BEREA, OHIO -- Junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) scored a team-high 12 points as the 12th-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg College, 74-50 tonight (Tuesday, January 16, 2007) in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea. It was B-W's (14-2 overall and 8-1 in the OAC) eighth straight victory against the Student Princes (10-6, 3-6).
In addition to Flowers for the Yellow Jackets, senior forward Michelle White (Hudson) and junior guard Selena Eskinazi-Budge (Beachwood) each had 10 points. Heidelberg was led by sophomore guard Brittany Skolnicki with 13 points.
In the first half, the Yellow Jackets jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead at the 17:49 mark when Flowers made a jump shot. Heidelberg then closed the gap to five points at 9-4 at the 14:32 mark before B-W outscored the Student Princes 28-14 to build its largest lead of the first stanza to 19 points at 37-18 when senior guard Steffani Jaworski (Parma/Padua) made a three-pointer with one second left before the intermission. In the second half, B-W built its largest lead of the game at 30 points at 75-45 at the 10:45 mark when senior forward Jessica Latimer (Brooklyn) scored on a layup.
The Yellow Jacket women next play on Saturday, January 20 when they travel to Columbus to play OAC arch-rival Capital University at 3:00 p.m. in the Capital Center.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Cheri Harrer, please call her in the office at 440-826-3299 or you can reach her via e-mail at charrer@bw.edu.
Baldwin-Wallace College Women versus Heidelberg College
in an Ohio Athletic Conference game
on 1/16/2007; 7:30 p.m. in the Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea, Ohio
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 74, HEIDELBERG 50
BALDWIN-WALLACE (14-2 overall, 8-1 in the OAC): Quiring 2-4 0-0 5; Latimer 3-3 2-2 8; Mondrach 0-4 0-0 0; Flowers 6-7 0-2 12; White 3-4 2-2 10; Butzer 1-2 0-0 2; Arbogast 1-1 0-0 3; Jaworski 1-3 0-0 3; Farage 2-3 3-4 7; Eskinazi-Budge 5-6 0-0 10; Shrider 1-3 2-2 5; Busser 0-2 0-0 0; Mottayaw 2-4 0-0 5; Abbey 0-0 0-0 m0; Brough 2-4 0-0 4; TOTALS: 29-50 9-12 74.
HEIDELBERG (10-6 overall, 3-6 in the OAC): Skolnicki 6-10 1-1 13; Campbell 1-8 4-4 6; Richard 0-5 0-0 0; Hunter 1-8 0-0 2; Davison 4-9 0-0 9; Jeanette 1-4 0-0 2; Barker 2-2 0-0 5; Harrigan 1-2 0-0 3; Esposito 0-0 0-0 0; Hawley 1-2 0-0 2; Serrano 0-1 0-0 0; Kesse 2-6 2-2 6; Miller 0-0 0-0 0; Knott 1-3 0-0 2; TOTALS: 20-60 7-7 50.
HALFTIME: B-W, 37-18. 3-point goals: B-W 7-14 (Quiring 1-1; Mondrach 0-1; White 2-3; Arbogast 1-1; Jaworski 1-2; Eskinazi-Budge 0-1; Shrider 1-2; Busser 0-1; Mottayaw 1-2),HC 3-16 (Campbell 0-4; Richard 0-2; Hunter 0-4; Davison 1-2; Barker 1-1; Harrigan 1-2; Serrano 0-1). Rebounds: B-W 32 (White), HC 32 (Skolnicki 7). Assists: B-W 22 (Butzer 3, Busser 3), HC 10 (Hunter 5). Total Fouls: B-W 11, HC 10. Fouled Out: B-W none, HC none. Technical Fouls: none ; Attendance: 407.
Game Notes #16 HOST Heidelberg College
The Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will host Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg College on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in The Lou Higgins Center at 7:30 p.m. This is the first game of two regular season meetings between the two schools.
RADIO -- Select Yellow Jacket women's basketball games, home and away, are broadcast by campus radio station WBWC, 88.3 FM, and via the WBWC Internet Web site at www.wbwc.com. The pregame show generally begins 10 minutes prior to tipoff. Home games are broadcast via Internet and away games are on radio.
BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE
LOCATION: Berea, Ohio
NICKNAME: Yellow Jackets
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 13-2
OAC RECORD: 7-1
LAST GAME: Lost to Wilmington, 72-69, on Jan. 13 in Wilmington
HEAD COACH: Cheri Harrer
B-W RECORD: 341-121
YEAR AT B-W: 17th
CAREER RECORD: same
LAST MEETING: B-W won, 80-47, on February 21, 2006 in Berea
SERIES STREAK: B-W, seven straight
SERIES BEGAN: 1965-66, B-W won, 59-37
SERIES RECORD: B-W leads 37-24
NEXT GAME: Jan. 20 at Capital at 3:00 p.m..
HEIDELBEG COLLEGE
LOCATION: Tiffin, Ohio
NICKNAME: Student Princes
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 10-5
OAC RECORD: 3-5
LAST GAME: Beat Marietta, 59-46, on Jan. 13 in Tiffin.
HEAD COACH: Karen McConnell
HC RECORD: 267-233
YEAR AT HC: 19th
CAREER RECORD: same as above
The Pregame Setup -- The nationally-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will look to get back on the winning track when it hosts the Student Princes of Heidelberg College.
The Yellow Jackets enter this game with a 13-2 overall and 7-1 OAC record following their 72-69 loss at OAC foe Wilmington College last Saturday at the Fred Raizk Arena in Wilmington. B-W is currently in second place in the OAC, a game behind Wilmington.
The Student Princes enter this game with an 10-5 overall and 3-5 OAC record following their 59-46 victory against Marietta College last Saturday in Tiffin. Heidelberg began the season with four-game winning streak and are currently on a two-game winning streak.
The B-W versus Heidelberg All-Time Series -- This is the 62nd all-time meeting between Baldwin-Wallace and Heidelberg in women's basketball. B-W leads the all-time series, 37-24, and has won seven straight games against the Student Princes, including an 80-47 win on Feb. 21, 2006 in Berea. The first-ever meeting was during the 1965-66 season when B-W won, 59-37. The last Heidelberg win came on Jan. 20, 2004 when the Student Princes beat B-W in Tiffin, 82-64.
In the Last B-W versus Heidelberg Meeting on February 21, 2006 in Berea: Baldwin-Wallace -- 80, Heidelberg -- 47-- In the last meeting last season between B-W and Heidelberg, the Yellow Jackets defeated the Student Princes, 80-47, in Berea. Leading the way was graduated forward Jenn Neal and current junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) with 14 points each. Heidelberg was led by current sophomore guard Brittany Skolnicki with 17 points.
-B-W Information and Probable Starters -- Look for Yellow Jacket veteran Head Coach Cheri Harrer to count on veteran players to lead the Yellow Jackets. Overall, Harrer goes deep on her bench with a 12-player rotation all seeing double-digit minutes on the floor. Sophomore 5'8" All-OAC guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/ Holy Name) is expected to start at a wing position with 5'9" senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC player Michelle White (Hudson). On the inside, look for 5'10" junior Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) and 5'8" junior forward Jessica Lattimer(Brooklyn). Sophomore 5'6" point guard Rachael Quiring (Brunswick/ Holy Name) will run the offense. Flowers leads the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game, has a team and OAC-leading 39 steals, grabs 5.5 rebounds per game and shoots 54.1 percent from the floor (80-of-148). Mondrach, an All-OAC player and 2005-2006 OAC Freshman of the Year, averages 9.3 ppg. and has 20 assists and 13 steals. White, a two-time All-OAC player and Academic All-OAC, scores 7.5 ppg., grabs 3.9 rpg., shoots 54.4 percent from the floor (43-of-79) and second on team with 15 blocked shots. Latimer scores 5.8 ppg., pulls down 4.1 rpg. and shoots 56.6 percent from the floor (30-of-53). Quiring averages 4.6 ppg., second the team with 32 assists and has 11 steals.
