John Carroll 61, Ohio Wesleyan 51
Mount Union 64, Wooster 55

Dec. 30, 2005

Junior guard Emily Lloyd (Canton/Massillon Jackson), sophomore post Kelli Lester (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) and sophomore guard Molly Baker (Avon Lake) fueled a second-half rally that sliced a 17-point deficit to 5 points, but John Carroll held off the Bishop charge and went on to take a win over Ohio Wesleyan in the second round of the inaugural Bishop Classic on Friday at Branch Rickey Arena.

In Friday's opener, Mount Union ended the game with a 13-2 run to take a win over Wooster.

John Carroll threatened to run away with Friday's nightcap, breaking a 6-6 tie with consecutive baskets by Caitlin Hubach. Ohio Wesleyan answered with a bucket by freshman post Katie Hamilton (Marysville/Hilliard Darby), but the Blue Streaks then went on a 15-3 run over the next 7 minutes, with Tracey Prosinski contributing a 3-pointer and 2 lay-ins, Hubach adding a pair of buckets and Erin Zahariev capping the run with a lay-in that made it 25-11 with 7:38 left in the half.

The Blue Streaks would lead by as many as 17 points during the first half, but Ohio Wesleyan came back with a Lester free throw, a bucket by freshman post Laurel Lawson (Navarre/Fairless) and a Baker fast break hoop just before the first-half buzzer that brought the Bishops within 33-21 at halftime.

John Carroll extended its lead to 40-23 on Jessica Gibbons' fast break lay-in early in the second half, but Ohio Wesleyan fought back once more. Baker started the Bishop rally with back-to-back buckets, then Lawson hit a lay-in, Lester sank a pair of free throws and Lloyd got a lay-in to slice the deficit to 42-34.

After the teams traded points twice, Lester swished a 3-pointer to bring the Bishops within 46-41 with 9:47 to play.

The Blue Streaks answered with 7 straight points, getting a free throw and a lay-in from Hubach, a pair of free throws from Shayla Bell and a Zahariev lay-in to stretch the lead to 53-41 with 7:25 left.

Sophomore post Malley Adamsky (McMurray, Pa./Peters Township) converted a 3-point play as Ohio Wesleyan closed to within 54-46 with 5:20 to go, but the Bishops would not score another basket until sophomore guard Steffi Graf (Poland/Seminary) hit a 3-pointer with :24 to play.

Lester led the Bishops with 16 points. Sophomore guard Lindsey Macklin (Columbus/Bexley) grabbed a team-high 9 rebounds and sophomore guard Kathleen Cooper (Columbus/Upper Arlington) dished out a team-leading 5 assists.

Hubach led John Carroll with 16 points and 17 rebounds. Bell finished with 14 points and Gibbons scored 11 points and led all players with 6 assists.

In Friday's first game, Wooster had scored the last 4 points of the first half to take a 21-18 lead into the locker room. The Fighting Scots got a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws from Beth Besancon to stretch their lead to 33-26 with 13:49 remaining, and still led, 40-32, on Vicki Meyer's pair of free throws with 8:59 remaining.

Mount Union started to heat up from outside at that point, getting a 3-pointer by Kyla Hogan to come within 5 points, and after the teams traded points, getting a 3-pointer by Lauren Friedrich to close within 42-40 with 7:18 remaining. After Angela Evans scored a Wooster basket, it was Friedrich connecting from downtown again, bringing the Purple Raiders within 44-43 with 6:25 to play. Another Friedrich 3-pointer brought Mount Union within 50-49, and Alicia Williams followed with a basket to give the Purple Raiders a 51-50 lead.

Evans answered with a 3-pointer for Wooster as the Fighting Scots a 53-51 lead with 3:50 to play, but that would be Wooster's last basket of the game.

Williams scored to tie the game at 53-53 and Kyla Hogan hit a lay-in to give Mount Union the lead for good. Freidrich sank a pair of free throws and Williams followed with a bucket for a 59-53 Mount Union lead, and the Purple Raiders iced the game at the free throw line, getting 3 charity tosses from Ellie Gieger and 2 more by Williams.

Williams led Mount Union with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Friedrich finished with 15 points and Hogan and Gieger added 11 points apiece. Dana Gerenyi led Mount Union with 4 assists.

Carly Loehrke led Wooster with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

2005 Bishop Classic all-tournament team

John Carroll	Ohio Wesleyan	Mount Union	Wooster
Caitlin Hubach (#32)	Emily Lloyd (#10)	Lauren Friedrich (#32)	Carly Loehrke (#42)
Shayla Bell (#15)

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