Posted: Mar 14, 2014
MADISON, NEW JERSEY– Junior forward Audrey Smolik (Strongsville) scored a team-high 10 points, but the Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball team lost at host Fairleigh Dickinson (N.J.) University-Florham, 66-42, in the third round/ Sweet 16 of the 2014 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Sectional Tournament inside the Ferguson Recreation Center. BW's 42 points was its lowest output of the season by 13 points.
With its loss, BW ends its season at 22-7 overall. The last time BW visited the "Sweet 16" was in 2006 when it won the Great Lakes Regional at BW and then beat Williams (Mass.) College in the Sweet 16" and then lost to host Scranton (Pa.)
BW is playing in its 12th NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament in the 24 years that Cheri Harrer (488-179) has coached the team. The Yellow Jackets advanced to the national tourney as an at-large selection and regular season co-champions of the OAC. The Jackets advanced to the second round by defeating Lebanon Valley (Pa.) College, 66-48, in the first round last night. FDU-Florham is 30-0 overall and only one of two unbeatens left in Division III.
FDU-Florham had five players in double figures and outscored BW 44-18 in the second half was led by junior guard Kyra Dayon with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
BW canned just 14 of 59 shots for 23.7 percent, including just 4-of-22 three-pointers, and committed 16 turnovers.
After FDU-Florham scored the first basket, BW scored three straight points to take a 3-2 lead at 17:36 when Munro made two foul shots. The Devils outscored the Yellow Jackets 13-3 to take a 15-6 lead at 13:53 when junior guard Kara Dayon made a three-pointer and forced a BW timeout.
With its loss, BW ends its season at 22-7 overall. The last time BW visited the "Sweet 16" was in 2006 when it won the Great Lakes Regional at BW and then beat Williams (Mass.) College in the Sweet 16" and then lost to host Scranton (Pa.)
BW is playing in its 12th NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament in the 24 years that Cheri Harrer (488-179) has coached the team. The Yellow Jackets advanced to the national tourney as an at-large selection and regular season co-champions of the OAC. The Jackets advanced to the second round by defeating Lebanon Valley (Pa.) College, 66-48, in the first round last night. FDU-Florham is 30-0 overall and only one of two unbeatens left in Division III.
FDU-Florham had five players in double figures and outscored BW 44-18 in the second half was led by junior guard Kyra Dayon with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
BW canned just 14 of 59 shots for 23.7 percent, including just 4-of-22 three-pointers, and committed 16 turnovers.
After FDU-Florham scored the first basket, BW scored three straight points to take a 3-2 lead at 17:36 when Munro made two foul shots. The Devils outscored the Yellow Jackets 13-3 to take a 15-6 lead at 13:53 when junior guard Kara Dayon made a three-pointer and forced a BW timeout.
The Devil lead grew to 11 points at 20-9 at 11:17 before the Yellow Jackets went on a 15-2 run,to take a 24-22 lead with 31 seconds left before the intermissionn when sophomore guard Janaya Feaster (Akron/ Archbishop Hoban) made a layup. The run included holding FDU-Florham to one field goal in the last 11:17. Another key was when Devil sophomore forward Shalette Brown, who scored nine points in the first 5:39 picked up her second foul with 12 minutes to go and had to go to the bench for the remainder of the half.
BW's lead grew to six points early in the second half when Lairson mae a jump shot at 17:37 to make it 29-23. FDU-Florham came back with five straight points to close the deficit to 29-28 at 16:07 when Kara Dyson made a jumper. The Devil run continued and became a 19-4 advantage as FDU-Florham built a nine-point advantage at 42-33 with 11:42 left.
The Devils rebuilt their 11-point lead to 44-33 at 10:32 when junior guard Leigh-Ann Lively made two foul shots to end a personal run of seven straight points. A lively triple at 9:55 pushed the lead to a game-high 14 at 47-33. The game got out of reach when Kyra Dayon canned a trey at 4:20 to push the lead to 56-38.
The winner of tomorrow night's Sectional Championship Game advances to the NCAA Division III Final Four at the University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point from Match 21-22.
FOR MORE BW SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Jeff Miller by phone at 440-826-2780 and email at jefmille@bw.edu. Fans can access the latest BW athletics information at www.bwyellowjackets.com and we invite you to join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bwyellowjackets and Twitter at http://twitter.com/bwathletics.
BW's lead grew to six points early in the second half when Lairson mae a jump shot at 17:37 to make it 29-23. FDU-Florham came back with five straight points to close the deficit to 29-28 at 16:07 when Kara Dyson made a jumper. The Devil run continued and became a 19-4 advantage as FDU-Florham built a nine-point advantage at 42-33 with 11:42 left.
The Devils rebuilt their 11-point lead to 44-33 at 10:32 when junior guard Leigh-Ann Lively made two foul shots to end a personal run of seven straight points. A lively triple at 9:55 pushed the lead to a game-high 14 at 47-33. The game got out of reach when Kyra Dayon canned a trey at 4:20 to push the lead to 56-38.
The winner of tomorrow night's Sectional Championship Game advances to the NCAA Division III Final Four at the University of Wisconsin-Steven's Point from Match 21-22.
FOR MORE BW SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Jeff Miller by phone at 440-826-2780 and email at jefmille@bw.edu. Fans can access the latest BW athletics information at www.bwyellowjackets.com and we invite you to join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bwyellowjackets and Twitter at http://twitter.com/bwathletics.
