BEREA, OHIO -- Junior forward Carly Flowers (North Baltimore) scored a career-high 24 points as the third-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Muskingum College, 90-64 today (Saturday, January 6, 2007) in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea. The win kept B-W in first place in the OAC.
The win was B-W's 11th straight and 11th in a row versus the Fighting Muskies. With its victory, B-W, ranked third nationally by the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association)/ USA TODAY Division III Top-25, is now 12-1 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the OAC. With its loss,Muskingum fell to 3-10 overall and 1-5 in the OAC.
In addition to Flowers, sophomore guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/Parma Hts. Holy Name) and senior guard Michelle White (Hudson) each scored 13 points for the Yellow Jackets. Muskingum was led by sophomore forward Jessica McKenzie with 19 points and six rebounds.
In the first half, B-W jumped out to an early 11-6 lead at the 17:10 mark when White stole a Muskingum pass and dished the ball to Flowers for an easy jumper. The Yellow Jackets extended their lead to as many as 17 points in the first half, with that lead coming off a White three-pointer at the 7:32 mark to make the score 37-20. B-W took a 48-32 advantage into the locker room at halftime.
In the second half, B-W again came out strong. Their biggest lead of the half came at the 00:36 mark when junior guard Selena Eskinazi-Budge (Beachwood) made a three-pointer to give the Yellow Jackets a 26 point advantage and the final score of 90-64. B-W never lead by less than 17 points in the half.
The Yellow Jacket women next play on Wednesday, Jan. 10 when they travel to Westerville, Ohio to play OAC rival Otterbein College in the Rike Center at 7:30 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 Muskingum College
in an Ohio Athletic Conference game
on 1/6/2007; 3:00 p.m. in Berea, Ohio
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 90, MUSKINGUM 64
BALDWIN-WALLACE (12-1 overall, 6-0 in the OAC): Quiring 0-1 0-1 0; Shrider 4-6 0-0 9; Mondrach 6-6 0-0 13; Flowers 10-14 4-4 24; White 5-6 0-0 13; Busser 1-2 0-0 3; Jaworski 1-7 1-2 3; Eskinazi-Budge 2-6 1-2 6; Latimer 4-5 3-3 11; Mottayaw 1-7 0-0 2; Brough 0-0 2-2 2; Watson 0-0 0-0 0; Arbogast 1-1 0-0 2; Farage 0-0 0-0 0; Butzer 1-3 0-0 2; TOTALS: 36-64 11-14 90
MUSKINGUM (3-10 overall, 1-5 in the OAC): McKenzie 6-13 7-8 19; Youel 5-7 2-2 14; Moore 3-4 3-4 9; Miller 3-6 0-0 8; Mathie 2-2 1-2 5; Gibson 2-6 0-3 4; Guinsler 2-5 0-0 4; Brink; 0-0 1-2 1; Kaser 0-0 0-0 0; Guinsler 0-1 0-0 0; Berry 0-2 0-0 0; Lenhart 0-4 0-0 0 TOTALS: 23-50 14-21 64
HALFTIME: BW: 48 MC: 32. 3-point goals: B-W 7-18 (White 3, Mondrach 1, Busser 1, E-Budge 1, Shrider 1),MC 4-11(Miller 2, Youel 2). Rebounds: B-W 34 (Latimer 8), MC 27 (McKenzie 6). Assists: B-W 28 (Flowers 6), MC 11 (Youel 3). Total Fouls: B-W 15, MC 17. Fouled Out: none. Technical Fouls: none; Attendance: 621
Game Notes #13 HOST Muskingum College
The Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will host Ohio Athletic and rival Muskingum College on Saturday, January 6, 2007 in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium of The Lou Higgins Center in Berea at 3:00 p.m. This is the first of two regular season games 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: 11-1
OAC RECORD: 5-0
LAST GAME: Beat John Carroll, 64-61, on Jan. 3 in Berea.
HEAD COACH: Cheri Harrer
B-W RECORD: 339-120
YEAR AT B-W: 17th
CAREER RECORD: same
LAST MEETING: B-W won, 81-45, on Feb. 11, 2006 in Berea.
SERIES STREAK: B-W, 10 straight
SERIES BEGAN: 1965-66, MC won 49-26
SERIES RECORD: B-W leads 28-22
NEXT GAME: Jan. 10: at Otterbein at 7:30 p.m..
MUSKINGUM COLLEGE
LOCATION: New Concord, Ohio
NICKNAME: Fighting Muskies
CONFERENCE: Ohio Athletic
2006-2007 RECORD: 3-9
OAC RECORD: 1-4
LAST GAME: Lost to Ohio Northern, 65-57, on Jan. 3 in Ada.
HEAD COACH: Beth Fox
MC RECORD: 10-51
YEAR AT MC: Third
CAREER RECORD: same as above
The Pregame Setup -- The nationally-ranked Baldwin-Wallace College women's basketball team will look to extend its winning streak to 11 straight games and remain in first place in the rugged Ohio Athletic Conference when the Yellow Jackets host Muskingum College in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea.
The Yellow Jackets enter this game with an 11-1 overall and perfect 5-0 OAC record following their 64-61 victory against OAC and Cleveland cross-town rival John Carroll University on Wednesday in Berea. The win was their 10th straight and kept the Yellow Jackets tied atop the OAC and tied with Wilmington College.
