MC women drop 69-48 decision to Capital
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Capital 69, Marietta 48
MARIETTA (48): Mallory Hoff 4-6 3-4 11, Lizz Wilson 3-5 2-3 8, Whitney Swain 18 0-0 3, Brittany Metcalf 1-4 0-0 2, Heather Blair 0-3 0-0 0, Catie Wolfe 2-3 0-1 6, Chelsea Clyde 2-4 0-0 4, Kodi Brenner 2-4 0-1 4, Chelsea Doutt 0-6 4-4 4, Alyson Stalter 1-3 0-0 2, Amy Cuff 1-2 0-0 2, Rachel Jones 0-3 0-0 0, Danielle Lang 0-1 0-0 0, Kyle Sheridan 0-1 2-2 2. Totals: 17-53 11-15 48.
CAPITAL (69): Shalena Hawkins 1-4 3-4 5, Caitlin Elsass 5-9 7-8 17, Tara Harper 2-3 1-1 5, Abbey Winland 1-2 0-0 2, Kristen Richardson 3-8 3-3 9, Katherine Spencer 1-1 0-0 2, Macy Weber 1-1 0-0 3, Meagan McCalla 1-5 0-0 2, Christine Schwartz 1-4 0-0 2, Shelby Strain 2-2 2-2 6, Emily Clark 0-1 2-2 2, hIlary Kuhns 2-2 3-3 7, Kelsea Otis 1-6 0-0 2, Stacy Timmerman 1-3 0-0 2, Lindsey Watt 1-2 1-2 3. Totals: 23-53 22-25 69.
Marietta 16 32 - 48
Capital 38 31 - 69
Three-point goals: Marietta 3-17 (Swain 1-3, Metcalf 0-2, Blair 0-3, Wolfe 2-3, Clyde 0-1, Doutt 0-2, Stalter 0-1, Jones 0-2), Capital 1-6 (Winland 0-1, Richardson 0-1, Weber 1-1, Otis 0-3).
Rebounds: Maritta 28 (Hoff 7), Capital 42 (Hawkins 8). Assists: Marietta 7 (Doutt 3), Capital 20 (Winland 7). Seals: Marietta 9 (Hoff 2, Wilson 2), Capital 12 (Richardson 4). Turnovers: Marietta 21, Capital 20. Personal fouls: Marietta 18, Capital 14.
COLUMBUS - Capital's women's basketball team took charge in the first half, led 38-16 at intermission, and went on to defeat Marietta 69-48 Wednesday night in an Ohio Athletic Conference contest.
The Pioneers (3-17 overall, 1-12 OAC) played without ace scorer Aleisha Guiler (18.6 ppg) who's nursing a foot injury. MC shot only 18 percent the first half.
Capital (14-6, 11-2), in second place in the conference, shot 48 percent the first half. Caitlin Elsass led the Crusaders with a game-high 17 points in the turnover-filled game (21 by MC and 20 by Capital).
Mallory Hoff was top scorer for the Pioneers with 11 points.
Marietta takes on Heidelberg (4-16, 3-10) at 1 p.m. Saturday in Ban Johnson Arena. The Berg lost to first place Baldwin-Wallace 61-39 Wednesday night. B-W is 12-1 in the conference.
Wilmington downed Otterbein, Mount Union topped John Carroll 83-80, and Ohio Northern conquered Muskingum 63-47 in other OAC action.
