BEREA, OHIO – Sophomore guard Audrey Smolik (Strongsville) scored a team-high 15 points as the Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball team defeated Wilmington College, 75-62, in an Ohio Athletic Conference game in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center.
With its win, BW is 4-3 overall and 1-2 in the OAC and snapped a two-game losing streak. With its loss, Wilmington is 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the OAC and have lost two straight contests.
In addition to Smolik for the Yellow Jackets, junior All-OAC guard Jessica Lairson (Louisville) scored 12 rebounds and had a team-leading eight rebounds. Senior two-time All-OAC forward Jessica Carpenter (North Canton/Hoover), who missed the first four games this season with an injury, had 10 points. Wilmington Senior forward Brianna Peters led all scorers with 19 points and tied for game-high honors with 10 rebounds.
BW got off to an early, 7-0 lead at the 17:46 mark when Smolik made a three-pointer. The lead grew to 10-2 at 16:33 when Lairson made a triple of her own. After Wilmington cut the lead to 14-10 on a foul shot by senior guard Shelby Kies at 13:59, the Yellow Jackets went on a 10-0 run to take a 24-10 advantage with 10:22 left when senior four-year starting point guard Rachel Rossman (Olmsted Falls) canned a trey.
BW continues to increased its lead to a first half high of 19 points at 33-14 with 5:24 left when freshman guard Erin Allen (Girard, Pa.) made her second straight jump shot to end another 6-0 run. Wilmington bounced back to out-score BW 15-5 the remainder of the first session to trail 38-29 at the intermission.
BW scored the first four points of the second half to build a 13-point lead at 42-29 at 19:16 off two layups by Smolik and Natalia Simovic (Seven Hills/Normandy). The Quakers would fight back with a 11-5 run and cut the deficit to seven points to make the score 47-40 at 12:50 when senior forward Bria Eslick made one of two foul shots.
Undaunted, BW scored five straight points to make it 52-40 at 11:21 when sophomore guard Shari Mangas (Leipsic) made a three-pointer. The Quakers went on an 8-0 run to get as close as 52-48 with 7:19 left when sophomore guard Spencer Robles made two foul shots. BW then went on its own 6-0 run to regain a 10-point bulge at 58-48 with 6:29 left when Carpenter scored, was fouled and completed the three-point play by making her foul shot.
The Yellow Jackets closed out the game by making nine of their last 12 foul shots in the last 2:35, including four by Rossman.
BW is back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 19 when it travels to Alliance to play OAC-rival the University of Mount Union at 7:30 p.m. The next home game is on Saturday, Dec. 22 versus Otterbein University in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center at 3:00 p.m.
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February 27, 2013
Lairson and Smolik Tabbed as All-OAC
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February 6, 2013
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February 5, 2013
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February 2, 2013
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January 30, 2013
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January 26, 2013
Women’s Basketball Team Loses at Otterbein
January 23, 2013
Yellow Jacket Women Hoopsters Fall to No. 8 Ohio Northern
January 19, 2013
BW Women Fall to Capital
January 16, 2013
BW Women Score Season-High 94 in Defeat of Heidelberg
January 12, 2013
BW Women Beat Muskingum, 63-40, for Fourth Straight Win
January 9, 2013
BW Women Beat John Carroll, 80-59, for Third Straight Win
January 7, 2013
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January 2, 2013
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December 29, 2012
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December 28, 2012
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December 22, 2012
BW Women’s Basketball Falls to Otterbein, 71-60
December 19, 2012
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December 15, 2012
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December 8, 2012
BW Women Lose at Capital, 53-44
December 5, 2012
BW Women Lose to No. 20 Ohio Northern, 64-42
November 26, 2012
BW Women Hoops Defeat Wittenberg, 66-55
November 20, 2012
BW Women's Basketball Falls to Case in Thriller, 65-63
November 17, 2012
BW Women Beat Franklin (Ind.), to Win Tourney Title
November 16, 2012
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November 6, 2012
Women's Basketball Team Selected Third in OAC Coaches Poll
September 26, 2012
Bailey and Gallagher Join Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff