Tara Rausch

Quakers overcome poor shooting second half in 11-point victory

WILMINGTON, Ohio (February 5, 2003) ­ The Lady Quakers scored just 25 second half points as the team held onto an 11-point, 70-59 victory over conference rival Capital University on Wednesday evening. The 70 points are the second lowest scoring total of the season for the Lady Quakers. Leading the way for the Green and White in the game was Tara Rausch (Marysville/Fairbanks) who scored 21 points, including the 1,000th of her career with 14:49 remaining in the first half.

Capital (7-11, 6-7 OAC) jumped out to a quick 6-2 lead over the first two minutes and led by one with 15:35 left in the period before the Green and White went on a 7-0 run to take the lead for good in the game. The Crusaders cut the lead to four at 24-20 with just over nine minutes left in the half before WC unleashed a 17-0 run over the next six minutes to take a 21-point lead. The Crusaders fought back and were able to cut the deficit to 14 by the intermission at 45-31.

12th ranked Wilmington (17-2, 12-1 OAC) managed to keep a double-digit second half lead until Danielle Meyer hit a lay-up with 9:14 left in the game, cutting the deficit to nine. The Crusaders came to within four points with 3:23 left, but that would be as close as the visitors from Bexley would come, as the Lady Quakers ended the game on a 7-0 run.

Rausch scored 21 points for the Lady Quakers while Megan Woodruff (New Vienna/East Clinton) scored 16 and Siobhan Zerilla (Cincinnati/Mercy) and Amy Kincer (Englewood/Northmont) each chipped in 12. Zerilla grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds while Rausch recorded 12 rebounds and Shari Stauffer (Versailles/Versailles) had 10 boards in the game while Woodruff dished out a game-high seven assists.

The Crusaders were led by Meyer who scored 19 points in the loss. Michelle Budd pulled down seven rebounds while Mara Boyer dished out four assists.

The next game for the Green and White is on Saturday, February 8 when the team travels to University Heights to face off against the John Carroll Blue Streaks.