Ohio Wesleyan 57, Allegheny 51

Feb. 22, 2005

Senior post Erica Brizendine (Grove City) scored 3 straight baskets to help Ohio Wesleyan pull away and junior guard Amanda Nanney (Cincinnati/Mother of Mercy) hit 7 free throws during the final minute of play as the Bishops upended Allegheny in quarterfinal action of the North Coast Athletic Conference tournament on Tuesday at Meadville, Pa.

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The Bishops had broken a 3-3 tie with a 12-2 run that featured 3-point plays by both Brizendine and senior wing Kelly Heil (Sylvania/Southview). Brizendine's 3-point play capped the run and gave Ohio Wesleyan a 15-5 lead with 12:58 left in the first half, and the Bishops went on to take a 28-17 halftime lead.

Freshman post Kelli Lester (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) hit a lay-in early in the second half to give the Bishops their biggest lead at 35-22 with 16:10 left, and Ohio Wesleyan still led by a margin of 37-24 after another Lester lay-in with 14:58 to go.

Allegheny chipped away at the deficit, closing to within 37-31 on a 3-pointer by Kristen Lyzen, a pair of free throws by Courtney Steding and a fast break bucket by Meredith McDonough. and the Gators eventually came within 39-35 on Jackie Tubo's basket with 7:47 remaining.

Lester and sophomore guard Rachel Messaros (Granville/Columbus Bishop Hartley) answered with single free throws for the Bishops, and Messaros added 2 free throws to extend the Ohio Wesleyan lead to 43-36. Brizendine followed with 3 straight buckets, and her fast break lay-in with 3:10 remaining capped a 10-1 spurt that put the Bishops on top by a count of 49-36.

The Bishops still led, 50-39, after a free throw by freshman guard Kathleen Cooper (Columbus/Upper Arlington) with 1:59 left, and with Allegheny forced to foul, Nanney hit 6 straight free throws to keep the lead hovering around double figures.

Allegheny managed to come within 56-49 after Meghan Vasilisin and Katie Kestler hit 3-pointers, but Nanney buried one more free throw to make it 57-49 and Allegheny got within 6 on Valery Medwid's 2 free throws with one tick on the clock.

Brizendine led the Bishops with 17 points, while Heil finished with 13 points and a team-high 11 rebounds. Heil also had 5 steals, raising her career total to 252 and breaking the Ohio Wesleyan mark of 248 set by Arden Kragalott from 1977-81. Heil and freshman guard Lindsey Macklin (Bexley) shared the team lead with 2 assists apiece.

Medwid led Allegheny with 14 points. Vasilisn had a team-high 6 rebounds and Raelynn Miles led the Gators with 5 assists.

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