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Ohio Wesleyan 97, Earlham 44
Dec. 3, 2008
![[ Pam Quigney ]](../images/quigney5.jpg)
Sophomore guard Pam Quigney (Mentor) scored 8 points during a 22-0 first-half run that broke the game open as Ohio Wesleyan defeated Earlham in the North Coast Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Wednesday in Richmond, Ind.
Ohio Wesleyan opened the evening's scoring with a jumper by senior post Katie Hamilton (Hilliard/Darby) and took the lead for good when sophomore post Kayla Gordon (St. Louis, Mo./Mehlville) buried a 3-pointer to break a 2-2 tie.
The Quakers closed to within 8-6 on a lay-in by Nikki Darrett just under 3 minutes into the game and were within 11-9 after sophomore wing Tyler Cordell (Columbus/St. Francis DeSales) and Earlham's Tasha Merrill traded 3-pointers, the latter with 14:34 left in the first half.
Ohio Wesleyan would hold Earlham scoreless for the next 5 minutes in breaking the game open. Lay-ins by Cordell and Quigney started the run, and freshman post Dany Finck (Hilliard/Darby) contributed a pair of steal-and-lay-in plays, converting a 3-point play on the second. A Cordell lay-in, another pair of Quigney baskets, and a 3-pointer and a lay-in from freshman wing Lea Mackenbach (St. Marys/Memorial) followed before Quigney's lay-in with 10:07 remaining in the period stretched the Bishop lead to 33-9.
Andrea Thompson ended the Earlham drought with a lay-in with 9:47 to go, but the Quakers would not score again for nearly 3 minutes. Meanwhile, Cordell hit a lay-in and a 3-pointer to cap a 9-0 run that gave Ohio Wesleyan a 42-11 advantage with 7:07 to go in the half.
Earlham fought back with a 12-0 run late in the half, with Darrett contributing 3 lay-ins during that run, to pare the margin to 19 points, but Ohio Wesleyan responded with a 7-0 burst to close out the half courtesy of a Mackenbach 3-pointer and lay-ins by Gordon and Hamilton, the latter on a putback just before the buzzer, for a 51-25 lead at the break, and the Quakers would not come closer than 25 points during the second period.
Cordell led the Bishops with 19 points, while Mackenbach finished with a season-high 16, Gordon posted a double-double with 11 points and a career-high 13 boards, and Quigney added 10 points and a career-high 7 assists.
Darrett led Earlham with 17 points.