COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Freshman forward Jessica Lairson (Louisville) and sophomore forward Jessica Carpenter (North Canton/ Hoover) each scored 15 points as the Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Capital University, 79-64, today (Saturday, February 12, 2011) in the Capital Center.
With its win, BW improved to 17-6 overall and 12-4 in the OAC to remain in second place all alone. In addition to Lairson and Carpenter, senior 2-time All-OAC guard Amanda Schroeder (Columbus Grove) had 12 points. With its loss, Capital is now 14-8 overall and 9-7 in the OAC and ended a three-game winning streak. The Crusaders were led by freshman forward Jamie Caton's game-high 19 points.
With her 12 points today, Schroeder now has 1,335 career points to rank third all-time, and she needs 45 points more to surpass BW Hall of Famer Debbie Crider for second place. Crider scored 1,379 career points.
In the first half, Capital jumped out to a 3-0 lead at the 18:26 mark when Ladrach made a layup. After BW junior forward Catherine Spisak (Sandusky/ St. Mary's Central Catholic) made a jumper, the Crusaders scored the next five points to increase their lead to 8-2 at 16:41 when junior forward Hilary Kuhns made a three-pointer. Then, after Yellow Jacket freshman forward Lexi Rohrbach (Tiffin/ Columbian) made a layup, Capital scored the next four points and led by eight points at 12-4 when Caton made two foul shots.
BW came back to outscore the Crusaders 14-7 to close to 19-18 with 7:02 left when senior guard Ali Stack (Vermilion/ Firelands) made a layup. Undaunted, the Crusaders went on a 9-3 run to rebuild a seven-point advantage at 28-21 when sophomore guard Rebekah Will made a layup at 3:44. BW and Capital traded baskets with BW scoring last when Lairson grabbed an offensive rebound and scored at the first half buzzer with the Crusaders winning, 32-27.
In the second half, BW scored the first basket when Lairson made a layup at 19:36 to close to 32-29. The Yellow Jackets finally tied the score at 35-35 at 17:59 when sophomore point guard Rachel Rossman (Olmsted Falls) made a layup. The game was tied at 37-37, 41-41, 46-46 and 48-48 before Capital grabbed a four-point lead at 52-48 with 10:30 left when Kuhns made a jump shot. BW came right back to tie it at 52-52 with 9:09 left when Schroeder made two foul shots.
The Yellow Jackets finally grabbed the lead at 55-52 and increased its run to seven straight points whenCarpenter canned a three-pointer. After Capital closed to 55-54, BW went on a 20-7 run to build its lead to 14 points at 75-61 when Carpenter made a layup. The lead grew to 15 points at 77-62 when Stack made two more foul shots.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, February 16, when they travel to Alliance to play OAC arch-rival the University of Mount Union in the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex at 7:30 p.m. In addition, fans can listen to all of the action on either campus radio station WBW, 88.3 FM, or via the WBW Internet web site at www.wBW.com
Next Saturday, Feb. 19, the BW women and men host Ohio Northern University in a doubleheader in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center. That twinbill will be taped and televised by SportsTime Ohio. The women tipoff at 2:00 p.m. and the men at 4:00 p.m.
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