The Fighting Muskies enter this game with a 3-9 overall and 1-4 OAC record following their 65-57 loss to Ohio Northern University on Jan. 3 in Ada. Muskingum has lost three straight games and eight of its last nine overall.
The B-W versus Muskingum All-Time Series -- This is the 51st all-time meeting between longtime rivals Baldwin-Wallace and Muskingum in women's basketball. The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series, 28-22, including 10 straight victories. B-W beat the Muskies in both meetings a year ago, including an 81-45 triumph in the second game last season in Berea on February 11, 2006. The last Muskingum victory came on January 10, 2001 in New Concord, 82-63.
In the Last B-W versus Muskingum Meeting on February 11, 2006 in Berea: Baldwin-Wallace -- 81, Muskingum-- 45 -- In the last meeting last season between B-W and Muskingum, the Yellow Jackets defeated the Fighting Muskies, 81-45, in the Ursprung Gym in Berea. Leading the way in the B-W win was graduated All-American guard Nikki Altenweg with 10 points and four rebounds. In addition, current 5'8" sophomore guard Leah Mottayaw (Mansfield/ Madison) had 10 points and three steals. Muskingum was led by graduated Tapre Young with nine points. Keys to the victory included outrebounding the Fighting Muskies, 47-40, forcing Muskingum into making 23 turnovers and B-W making 17-of-its-21 foul shots (81 percent).
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" guard Amanda Mondrach (Parma/ Parma Heights Holy Name) is expected to start at a wing position along with 5'9" senior 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 11.2 points per game, has a team and OAC-leading 32 steals, grabs 5.4 rebounds per game and shoots 52 percent from the floor (57-of-109). Mondrach, an All-OAC player and 2005-2006 OAC Freshman of the Year, averages 8.8 ppg. and has 15 assists and 12 steals. White, a two-time All-OAC player and Academic All-OAC, scores 7.3 ppg., grabs 3.9 rpg., shoots 52 percent from the floor (34-of-66) and tops the team with 11 blocked shots. Latimer scores 5.6 ppg., pulls down 3.8 rpg. and shoots 56 percent from the floor (24-of-43). Quiring averages 4.5 ppg., tops the team with 26 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), Leah Mottayaw, 5'8" junior transfer guard Selena Eskinazi-Budge (Beachwood via Miami of Florida), 6'2" freshman post Ariel Brough (Powell/ Olentangy Liberty), 5'5" freshman point guard Sandra Busser (Parma/Padua) and 5'6" sophomore point guard Jessica Butzer (Orrville) all to see action. Jaworski averages 4.8 ppg. and is first with 10 three-pointers. Shrider scores 6.0 ppg., leads the team with 6.5 rpg. and has 20 assists and 18 steals. Mottayaw scores 3.6 ppg. and is second on the team with eight three-pointers. Busser scores 3.3 ppg. Eskinazi-Budge is second on the team in scoring at 10.3 ppg, grabs, 3.8 rpg. and is second with 23 steals. Brough scores 2.9 ppg. and grabs 2.8 rpg.
Scouting the Muskingum College Fighting Muskies -- Look for Head Coach Beth Fox to start 5'5" sophomore Tiffany Youel and 5'4" sophomore Laura Gibson to start in the backcourt, 5'7" senior Elizabeth Guinsler in the wing, and 5'11" senior Leah Miller and 6'0" sophomore Jessica Mckenzie to start in the post. Youel averages 19.3 ppg. and grabs 8.6 rpg. Gibson scores 8.7 ppg. and leads the team with 59 assists. Guinsler averages 8.9 ppg. and grabs 3.6 rpg. Miller averages 9.3 ppg. and is second on the team with 20 steals. McKenzie averages 19.3 ppg. and leads the team in rebounds with 8.6 rpg. and is first on the team with 21 steals.
Off the bench, look for 5'6" sophomore guard Jessica Lenhart, 5'6" sophomore guard Mallory Moore, 5'10" senior forward Crystal Berry and 5'10" senior post Kortney Kaser to recieve most of the playing time. Lenhart averages 1.3 ppg. Moore averages 2.9 ppg. Berry averages 2.8 ppg. Kaser averages 4.3 ppg.
In B-W's Last Game versus John Carroll on January 3 in Berea, Ohio: Baldwin-Wallace -- 64, John Carroll -- 61- - In B-W's last game, a 64-61 victory against OAC and Cleveland cross-town rival John Carroll University on January 3 in Berea, the Yellow Jackets were led in scoring by junior forward Carly Flowers with 15 points. In addition, sophomore guard Amanda Mondrach scored 11. The win for B-W was its 10th straight this season and its 30th in a row against its cross-town rival.
In Muskingum's Last Game versus Ohio Northern University on January 3 in Ada, Ohio: Ohio Northern -- 65, Muskingum -- 57-- In Muskingum's last game, a 65-57 loss to Ohio Northern University in Ada, the Fighting Muskies were led in scoring by sophomore center Jessica McKenzie with 17 points. She was the only Muskingum player to score in double figures.
Yellow Jacket Chatter
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.
Ten Straight 20-Win Seasons for B-W -- The B-W women have 10 straight seaons 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 338 victories. Harrer is 338-120 in her career with a .738 winning percentage and is in her 17th season at B-W.
Current National Rankings -- B-W was ranked third in the last WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association) Division III poll and eighth 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 mid-to-late January, 2007. The NCAA Selection Committee uses that poll as criterion to decide who gets into the 2007 NCAA Division III National Tournament.
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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