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Ohio Wesleyan 81, Hiram 49

School records tumbled as Ohio Wesleyan closed out the regular season with a North Coast Athletic Conference win over Hiram on Saturday at Branch Rickey Arena.

The win clinched third place in the NCAC standings for the Bishops.  Ohio Wesleyan will be the No. 3 seed in next week's NCAC tournament and will host sixth-seeded Kenyon in a quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Branch Rickey Arena.

Junior guard Kasey Schipfer (Mechanicsburg) and sophomore post Alyssa Griner (Delaware/Hayes) hit baskets that gave Ohio Wesleyan a 4-0 lead in the first minute of the contest, and junior guard Lauren Denison (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) followed with a couple of 3-pointers before another Schipfer lay-in made it 14-0.  Denison and Schipfer would score 6 points apiece during the period, which ended with the Bishops holding a 25-0 lead.  The effort broke the school record for fewest points allowed in a first quarter, set on March 6, 2021, when Wooster scored 1 point in the opening stanza.

Griner opened the second-quarter scoring with a lay-in before Jo Janda buried a 3-pointer to put the Terriers on the scoreboard.  Ohio Wesleyan scored the next 8 points of the game, with Griner contributing a bucket and a pair of free throws, and the Bishops would go on to lead by a 46-15 count at the half.

Griner led the Bishops with 16 points.  Schipfer finished with 13 points and led Ohio Wesleyan with 8 rebounds, and Denison finished with 10 points.

Junior guard Elizabeth Homan (Cincinnati/Anderson) led Ohio Wesleyan with a career-high 13 assists, the second-highest total on the Bishop single-game list.  The 13 assists raised her season total to 146 to break the Ohio Wesleyan season record of 138 set by Tyler Cordell during the 2009-10 season.

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