HOLLAND, Mich. – The Ohio Wesleyan University women's basketball team – ranked 17th in the WBCA preseason coaches poll and 24th in the D3hoops.com preseason poll – completed play at the Michele Schoon Tournament on Saturday, taking on Wisconsin-Platteville in the third-place game. The Battling Bishops (1-1) defeated the Pioneers (0-2) 61-47 for the first win of the new season, leading for 31:55.
OWU took advantage of eight Platteville turnovers in the first quarter, turning them into 11 points. The Bishops finished the quarter on a 7-0 run to take an 18-11 lead into the first break.
Bella Brader contributed five points to the run.
Platteville started the second quarter on a 10-2 run to take the lead 21-20 with 3:58 remaining.
Maddie Ebbert led the Red and Black's effort to reclaim the advantage with four points on a 9-0 run to end the half up 29-21.
Ebbert and
Alexa Morris were the Bishops' scoring leaders at the half with six points each.
Ohio Wesleyan spread the ball around in the third quarter to outpace the Pioneers 14-12 in the period. Ebbert built the Battling Bishop lead to a game-high 14 points with a free throw at the 2:35 mark. Platteville ended the quarter with four straight points to bring the difference back down to 10 at 43-33 entering the final 10 minutes.
Macy Miller recorded eight points and six rebounds in the final period as the Red and Black outran the Pioneers 18-14 to a 61-47 finish. She scored every point on the Battling Bishops' 6-0 run to end the game.
THE NUMBERS
Ohio Wesleyan was 23-of-63 (36.5%) from the field, 4-of-19 (21.1%) from three-point range, and 11-of-21 (52.4%) from the free throw line. The Bishops outrebounded the Pioneers 39-35 and coaxed Platteville into 26 turnovers, making 18 steals and scoring 30 points off mishaps.
Macy Miller recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds alongside four assists and four steals.
Nora Johns scored 11 points and collected four rebounds with one block and one steal.
Maddie Ebbert tallied nine points, four steals, one rebound, and one assist.
Alexa Morris and
Bella Brader both scored six points. Morris secured three rebounds, two steals, and one assist. Brader reeled in two boards and made one steal.
UP NEXT
The Battling Bishops head south to Cincinnati next weekend for the Lauren Hill Classic hosted by Mount St. Joseph, playing Albion on Friday at 7 p.m. and Maryville (Tenn.) on Saturday at 3 p.m.
