Lady Quakers withstand late rally for victory

Freshman Katie Streck scores a career-high 16 points in victory

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December 1, 2004

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Kentucky – The Wilmington College Lady Quaker basketball team withstood a furious second-half rally by the Saints of Thomas More College to pick up a 67-64 victory on Wednesday evening.

Thomas More got the first points of the game with a jump shot by Megan Wood, before the Lady Quakers opened a 14-0 run, taking a 14-2 lead with 11:18 to play in the half. The first half lead grew to as many as 24 in the half when Siobhan Zerilla (Cincinnati/Mercy) scored two of her eight first-half points.

In the second half the Saints came out firing, scoring the first 10 points of the period, cutting the deficit to 14. Thomas More kept clawing away at the Lady Quaker lead, cutting it to as few as one with 13 seconds left in the game before Sam Hood (Lockbourne/Teays Valley) knocked down two free throws, taking the lead to three as a last attempt at a tie was unsuccessful for the hosts.

Freshman Katie Streck (Dayton/Carroll) scored a career-high 16 points in a winning effort for the Lady Quakers as Zerilla scored 14 and Courtney Balser (Pleasant Plain/Little Miami) added a dozen. Zerilla pulled down a team-leading 12 rebounds while Kara Robinson (Zanesville/Bishop Rosecrans) grabbed eight. Hood led the team with four assists in addition to her eight points while Shawna Thomas (Middletown/Middleton) dished out three assists in her first collegiate start.

Thomas More was led by Allison Byars who scored a game-high 23 points while Megan Wood pulled down 16 rebounds.

With the win the Lady Quakers improve to 4-1 on the season while Thomas More falls to 2-4.

The next game for the Green and White is on Saturday, December 4 when the team travels to University Heights to face off against the Blue Streaks of John Carroll University with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.