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Wittenberg 64, Ohio Wesleyan 58

Senior post Molly Delaney (Delaware/Olentangy) sank a pair of free throws to tie the game at 56, but Wittenberg scored the next 5 points and went on to defeat the Bishops in the championshipgame of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament on Saturday in Greencastle, Ind.

Delaney's free throws evened the score with 1:46 remaining in overtime, but on Wittenberg's ensuing possession, Delaney Williams converted a 3-point play to give the Tigers the lead for good.  On the other end, Williams got a hand on a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Lauren Denison (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) and the Tigers cleared the rebound, leading to a Williams jumper that made it 61-56 with :55 to play.

Sophomore guard Kasey Schipfer (Mechanicsburg) hit a jumper from the lane to make it a one-possession game, but Wittenberg put the contest away at the free throw line, with Semie Brar sinking a pair with :11 left and Kristie Kalis adding one more free throw in the final second.

Wittenberg had led, 45-39, after a Jade Simpson lay-in with 3:53 left in regulation time, but the Bishops rallied to tie the game behind 3-pointers from Denison and Schipfer.  Wittenberg's Abigail Yunker gave the Tigers a 49-47 lead with 1:11 to play, but senior post Cierra Joiner (Centerburg) answered with a lay-in to knot the game at 49 with :50 left.  Wittenberg had chances to win in regulation time, but Williams missed a pair of free throws at the :24 mark.  Williams stole the ball with :11 remaining to give the Tigers another shot, but her lay-in on the other end wouldn't fall, and after the ball went out of bounds to Wittenberg with :06 left, the Bishop defense held the Tigers without a shot and the game went into overtime.

Ohio Wesleyan built a 10-5 lead late in the first quarter as Joiner had a pair of lay-ins, and the Bishops would not trail again through the rest of the half, taking a 27-22 lead at the break on Denison's 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Kalis hit a 3-pointer and Simpson added a lay-in as the Tigers scored the first 5 points of the third quarter to tie things up at 27, and it would remain a one-possession game until early in the fourth quarter, when Wittenberg broke a 36-36 tie with a 7-0 run that included a Kalis lay-in, a Yunker steal and lay-in, and a Kalis 3-point play.

Schipfer and Denison scored 18 points apiece for Ohio Wesleyan, with Schipfer grabbing a team-high 9 boards.  Delaney and Joiner added 10 points apiece.  Sophomore guard Elizabeth Homan (Cincinnati/Anderson) had a team-high 7 assists.

Kalis scored 18 points for Wittenberg and received the Nan Nichols Award as the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.  Joining Kalis on the all-tournament team were Yunker, Delaney, Joiner, Mya Shannon of DePauw, and Bryana Woodard of Oberlin.

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