Seeking to stay near the top of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference standings, the No. 14-ranked Ashland University women's basketball team earned a ninth straight win, 82-64, on Thursday (Jan. 16) night at Findlay.
The Eagles are 15-3 overall and 7-1 in the league, while the Oilers are 14-4, 7-2 after seeing their nine-game win streak snapped.
A 14
th consecutive victory in the series keeps Ashland one game behind first-place Malone in the loss column.
The Oilers led 6-4 early, but a 13-2 Eagle run helped lead to a 17-11 Ashland advantage heading into the second quarter. Findlay was kept to 4-of-12 shooting in the opening period.
By halftime, another AU run – this one 12-4 at the end of the first half – put it up 37-26. The Eagles made half of their shots beyond the 3-point line (7-for-14), and senior forward
Zoe Miller had 12 points and five rebounds in 15 minutes on the floor.
The two teams basically played even in the third quarter, but a late Ashland surge put it on top 59-43 going into the fourth. The Eagles went up by 20 points at 75-55 inside of the four-minute mark of the final stanza en route to victory.
FIVE EAGLES WITH DOUBLE DIGITS…AND THE REST OF THE STORY
- For the first time this season, five Eagles scored in double figures in the same game, as Miller and graduate guard Lydia Sweeney led the way with 16 points each. Miller finished with a game-high 10 rebounds for a double-double.
- Senior guard Morgan Yoder ended with a dozen points, and sophomore guard Lexi Howe and freshman guard Ashley Mullet each finished with 11 points.
- Ashland shot 51.8 percent from the field, 45.5 percent from 3-point range and 73.7 percent from the free-throw line. The Eagles also turned the ball over just 10 times, and cashed in 16 Oiler miscues to the tune of 22 points.
- This is the Eagles' 15th consecutive season with at least 15 wins.
UP NEXT
Another conference road game on Saturday (Jan. 18) at 2 p.m. at Ursuline (3-14, 2-7).
