Women's Basketball Ceases the Capital Offense in Victory Wednesday Night

Capital

Wilmington

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Capital	9	11	9	7	36
Wilmington	11	25	13	5	54

Photo by John Swartzel

Game Leaders

Capital

Pts: Maddi Weiland - 10

Reb: Maddi Weiland - 11

Ast: 3 Players (#5, #13, #23) - 1

Wilmington

Pts: Cassidy Lovett - 16

Reb: Stephanie Altstaetter - 9

Ast: 2 Players (#10, #25) - 2

Team Stats

Capital

Wilmington

Field Goals

(13-63)

(18-49)

Field Goal %

20.6%

36.7%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

full stats

Posted: Jan 24, 2024

(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College women's basketball team cruised past the Capital University Comets in Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) play Wednesday night in Hermann Court. The Quakers outscored the Comets 25-11 in the second quarter and never looked back as they moved to 5-12 overall this season and 3-8 in the OAC.

A 7-0 start for the Comets forced a Quakers timeout with 6:45 to play in the first quarter. Wilmington answered right back with a 7-0 run of their own to tie the game at 7-7. A couple of late free throws from Keetyn Hupp gave Wilmington an 11-9 lead after the first period.

Capital took an early 14-13 lead in the second quarter, but a 15-1 run followed for the Quakers to give them a 28-15 advantage with 4:25 to play in the half. Natalie Rupp led the charge with six points. The Quakers continued to crush the Comets over the final minutes of the half and took a 36-20 lead into halftime.

In a low scoring second half, Wilmington outscored the Comets 18-16 to come away with their victory.

Notables

The Quakers held the Comets to under 10 points in three quarters of the game (nine in the first, nine in the third, and seven in the fourth).
36 points is the fewest Wilmington has allowed in a game since they held the Mount Union Purple Raiders to 35 in a 56-35 victory at Mount Union on January 28, 2017.
Cassidy Lovett scored a game-high 16 points for the Quakers, giving her 10 games this season where she scored in double-digits.
ZahKyria Walker scored 13 for Wilmington, which is her 10th game of the season scoring in double-digits.
Stephanie Altstaetter grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, with six of them coming in the second half.
Walker and Altstaetter tied for the game-high with two assists.
Lovett had five steals, which is her fifth game this season recording five or more steals.
Altstaetter had a game-high and season-high three blocks in the game.
The Quakers held the Comets to just 20.6% (13-63) from the field and 13% (3-23) from beyond the arc.

What's Up Next

Wilmington will look to sweep the week on Saturday afternoon against the Marietta College Pioneers in Hermann Court at 2:00 P.M. They will be looking to split the season series with Marietta.