DELAWARE, Ohio – The Ohio Wesleyan University women's basketball team hosted Heidelberg on Saturday afternoon in a game that the Battling Bishops would ultimately run away with, winning 86-48. All 18 Bishops got into the game that featured 13 different scorers including three with double digits.
OWU moves to 3-1 on the new year while Heidelberg remains winless at 0-4.
The Bishops started hot by getting out to a 10-0 before the halfway point of the first quarter. That was just the beginning for the Red and Black as they finished the first on a 17-4 run, leading to a lopsided 27-6 margin at the first break. Ohio Wesleyan would keep it going in the second quarter, going on a 16-3 run to start the period and outscoring the Student Princes 24-9 to build the lead to 51-15, up 36 points at the half.
Heidelberg began to make a small dent in their deficit with a 23-18 quarter win in the third to make it 69-38, but this was promptly erased when the Bishops put up 17 and held the Student Prince to just 10 to close it out. In the end, OWU would hold a 38-point advantage on the scoreboard, winning 86-48.
THE NUMBERS
Ohio Wesleyan notched their highest shooting percentage of the season at 49.3%, going 35-for-71. The Red and Black also tied their season high for three-pointers at five.
Macy Miller had a great game on both ends of the ball, dropping another double-double with 11 points and a season-high-tying 14 rebounds while adding a career-high seven blocks alongside six steals and four assists.
Carly Lehman led the Red and Black with a career-high 12 points on 5-of-8 from the field and 2-of-4 from three-point range. She also secured two rebounds and one assist.
Chloe Ebeling ended with a career-high 11 points, going 4-for-5 from the field with five rebounds and one steal.
Nora Johns scored nine points alongside four assists, three rebounds, and one steal.
Maddie Ebbert tallied eight points and one steal.
Sophia Roush scored a career-high seven points and made a career-high four steals, also pulling down one rebound.
Camryn Brunner scored her first career points.
UP NEXT
The Bishops wrap up the month of November on Tuesday as they host Ohio Northern at 2 p.m.
