It's Not All About the Benjamin
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6 assists yesterday, she lost out to Shannon Moore by one point for team
and game scoring honors as the host Blue Streaks defeated Ohio Northern.
From today's PD, that story, plus a few other college notes:
Blue Streaks stop their losing streak
Sunday, January 28, 2001
By GEORGE SWEDA
PLAIN DEALER REPORTER
There hasn’t been much to smile about around the women’s basketball
program at John Carroll University lately.
The Blue Streaks had lost five straight games, seven in a row in the
Ohio Athletic Conference and were winless in 2001. Two of those losses
were overtime contests at home. And into overtime was exactly where JCU
went again yesterday afternoon in the Don Shula Sports Center with
struggling Ohio Northern University.
ONU, which had lost three straight and five of its last six, was just
what the Blue Streaks needed. They pulled off a 74-68 overtime victory
to go to 6-11 overall, 3-9 in the OAC. It was the Polar Bears who were
on the short end in JCU’s last conference win, a 67-61 contest on Dec.
16 in Ada.
"We’ve been playing very hard, we’ve just been making young mistakes,"
JCU coach Kristie Maravalli said. "In the last two overtimes that we
had, we just made some young mistakes. We hadn’t experienced playing in
overtime and I think playing in those two helped."
A young team, much like the Blue Streaks, ONU played with plenty of
emotion following Friday’s announcement that coach Kim Chandler would
not be rehired next season after leading the program for five-plus
seasons. The Polar Bears (5-13, 2-10 OAC) went on a 22-7 run after
trailing early, 15-10. JCU got just one field goal in the last 13
minutes of the half, shooting 31.8 percent, while ONU shot 48.1 percent.
"When you lose a few games, your confidence tends to be shaken and our
confidence was definitely shaken in the first half," Maravalli said.
In the end, it was better second-half shooting (50 percent for JCU to
27 percent for ONU) and better defense, plus JCU freshman Shannon Moore,
who stepped up to finally end the team’s losing streak.
Moore, a 5-5 freshman guard from Hinsdale, Ill., came off the bench to
score a game-high 19 points, matching her career high. She scored 16 of
those points in the second half, when JCU rallied from a 32-22 halftime
deficit, and in overtime.
"It was time for us to get a win because we needed our confidence
back," said Moore, who came in averaging 7.7 points per game.
The game was tied six times in the last 4:40 of regulation and once at
64 in OT. A Moore 3-pointer 2:30 into overtime put JCU ahead, 64-63.
Although ONU tied it, a streak of eight straight free throws, including
six by Katie Benjamin, sealed the victory.
Benjamin finished with 18 points.
Kelli Waggoner led ONU with 17, while teammate Allison Neuenschwander
added 15.
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OHIO NORTHERN (5-13, 2-10) - Waggoner 7-10 3-5 17, Wannemacher 4-9 2-4
10, Zinser 0-1 2-2 2, Van Dyck 2-3 0-0 4, Neuenschwander 4-11 7-12 15,
J. Brown 1-3 1-2 3, Stevens 1-1 0-0 2, Petrosino 0-0 0-0 0, O’Flaherty
2-7 2-4 6, Rickert 2-12 4-7 9. Totals 23-57 21-36 68.
JOHN CARROLL (6-11, 3-9) - A.Brown 1-3 0-0 3, Dibo 0-2 1-2 1, Gianni
2-12 2-2 6, Benjamin 4-5 9-12 18, Hubach 5-5 2-2 12, Moore 7-11 0-2 19,
Garland 2-9 0-1 5, Duffy 0-2 0-0 0, Walsh 2-6 6-6 10, Antkowiak 0-1 0-2
0, Strickley 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 23-57 20-31 74.
Half-ONU 32-22. End of regulation-Tied at 58. 3-point goals-ONU 1-9
(Rickert 1-6, Waggoner 0-1, Wannemacher 0-1, O’Flaherty 0-1), JCU 8-23
(Moore 5-7, Benjamin 1-2, A.Brown 1-3, Garland 1-8, Dibo 0-1, Duffy 0-1,
Antkowiak 0-1). Rebounds-ONU 42 (Wannemacher, O’Flaherty 7), JCU 35
(Walsh 10). Assists-ONU 14 (Zinser 6), JCU 14 (Benjamin 6). Total
fouls-ONU 28, JCU 30. Technical fouls-Gianni, JCU. A-NA.
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Baldwin-Wallace 81, Wilmington 68
Behind a career-high 24 points from Kim Luthman, the host Yellow
Jackets beat the Quakers for their fourth straight win and hung on to a
share of first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference.
B-W (16-2, 11-1 OAC) is tied with Capital for the OAC lead.
Jenny Nance finished with 21 points for the Yellow Jackets.
Wilmington (14-4, 8-4) got 15 points from Megan Woodruff.
Wittenberg 62, Oberlin 49
Kate Rolf scored 21 points for the host Tigers as they beat the
Yeowomen in Springfield, Ohio.
Jamie Brafford added 10 points for Wittenberg (12-6, 6-4 North Coast
Athletic Conference).
Sonja Spencer and Nzinga Broussard scored 18 points each for Oberlin
(4-14, 3-7).
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AREA COLLEGIANS
Sunday, January 28, 2001
By BOB FORTUNA
PLAIN DEALER REPORTER
OH, MERCY Mercyhurst College sophomore guard Katie Lorincz (Holy Name)
averaged 19.5 points, five assists, 4.5 steals and 3.5 rebounds in
victories over Ferris State and Grand Valley State en route to being
named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the
Week. Lorincz scored a career-high 20 points against GVSU, including
making a steal and scoring the game-winning basket with 10 seconds left
in double overtime.
HONOR ROLL Ashland University senior center Carissa Mahoney (Olmsted
Falls) is averaging 12.3 points a game for the Purple Eagles and is
second in the GLIAC in rebounding (8.9) and blocked shots (1.9). In an
earlier column, Carissa was misidentified as a member of the Mount Union
Purple Raiders.
Gannon University senior Sara Kitchen (Magnificat) is third on the
school’s all-time rebounding list with 661 career caroms.
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