baskets from Heller. Although Wilmington scored the one basket within the remaining minute of the half, the Pioneers had been nonetheless very a lot within the lead and took a 52-22 benefit into halftime.Marietta didn’t let up within the third quarter, happening an 8-2 run and amassing one other 4 steals within the first three minutes. Sophie Nelson nailed a three-pointer on the 5:02 mark to offer the Pioneers their largest lead at that time, 37 factors. Kendall Sury scored a layup after making yet one more steal and the Pioneers led 70-33 going into within the remaining quarter.
Sury opened the fourth quarter with a layup and TJ Carpenter adopted with a 3 pointer and the Pioneer lead was an excessive amount of to beat. Marietta claimed their first convention victory of the season, 87-47.
Heller led the Pioneers with 20 factors, capturing 8-of-12 from the sphere. Nelson got here off the bench to complete with 13 factors. Harlan scored 11 factors, dished out three assists, and had three steals. Sury scored 10 factors and led the Pioneers with seven rebounds and 6 steals.
Wilmington’s Stephanie Atlstaetter led the Quakers with 10 factors and 6 rebounds.
Marietta subsequent travels to the University of Mount Union for a convention bout on Wednesday, scheduled for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
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A livid second half comeback fell quick as Marietta College misplaced to visiting Wilmington College, 85-77, Saturday afternoon in Ban Johnson Arena.
The loss drops Marietta to 6-7 total and 1-3 within the Ohio Athletic Conference. The Quakers enhance to 6-6 on the season and 2-1 within the OAC.
Marietta College missed its first seven pictures of the sport and shortly fell behind 12-1. The Pioneers’ capturing woes continued all through the primary half as Marietta transformed simply 35% of its pictures from the ground.
While the Pioneers had been struggling to place the ball within the basket, Wilmington sank 59% of its shot makes an attempt within the first half and constructed a 23-point lead. Domenic Farley drained a three-pointer with 5:23 left within the opening interval to make it 39-16 in favor of the Quakers. Marietta trimmed the deficit to 18 factors and trailed 48-30 at halftime.
Wilmington maintained its lead by way of the primary eight minutes of the second half. Ben Golan hit one in every of two free throws with 11:49 left within the sport for a 63-43 Quaker lead.
Marietta went on a 19-3 run over the subsequent 5 minutes slicing the Wilmington result in simply 4 factors, 66-62. Jake Singleton triggered the run with a three-pointer. Singleton scored eight of Marietta’s factors within the spurt.
Elijah Harden hit a three-pointer to get the Pioneers inside two, 74-72. Following a Quaker miss and a foul, Mason Wisniewski went to the road with an opportunity to tie the sport. Wisniewski hit one in every of two free throws making it a one-point sport.
Wilmington by no means relinquished the lead because the Quakers bought back-to-back tip-ins by Carson Miles and Izaiah Cathey. Cathey drew a foul on his and transformed the free throw for an 81-77 lead. The Quakers made 4 free throws down the stretch to safe the victory.
Marietta’s free throw capturing issues had been expensive. The Pioneers shot simply 59.5% from the road.
Wisnieski had a double-double to steer the Pioneers with 16 factors and 10 rebounds. Singleton scored 15 factors, whereas Harden added 13 factors and Trenton Collins completed with 11 factors.
Farley scored 23 factors to steer the Quakers. Elijah Cathey scored 16 factors and grabbed seven rebounds, whereas Izaiah Cathey completed with 13 factors and 7 boards.
Marietta hosts No. 9 Mount Union on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. tipoff.