BEREA, OHIO -- Junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) scored 15 points as the 22nd-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team defeated Heidelberg College, 66-58 in overtime, tonight (Wednesday, January 31, 2007) in the Seiberling Gymnasiuym in Tiffin.
With its win, B-W is now 16-4 overall and 10-3 in the OAC and have beaten the Student Princes nine straight times dating back to January 20, 2004. Heidelberg is now 10-10 overall and 3-10 in the OAC and have lost five straight games.
In addition to Flowers, senior forward Michelle White (Hudson) had 10 points. Junior forward Stacia Shrider (Marietta/Warren Local) also had a team-high 11 rebounds for B-W. Heidelberg was led by junior guard Maureen Hunter with a game-high 21 points and junior guard Amanda Campbell had 13 points and 13 rebounds.
In the first half, the Student Princes built an early 8-3 lead before the Yellow Jackets outscored them 7-0 to take a 10-8 lead at the 12:27 mark when senior guard Steffani Jaworski (Parma/Padua) made a three-pointer. B-W built its lead to seven points at 17-10 with 9:19 left when Flowers made two foul shots. Heidelberg then closed to within 17-15 before B-W went on a 6-0 run to lead by eight points at 23-15 with 5:30 left when Flowers made a jump shot. B-W also led at halftime, 31-25.
In the second half, B-W regained its eight-point advantage at 33-25 when Flowers opneed the half by making a jumper and increased it to as many as 10 points on two separate occassions with the last being at 47-37 with 5:17 left in regulation when junior forward Jessica Latimer (Brooklyn) made a foul shot. Heidelberg then outscored B-W 16-6 the remainder of regulation to tie the score at 53-53 with one second left when Hunter canned a triple.
In overtime, B-W outscored Heidelberg 13-5 and led throughout to earn its victory. The closest the Student Princes got to the Jackets' in the extra session was four points at 62-58 with 15 seconds left when freshman guard Stacey Barker scored on a layup.
The Yellow Jacket women next play on Saturday, January 31 when they host fourth-ranked and OAC-leader Wilmington College in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium at 3:00 p.m.
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 1/31/2007; 7:30 p.m. in the Seiberling Gymnasium in Tiffin, Ohio
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 66, HEIDELBERG 58 in overtime
BALDWIN-WALLACE (16-4 overall, 10-3 in the OAC): Latimer 1-3 7-10 9; Flowers 6-10 3-4 15; Quiring 2-9 1-4 5; Mondrach 2-6 2-3 7; White 2-4 6-8 10; Butzer 2-6 5-6 9; Jaworski 1-3 0-0 3; Eskinazi-Budge 2-5 0-0 4; Shrider 1-4 0-0 2; Mottayaw 0-4 0-0 0; Brough 1-3 0-1 2; TOTALS: 20-57 24-36 66
HEIDELBERG COLLEGE (10-10 overall, 3-10 in the OAC): Davison 1-7 0-0 2; Kesse 0-3 0-0 0; Skolnicki 1-6 0-0 2; Campbell 4-13 1-5 13; Hunter 7-11 4-6 21; Jeanette 0-1 0-0 0; Barker 3-4 1-2 8; Harrigan 0-1 0-0 0; Espisito 0-0 0-0 0; Richard 2-9 2-4 6; Knott 3-9 0-0 6; TOTALS: 21-64 8-17 58
HALFTIME: B-W, 31-25; Regulation 53-53. 3-point goals: B-W 2-14 (Jaworski 1-3, Mondrach 1-4, Quiring 0-3, Butzer 0-1, Shrider 0-1, Mottayaw 0-2 ), HC 8-23 (Davison 0-3, Campbell 4-9, Hunter 3-7, Barker 1-1, Harrigan 0-1, Richard 0-2). Rebounds: B-W 52 (Shrider 11), HC 49 (Campbell 13). Assists: B-W 11 (Shrider 3), HC 13 (Richard 4). Total Fouls: B-W 19, HC 25. Fouled Out: none. Technical Fouls: none; Attendance: 350.
Game Notes #20 at Heidelberg College
The Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will travel to Tiffin, Ohio on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 to play Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg College in an OAC game at 7:30 p.m. in the Seiberling Gymnasium. This is the last matchup of the two teams during the OAC regular season.
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: 15-4
OAC RECORD: 9-3
LAST GAME: Lost to Ohio Northern, 68-62, on Jan. 27 in Ada.
HEAD COACH: Cheri Harrer
B-W RECORD: 343-124
YEAR AT B-W: 17th
CAREER RECORD: same
LAST MEETING: B-W won, 74-50, on Jan. 16 in Berea
SERIES STREAK: B-W, eight straight
SERIES BEGAN: 1965-66, B-W won, 59-37
SERIES RECORD: B-W leads, 38-22
NEXT GAME: Feb. 3 HOST WILMINGTON at 3:00 p.m.
HEIDELBERG COLLGE
LOCATION: Tiffin, Ohio
NICKNAME: Student Princes
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 10-9
OAC RECORD: 3-9
LAST GAME: Lost to Mt. Union, 56-35, on Jan. 27 in Alliance
HEAD COACH: Karen McConnell
HC RECORD: 267-227
YEAR AT HC: 19th
CAREER RECORD: same as above
The Pregame Setup -- The nationally-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will travel to Tiffin to play Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg College in the final regular season meeting between the two teams.
