DELAWARE, Ohio — The Kenyon College women’s basketball team, the No. 6 seed, outplayed Ohio Wesleyan University (16-10, 10-4 NCAC) through one quarter of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament quarterfinal bout, but the No. 3-seeded Battling Bishops finished the night with a 79-51 victory.
Katie Orefice, the conference’s second-leading scorer, led the Owls in scoring in her final game. The senior set the tone early with nine first-quarter points before finishing with 14 and adding four assists and four rebounds.
Two first-year players followed the veteran’s lead as Mikayla Rudolph and Alyssa Gest finished with 13 and eight points, respectively. The trio scored over two-thirds of the Owls’ points as the team struggled after a 19-point first quarter.
Kenyon’s offense shot the ball well, including a 9-20 clip from three-point range, but the Owls could not maintain possession long enough to get looks on many possessions. Ohio Wesleyan turned Kenyon over 27 times while offering just nine giveaways, propelling the Battling Bishops to a 31-12 edge in points off turnovers and a…
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