BEREA, OHIO -- Senior guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) and sophomore forward Amanda Schroeder (Columbus Grove) each scored 13 points to lead the Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team past conference-rival Mount Union College, 67-54, tonight (Wednesday, December 17, 2008) in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea.
In addition to Butzer and Schroeder, sophomore guard Courtney Ritzler (Fostoria/Hopewell-Loudon) scored 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three-point range and senior guard Rachel Quiring (Brunswick/Parma Heights Holy Name) added 10. Mount Union was led by a 15-point, six rebound effort from Lauren Forquer.
With its win, B-W improves to 4-3 overall and 1-2 in the OAC. With its loss, Mount Union is now 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the OAC.
The Yellow Jackets opened the first half on a 14-5 run capped by a jumper from sophomore guard Carrie Ritzler (Fostoria/Hopewell-Loudon) at the 13:48 mark. The B-W lead grew to 10, at 29-19, following a three-pointer by senior guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/Parma Heights Holy Name) with 4:11 remaining in the period.
Mount Union rallied with an 11-3 run culminating in a three-pointer from Nancy Faulhaber to make the score 32-30 with 1:52 left before the break. A layup from B-W freshman forward Mariah Strayer (Bellevue) with six seconds left on the clock sent the Jackets into the locker room with a 34-30 advantage.
B-W opened the second half with a quick 6-0 run that ended in a Quiring layup with 16:22 left to play. The Purple Raiders once again rallied to cut the Yellow Jacket lead to two, at 47-45, when Amanda Rose scored on a layup at the 8:40 mark.
However, the Jackets responded with a 16-4 run that ended in a Schroeder layup to make the score 63-49 with 2:15 remaining. Six of Schroeder's 13 points came during the run, leading B-W to the 67-54 victory.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action this Saturday, Dec. 20 when they host OAC foe Wilmington College in Berea at 3:00 p.m. B-W ends its pre-Christmas schedule in Greencastle, Indiana against powerful DePauw University on Monday, December 22 at 6:00 p.m.
Media and fans are reminded that they can listen to almost every B-W men's and women's basketball games LIVE on campus radio station WBW, 88.3 FM, and via the WBW Internet web site at www.wBW.com.
Media and fans are reminded that two more BW men's basketball games will be televsied by SportsTime Ohio (www.sportstimeohio.com). They are the January 17, 2009 home game versus Muskingum College at 3:00 p.m. and its February 18 contest at cross-town rival John Carroll University at 7:30 p.m.
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