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Ohio Wesleyan 82, Wooster 37

Senior guard Kasey Schipfer (Mechanicsburg) and freshman post Macy Miller (Marysville/Fairbanks) scored 6 points apiece during the first quarter as Ohio Wesleyan outscored Wooster, 25-4, during the period and went on to a North Coast Athletic Conference win on Wednesday in Wooster.

The win moves Ohio Wesleyan to 11-2 in the league standings, a full game ahead of Wittenberg and DePauw (10-3), and clinches a share of the NCAC championship for the Battling Bishops.  The NCAC crown is Ohio Wesleyan's first since the 2000-01 season, when Ohio Wesleyan and Allegheny shared the conference championship.  Ohio Wesleyan can win the 2023-24 title outright with a win over Wittenberg on Saturday.

The win also was Ohio Wesleyan's 20th of the season, the Bishops' second 20-win season in the last 3 years under head coach Stacey Ungashick Lobdell and Ohio Wesleyan's 11th overall 20-win season.

Schipfer converted a 3-point play to open the scoring, but Wooster's Ella Biondi answered with a lay-in to bring the Fighting Scots within 3-2.

Ohio Wesleyan then took off on a 15-0 run, with junior post Alyssa Griner (Delaware/Hayes) sinking a lay-in and converting a 3-point play, sandwiched around a 3-pointer by senior guard Lauren Denison (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial).  Miller followed with a jumper before Schipfer converted another 3-point play, and junior post Karlee Ross (Beverly/Fort Frye) added a lay-in that gave the Bishops an 18-2 lead.

Wooster's Alyssa Chritz hit a jumper from the lane to end the Scots' scoring drought of nearly 6 minutes, but Miller countered with a pair of hoops from the lane and sophomore guard Mia Guscoff (Canton/Massillon Perry) closed out the quarter's scoring with a 3-pointer for a 25-4 Ohio Wesleyan lead.

The Bishops extended the lead in the second quarter, finishing off the half with a 13-4 run that included a lay-in and a 3-point play from Schipfer and another Denison 3-pointer, and pulled away during the second half.

Schipfer led the Bishops with 21 points, while Ross scored a season-high 15 points and led Ohio Wesleyan with 7 rebounds, and Denison added 10 points.  Senior point guard Elizabeth Homan (Cincinnati/Anderson) finished with 10 assists, Homan's fifth double-digit performance in assists this season.

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