(NEW CONCORD, Ohio) – The Wilmington College women's basketball team was at Muskingum University Wednesday night in Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) action and lost 71-53. With the loss, they are now 3-10 overall this season and 1-6 in the OAC.

Neither team scored until Muskingum hit a three-pointer with 6:45 to play in the first quarter to give them the lead. ZahKyria Walker answered for Wilmington with four straight points to give the Quakers a 4-3 advantage. The score was tied 8-8 with 2:03 to play in the period. The Muskies would make a three to go ahead 11-8 and would take a 13-10 lead into the second quarter.

Wilmington began the period with a 4-0 burst that included a Walker three to give the Quakers the lead back at 14-13 with 7:41 remaining in the half. Muskingum answered with a 7-0 run to hold a 20-14 lead. Their lead would continue to grow throughout the remainder of the half as they held a 31-21 advantage with 2:02 before the half. They would go into the break up 36-21 after outscoring the Quakers 23-11 in the quarter.

The Muskies lead would extend to 46-26 with 6:56 to play in the third frame. A Walker three with 1:10 to play in the quarter cut the lead to 13 at 53-40, but a late Muskies three took it to the final period at 56-40.

The Quakers continued to fight in the last quarter, cutting it to 11 at 58-47 with 6:03 to play. That was as close as they would get though, with the Muskies taking the game 71-53.

Notables

• ZahKyria Walker scored a career-high and game-high 19 points on 7-16 shooting, while knocking down a trio of three-pointers to lead the Quakers.
• Cassidy Lovett added 11 points for Wilmington.
• Lovett and Stephanie Altstaetter tied for the team-lead with six rebounds.
• Lovett led the team with five assists.
• Lovett tied with Walker for the game-high of five steals. This is the fourth time this season that Lovett has recorded five or more steals in a game and is the first time for Walker.
• Altstaetter had the lone blocked shot for Wilmington.
• The Quakers seven made three-pointers is their second most in a game this season (8 at Earlham College on Dec. 18).

What's Up Next

Wilmington hosts the Baldwin Wallace University Yellow Jackets for their next game on Saturday afternoon in Hermann Court at 2:00 P.M.