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Ohio Wesleyan 93, Denison 57

Sophomore post Alyssa Griner (Delaware/Hayes) tallied 4 points during a 12-0 run that put Ohio Wesleyan ahead to stay, and junior guard Kasey Schipfer (Mechanicsburg) had 8 points during a 22-4 run that broke the game open in a North Coast Athletic Conference win over Denison on Saturday at Branch Rickey Arena.

Denison had tied the game at 10 on a jumper by Abigail Westmeyer when Griner answered with a lay-in just 8 seconds later to give the Bishops the lead for good.  Schipfer and freshman guard Mia Guscoff (Canton/Massillon Perry) followed with buckets, and Griner and freshman guard Graci Semptimphelter (Franklin, Tenn./Battle Ground Academy) added hoops to extend the lead into double figures before junior guard Elizabeth Homan (Cincinnati/Anderson) closed out the run with a lay-in that gave Ohio Wesleyan a 22-10 lead with 3:04 left in the first quarter.

Ohio Wesleyan opened up a 15-point lead in the second quarter, but the Big Red rallied with an 11-2 burst that included a pair of lay-ins from Westmeyer and a 3-pointer by Maddie Goodman before a Mikaila Carpenter lay-in brought the visitors within 38-32 with 1:24 remaining in the half.  Sophomore post Karlee Ross (Beverly/Fort Frye) converted a 3-point play to end that run and give the Bishops a 41-32 lead heading into the break.

The Big Red were still within 44-37 after a pair of Goodman free throws early in the third quarter, but Griner converted a 3-point play and Guscoff knocked down a 3-pointer just 13 seconds after that to make it a 50-37 game.  Schipfer followed with 3 baskets and a pair of free throws, Homan sank a pair of free throws, and Guscoff added a lay-in before Ross finished off the quarter with a lay-in and a pair of free throws for a 66-41 Bishop lead, and the margin would remain at least 20 points for the remainder of the game.

Schipfer led the Bishops with 21 points and 12 rebounds.  Schipfer sank her first 6 free throws in the game to extend her streak of consecutive free throws to 30, tying the school record set by Jessica Viertlboeck in 1998-99.

Griner added 17 points, Ross scored 13 points, and Guscoff and sophomore guard Kelsey Wolfe (Apple Creek/Waynedale) finished with 10 points apiece.

Homan dished out a career-high 12 assists, tying for second place on the Bishop single-game list.

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