Off the bench, look for 5'6'' senior Academic All-OAC guard Steffani Jaworski (Parma/Padua), 5'8" junior power forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/ Warren Local), 5'8" sophomore guard Leah Mottayaw (Mansfield/ Madison), 5'8" junior guard Selena Eskinazi-Budge (Beachwood via Miami of Florida), 6'2" freshman post Ariel Brough (Powell/ Olentangy Liberty), 5'6" sophomore guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) and 5'5" freshman point guard Sandra Busser (Parma/Padua) all to see action. Jaworski averages 4.1 ppg. and is tied for first with 10 three-pointers. Shrider scores 6.7 ppg., leads the team with 6.2 rpg. and has 29 assists and 25 steals. Mottayaw scores 3.2 ppg. and is third on the squad with eight three-pointers. Busser scores 3.1 ppg. Eskinazi-Budge is second on the team in scoring at 9.4 ppg, grabs, 3.6 rpg. and is second with 27 steals. Butzer has played in ten games and is scoring 3.6 ppg. and has 11 assists. Brough scores 2.9 ppg., grabs 2.5 rpg. and leads the team with 16 blocked shots.
Scouting the Heidelberg College Student Princes -- Look for Head Coach Karen McConnell to start 5'6" junior Amanda Campbell, 5'10 junior Mareen Hunter and 5'8 sophomore Brittany Skolnicki at the guard positions, and 5'9" senior Kyle Davison and 6'0" forward Stacey Richard on the inside. Campbell leads the team with both points and rebounds with 14.9 ppg. and 7.3 rpg. She also leads the team with 36 steals and is second with 31 assists. Skolnicki is second on the team in scoring and rebounds averaging, 14.1 ppg. and 4.6 rpg., and shoots 74.5 percent from the free-throw line (35-of-47). Hunter is third in scoring with 7.7 ppg, second in steals with 25 and leads the team with 10 blocks and 39 assists. Davison scores 6.4 ppg. with 3.2 rpg. Richard scores 4.9 ppg. and is third on the team in rebounding with 4.3 rpg.
Off the bench, look for Coach McConnell to utilize 5'6" freshman guard Jessica Jennette, 5'6" sophomore guard Morgan Harrigan and 5'10" junior forward Hollie Knott to recieve majority of the minutes. Jennette scores 3.3 ppg. with 20 assists and 16 steals. Harrigan scores 2.9 ppg. with nine assits and eight steals. Knott scores 2.9 ppg., 2.6 rpg. and has 14 steals.
In B-W's Last Game versus Wilmington on January 13 in Berea, Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace -- 69, Wilmington -- 72- - In B-W's last game, a 72-69 loss to OAC foe Wilmington College on January 13 in Wilmington, the Yellow Jackets were led in scoring by Rachel Quiring who had a season-high 14 points. In addition, Amanda Mondrach had 11 points.
In Heidelbergs's Last Game versus Marietta on January 13 in Tiffin, Ohio: Marietta -- 46, Heidelberg-- 59 -- In Heidelberg's last game, a 59-46 victory over Marietta in Tiffin, the Student Princes were led in scoring by Brittany Skolnicki with 18 points and three rebounds. Joining Skolnicki in double figures was Maureen Hunter with 16 points
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Current National Rankings -- B-W was ranked fourth in the last week's WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) Division III poll and sixth in the d3hoops.com poll. The "OFFICIAL" Division III Great Lakes Region poll, which is selected by the NCAA Selection Committee does not come out until early February, 2007. The NCAA Selection Committee uses that poll as criterion to decide who gets into the 2007 NCAA Division III National Tournament.
Third "Elite Eight" Appearance in NCAA Tourney in Last Eight Years -- When B-W played in the "Elite Eight" of the 2005-2006 NCAA Division III National Tournament, it marked the thid time in school history and the third time in the past eight years.
Eleven Straight 20-Win Seasons for B-W -- The B-W women have a streak of 10 straight seasons with 20 or more victories.
Cheri Harrer is the Winningest Women's Coach in B-W History -- Yellow Jacket veteran Head Coach Cheri Harrer is the winningest women's basketball coach in B-W history with 341 victories. Harrer is 341-121 in her career with a .738 winning percentage and is in her 17th season at B-W.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, Please visit the Baldwin-Wallace Athletics website at www.bw.edu/athletics for up to date results and statistics. For further inquiries, please contact B-W SID Kevin Ruple by phone at (440) 826-2327, by FAX at (440) 826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. B-W Head Coach Cheri Harrer can be reached by phone at (440) 826-3299, by FAX at (440) 826-2192 or via e-mail at charrer@bw.edu.
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