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Wittenberg 59, Ohio Wesleyan 57

Junior guard Kasey Schipfer (Mechanicsburg) scored to tie the game at 57, but Wittenberg's Taryn Cash scored with :04 left to give the Tigers a North Coast Athletic Conference win over the Bishops on Wednesday in Springfield.

Schipfer worked for a lay-in that evened the score with :08 in regulation time.  After a timeout, the Tigers advanced the ball to the frontcourt and Cash fielded a pass from Jade Simpson and laid the ball in for the go-ahead bucket.

Junior guard Lauren Denison (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) had a chance at a game-winning shot at the buzzer, but her attempt from just inside half-court was short.

Jazmyn Gaines-Burns sank a pair of 3-pointers and Evie Wolshire added a trifecta to help the Tigers build a 13-4 lead with 3:20 left in the opening quarter, but freshman guard Graci Semptimphelter (Franklin, Tenn./Battle Ground Academy) scored 5 points and Schipfer added 4 as the Bishops closed to within 15-13 by the end of the period.

Ohio Wesleyan pulled even when a pair of Schipfer free throws knotted the score at 23 at the 3:22 mark of the second quarter, and the Bishops finally took the lead at 31-29 on another pair of Schipfer free throws with 7:32 remaining in the third period.  Wittenberg scored the next 15 points, with Molly Scott scoring 6 consecutive points and Cash adding 4 more, to move out to a 44-31 lead, only to see the Bishops go on a 16-3 run that ended with a game-tying 3-pointer from sophomore guard Kelsey Wolfe (Apple Creek/Waynedale).

Cash had 4 points during a 6-0 run that gave the Tigers a 53-47 lead with 3:22 left in regulation time, but the Bishops bounced back again, reeling off 7 straight points on a pair of Schipfer lay-ins and a 3-pointer from freshman guard Mia Guscoff (Canton/Massillon Perry) that put Ohio Wesleyan ahead, 55-54, with :50 left in regulation time.

Jade Simpson converted a 3-point play with :35 left to give the lead back to Wittenberg before Schipfer's game-tying lay-in.

Schipfer led the Bishops with 21 points and 7 rebounds.  Junior guard Elizabeth Homan (Cincinnati/Anderson) had a team-high 4 assists.

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