WILMINGTON, Ohio – The Wilmington College women's basketball team hosts Heidelberg University for the Quakers' first Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) home game on Saturday. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m.
The Teams: Wilmington and Heidelberg. The Quakers are 5-3 overall and 0-2 in OAC contests after a narrow 57-52 defeat at Ohio Northern University on Wednesday evening. The Student Princes are 2-6, but coming off of a convincing 80-45 win over the College of Wooster.
The Coaches: Wilmington is under the direction of third-year Head Coach Janel Blankespoor, who is in her fourth season with the program having been interim coach during the 2020-21 season and the program's top assistant the two years prior. The 2007 Otterbein College alumna spent stints at Mount Union and Earlham College before coming to Wilmington. Rachel Ferri, a 2013 graduate of Catholic University in the nation's capitol, is in her third season as Heidelberg's head coach. She previously spent time as Christopher Newport University as an assistant coach.
The Players: Senior point guard Kennedy Lewis leads Wilmington in scoring at 12.6 points per game while also dishing out over three assists per contest and is tied for the team lead in rebounding at 5.4 boards per game. Four other Quakers - Zahrya Bailey, Marisa Seiler, Jada Pohlen and Kyria Walker - score at least six points per game with Seiler as the other individual to grab 5.4 rebounds. Hallie Rogers leads the Student Princes offensively with 13.3 points per game while Bailey Walter grabs 7.7 boards per 40 minutes.
Tale of the Tape: Points per game – Wilmington 59.6, Heidelberg 58.1; opponents' points per game – Wilmington 57.3, Heidelberg 64.1; field goal percentage – Wilmington 33.5, Heidelberg 33.4; three-point percentage – Wilmington 22.9, Heidelberg 22.3; free throw percentage – Wilmington 78.0, Heidelberg 64.9; rebounding margin – Wilmington +2.4, Heidelberg +1.4; assist-to-turnover ratio – Wilmington 0.70, Heidelberg 0.50.
Recent History: Wilmington is 41-8 against Heidelberg since becoming an NCAA Division III member in the early 1990s. The teams have split the season series three of the last four years, however. More information can be viewed by visiting the link above.
Coverage: Live statistics and live video of the game will be available – visit the links above.
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Up Next: Wilmington hosts Earlham College at 2 p.m. next Saturday in the Quaker Bowl Rivalry game.
