Lady Quakers win fourth straight

Emily Cummins' hot hand helps team to 13-point win

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(WC Press Release) Westerville, OH (January 14, 2004) -- The Wilmington College used strong shooting from Emily Cummins (Springfield/Northwestern) off of the bench, as the team defeated the Cardinals of Otterbein College 82-69 on Wednesday evening.

Cummins scored a team-best 18 points on 4-of-5 shooting from three-point range for the team, while Siobhan Zerilla (Cincinnati/Mery) recorded a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

Otterbein scored first in the contest, and opened a six-point lead with 16:50 to play in the game, which would be the largest lead for the hosts. The Lady Quakers then went on a 9-0 run to take a four-point lead, and never trailed again the rest of the way. The first half lead would grow to as many as ten on two occasions, as the Lady Quakers went into the locker room with an eight point advantage.

In the second half the Lady Quaker lead dwindled to as few as five with 7:44 to play in the game, but a 7-0 run brought the lead to double digits, as the team cruised to the 13-point win.

Cummins led the squad with 18 points while Amy Kincer (Englewood/Northmont) scored 17 and Tara Rausch (Marysville/Fairbanks) and Zerilla scored 14 and 12 points each. Brittney Morris (Hammersville/Bethel-Tate) chipped in nine points off of the bench for the visitors. Zerilla pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds, as the Green and White out-rebounded their opponents 42-33 in the contest. Kincer and freshman point guard Sam Hood (Lockbourne/Teays Valley) each dished out five assists, while Rausch had two blocked shots and three steals.

Otterbein was led by Diana Esterkamp, who scored a game-high 20 points while Abbey Perez scored a dozen in the loss.

With the win the Lady Quakers improve to 10-3 on the season and 6-1 in league play while Otterbein falls to 11-3 and 4-3 in OAC action.

The Lady Quakers hit the road again on Saturday, as the team travels to Marietta, Ohio to face off against the Pioneers of Marietta College with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.