High Energy Night Gives Women Early Spark
Wooster gains early lead but falls to Kenyon 64-48
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kenyon
7-14,3-7 NCAC
|
11 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 64 |
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Wooster
1-21,0-11 NCAC
|
15 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 48 |
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Kenyon | Wooster |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (22-60) | (18-65) |
| Field Goal % | 36.7% | 27.7% |
| Rebounds | 45 | 41 |
| Assists | 5 | 3 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 12 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 9 | 6 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 9 | 9 |
| Pts in the Paint | 28 | 28 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 2 | 0 |
| Bench Pts | 3 | 7 |
The College of Wooster women's basketball team played to its biggest home crowd of the year on Wednesday as The College hosted Kenyon College and celebrated National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
While the women fed off the energy in the early goings, they could not stop the Owls in a 64-48 North Coast Athletic Conference loss.
Wooster jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead thanks to a pair of driving layups from first-year Mia Walker. Later in the quarter they led by as many as nine thanks to a 7-0 run.
Wooster led 15-11 after one quarter but the shooting fell off in the second quarter as Kenyon used an 8-0 run to tie the game at 23. Kenyon then led 31-28 at halftime and never lost the lead after that.
Wooster scored just nine points in the third quarter as the team struggled to get back to the pace it played at in the first quarter. Kenyon's largest lead came in at 18.
Walker and Shalen Guilliams each scored 14 points. Ella Biondi scored seven points and grabbed nine rebounds.
Ella Dean scored seven off the bench, and Namara Rwakatare finished with six points and seven rebounds.
Kenyon had two record double-doubles. Katie Orefice scored a game-high 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Anissa Hardy collected 11 points and 14 rebounds.
After shooting 41 percent in the first quarter, Wooster (1-20, 0-10 NCAC) ended up shooting just 28 percent (18-of-65). Kenyon shot 37 percent (22-of-60) for the game.
Kenyon (6-14, 2-7) barely outrebounded the Scots 45-41. Both teams scored 28 points in the paint and botch scored nine second chance points.
In the first game of the series, Wooster jumped out to an early lead but faltered in the second half in a 67-65 defeat. Walker led the way with 21 points, Alyssa Chritz added 20 and Guilliams scored 14.
Kenyon's leading scorer Orefice was held to just six points, but Claudia Cooke stepped up with a 24-point performance.
Next, Wooster hosts Hiram College and will celebrate senior day to honors its three seniors Rwakatare, Riley Thorr and Paige Wells.