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Lady
Quakers use late run to give the team a two-point win
Siobhan
Zerilla scores a career-high 24 points in the win
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Siobhan Zerilla |
February
5, 2005
WILMINGTON,
Ohio —The Wilmington College Lady Quakers used a 13-4
run over the last 5:30 of the game to improve to 17-4 overall
with a 69-67 win over the feisty Blue Streaks of John Carroll
University.
Senior
forward Siobhan Zerilla (Cincinnati/Mercy) scored a career-high
24 points on 8-of-12 shooting while pulling down a team-high
13 rebounds.
The
Lady Quakers came out of the gate strong, opening a nine-point
lead five minutes into the game, increasing it to as many
as 13 with nine minutes to play before the Blue Streaks started
clawing back, closing to within three at 38-35 by halftime.
The Lady Quakers kept their lead until Shayla Bell scored
two of her game-high 30 points, giving the visitors a 50-49
lead with 10:12 to play in the game. The Blue Streaks increased
their lead to seven with 5:23 to play in the game before the
hosts ended the contest on a 13-4 run, giving the Lady Quakers
their 17th win of the season.
Zerilla
led the way for the Lady Quakers with 24 points, while Katie
Streck (Dayton/Carroll) scored 13 and Kelly Peters (Spencerville/Spencerville)
nine in the winning effort. Zerilla pulled down a game-high
13 rebounds while Streck pulled down nine, in helping the
Lady Quakers out-rebound the Blue Streaks 50-36 in the contest.
Sam Hood (Lockbourne/Teays Valley) dished out a game-high
seven assists, as three different players recorded a blocked
shot.
Bell scored 30 points on 11-of-22 shooting from the field
and 3-of-6 shooting from three-point range, while Meagan Heller
scored 14. Heller and Megan Banks each pulled down five rebounds,
while Amy Esser dished out four assists.
With
the win, the Lady Quakers improve to 17-4 overall and 12-2
in the OAC while John Carroll falls to 9-11 overall and 6-8
in league play.
The next game for the Lady Polar Bears of Ohio Northern University
with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m. in Fred Raizk Arena.
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