Lady Quakers score over 90 in second straight game

15 players score in 31-point win

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January 29, 2005

WILMINGTON, Ohio — The Wilmington College Lady Quakers picked up their second large win in a row with a 99-68 victory over Mount Union College on Saturday, after picking up a 41-point win on Wednesday over Muskingum.

Katie Streck

The Lady Quakers opened the game with an 11-0 run over the first three minutes before the Muskies clawed back with 15 consecutive points from forward Ashley Bourdeau, giving the Purple Raiders their only lead of the game at 13-12 before the Lady Quakers gradually increased their lead for the remainder of the half, giving the Lady Quakers a 12-point, 42-30 halftime lead.

The Green and White started the second half on a run, taking off to a 21-8 run to start the period, and never looked back, as all 20 players on the roster saw action, 15 of which found the scoring column in the 31-point win.

The 99 points is a season high for the Lady Quakers, as the team hit 36 of their 64 attempts for a percentage of 56.3 in the game, while connecting on 7-of-15 three-point baskets and 20-of-23 free throw attempts.

Courtney Balser (Pleasant Plain/Little Miami) scored a team-high 18 points while Siobhan Zerilla (Cincinnati/Mercy) scored 16 and Katie Streck (Dayton/Carroll) 14. Streck pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double, as the Lady Quakers out-rebounded the Purple Raiders 54-27 in the contest. Two Lady Quakers, Zerilla and Sam Hood (Lockbourne/Teays Valley) each dished out six assists in the winning effort.

Bourdeau scored half of her team¹s 68 points on 16-of-22 shooting from the field and 2-of-3 shooting from three-point range while Kyla Hogan added 13 points in the defeat. Jen Brozak scored nine points while dishing out a team-high five assists.

With the win, the Lady Quakers improve to 16-3 on the season and 11-1 in the OAC while Mount Union falls to 4-15 overall and 1-11 in league play.

The next game for the Green and White is on Wednesday, February 2 as the team travels to Columbus, Ohio to face off against the Crusaders of Capital University in a crucial Ohio Athletic Conference match-up with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m.