The Yellow Jackets enter this game with a 15-4 overall and 9-3 OAC record following their 68-62 loss to Ohio Northern University on Saturday, January 27 in Ada. B-W has lost three of its last five games, all on Saturday's, and is currently in third place in the OAC and one game behind second place Capital University (10-2) and two games back of league-leader Wilmington College (11-1).
Heidelberg enters this game at 10-9 overall and 3-9 in the OAC following its 56-35 loss to Mount Union College on Saturday in Alliance. The Student Princes have lost four straight games and six of their last eight overall.
The B-W Versus Heidelberg All-Time Series -- This is the 61st all-time meeting between Baldwin-Wallace and Heidelberg in women's basketball. B-W leads the all-time series, 38-22, and has won eight straight games against the Student Princes, including an 74-50 win on Jan. 16, 2007 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 January 16, 2007 in Berea: Baldwin-Wallace -- 74, Heidelberg -- 50-- In the first meeting this season, on January 16 in Berea, Yellow Jacket 5'10" junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) scored a team-high 12 points, made six-of-seven shots from the floor and led B-W to victory. In addition to Flowers for the Yellow Jackets, 5'9" senior forward Michelle White (Hudson) and 5'8" junior guard Selena
Eskinazi-Budge (Beachwood) each had 10 points. Heidelberg was led by sophomore guard Brittany Skolnicki with a game-high 13 points. The Yellow Jackets raced out to a 37-18 lead at halftime and never trailed in the contest. B-W also had 22 assists in 29 baskets scored.
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 All-OAC and Academic All-OAC player Michelle White. On the inside, look for Carly Flowers and 5'8" junior forward Jessica Lattimer (Brooklyn) to start. Sophomore 5'6" point guard Rachael Quiring (Brunswick/ Holy Name) will run the offense. Flowers leads the team in scoring with 11.8 points per game, has a team and OAC-leading 46 steals, grabs 5.4 rebounds per game and shoots 53 percent from the floor (94-of-176 attempts). Mondrach, an All-OAC player and 2005-2006 OAC Freshman of the Year, averages 9.9 ppg. and has 27 assists and 15 steals. White, a two-time All-OAC player and Academic All-OAC, scores 7.5 ppg., grabs 3.9 rpg., shoots 51 percent from the floor (54-of-105) and second on team with 19 blocked shots. Latimer scores 5.5 ppg., pulls down 4.1 rpg. and shoots 56 percent from the floor (37-of-65). Quiring averages 4.1 ppg., tied for first on the team with 44 assists and has 16 steals.
Off the bench, look for 5'6'' senior Academic All-OAC guard Steffani Jaworski (Parma/ Padua), 5;8" junior Stacia Shrider (Marietta/ Warren Local), 5'8" sophomore guard Leah Mottayaw (Mansfield/ Madison), Selena Eskinazi- Budge, 6'2" freshman post Ariel Brough (Powell/ Olentangy Liberty), 5'6" sophomore point guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) and 5'5" freshman point guard Sandra Busser (Parma/Padua) all to see action. Jaworski averages 3.8 ppg. and is tied for second with 12 three-pointers. Shrider scores 6.6 ppg., leads the team with 5.9 rpg. and has 29 assists and 28 steals. Mottayaw scores 3.7 ppg. and is tied for second on the squad with 12 three-pointers. Busser scores 2.7 ppg. Eskinazi-Budge is third on the team in scoring at 9.3 ppg, grabs, 3.3 rpg. and is second with 35 steals. Butzer has played in 14 games and is scoring 4.9 ppg. and has 22 assists. Brough scores 2.9 ppg., grabs 2.4 rpg. and leads the team with 21 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 13.6 ppg. and 6.8 rpg. She also leads the team with 42 steals and is second with 36 assists. Skolnicki is second on the team in scoring and rebounds averaging, 13.2 ppg. and 4.4 rpg., and shoots 72 percent from the free-throw line (42-of-58). Hunter is third in scoring with 7.0 ppg, second in steals with 30 and leads the team with 11 blocks and 49 assists. Davison scores 6.5 ppg. grabs 3.3 rpg. Richard scores 4.8 ppg. and is third on the team in rebounding with 3.9 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 3.2 ppg. has 21 assists and 18 steals. Harrigan scores 3.1 ppg. has 10 assits and nine steals. Knott scores 2.9 ppg., grabs 2.6 rpg. and has 16 steals.
In B-W's Last Game versus Ohio Northern on January 24 in Ada, Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace -- 62, Ohio Northern-- 68-- In B-W's last game, a 68-62 loss to Ohio Northern University in Ada on January 27, Amanda Mondrach led the Yellow Jackets with 12 points and two rebounds. In addition, Leah Mottayaw had nine points and Carly Flowers had eight.
In Heidelberg's Last Game versus Mount Union on January 24 in Alliance, Ohio: Heidelberg -- 35, Mt. Union--56-- In Heidelberg's last game, a 56-35 loss to Mount Union College in Alliance, the Student Princes were led in scoring by Brittany Skolnicki with eight points. In addition, Kyle Davison added six points and seven rebounds.
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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 343 victories. Harrer is 343-123 in her career with a .736 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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