The Wilmington College women’s basketball team kicks off Ohio Athletic Conference action 3 p.m. Saturday, hosting Mount Union at Hermann Court’s Fred Raizk Arena.
Wilmington leads the overall series, 20-13, with the two teams splitting the last six games. Prior to the last three seasons, Mount Union won seven of eight meetings.
In last year’s game, with the outcome in the balance, Brittaney Jefferson took over.
The point guard scored 12 of her game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter as Wilmington ended the regular season with the 67-54 victory over Mount Union on February 20th in Ohio Athletic Conference action at FRA.
Mary Moyer recorded her fifth double-double, and her second in the last three games, with 13 points and a career-high tying 14 boards. Mackenzie Campbell added 15 points and 10 rebounds. Campbell finished the regular season leading all Ohio Athletic Conference freshmen in both scoring and rebounding.
Mount Union comes to Fred Raizk Arena this season on a two-game winning streak after defeating Oberlin, 67-42, Monday.
Sophomore Rachel Tinkey came off the bench to hit five three-points in tallying 17 points. She is third on the team in scoring with 7.0 points per game. Her 10 three-pointers (10-of-31, 32.3 percent) are second on the team.
Senior Abby Bartoszewicz is averaging 11.8 points per game and three three-pointers (15-of-34, 44.1 percent) per contest. After a slow start, she has scored in double figures in each of the last three games, including a season-high 22 in the loss to SUNY New Paltz.
Mount Union takes a ton of outside shots with 41.7 percent of its shots coming from three-point range. The Purple Raiders also hit the glass, pulling down 34 percent of their missed shots. The team is winning the battle on the boards by 8.6 rebounds per game.
Wilmington College senior Ashley Andracki has stabilized the Wilmington offense, averaging 7.0 points with 10 assists and just three turnovers. Andracki is seventh in the league with a 3.3 assist to turnover ratio.
Sophomore guard Mackenzie Campbell leads the team with 15.5 points and is third with 4.8 rebounds.
Wilmington is second in the OAC with 16.8 assists per game. In the win over Olivet, WC assisted on 25 of the team’s 32 baskets. Mount Union is right behind the Fightin’ Quakers with 16.4 assists.
Junior Savannah Hooper is second in the league in assist to turnover ratio at 6.0 with six assists and one turnover. She is also third on the team with 9.5 points and leads the team with eight three pointers.
