Women's basketball defeats Oakland City 93-82, wins fifth straight

Kentucky Wesleyan College Athletics

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Kentucky Wesleyan recorded their fifth straight victory with a 93-82 win over Oakland City on Saturday afternoon at the Sportscenter. The Panthers never trailed in the contest, and led by as many as 21 points in the second quarter. KWC also improves to 5-1 on the season with the win, and is also now a perfect 4-0 in home games at the Sportscenter this year. 93 points is a season-high for KWC this year too.

How it happened
A quick start propelled the Panthers to an early advantage. Brittany Wells scored five of the first nine for the Panthers, who led 9-3 in the first four minutes.

KWC added on to their lead after Shayla Wright knocked down a three, and then Bria Wright connected on a fast-break jumper for a 14-3 lead. A transition layup by Wells gave KWC a 21-13 lead at halftime.

The Panthers' defense made things difficult for Oakland City in the first half. The Mighty Oaks were shooting just 12 percent from the field midway through the second quarter.

A 13-3 run to begin the quarter saw KWC extend the lead to 36-16. The Mighty Oaks' offense caught rhythm late in the quarter and used a 12-4 run to close the gap at 44-34 at the break.

Oakland City managed to trim the lead down to five at 48-43, but they would never get any closer than that.

Each team traded baskets momentarily, and Jennifer Walker-Crawford scored the final points of the third to give KWC a 66-57 lead.

The Panthers' busted open the game with a 10-3 run to start the fourth. KWC remained out in front and out of danger in the final minutes of the fourth.

Inside the box score
Brittany Wells put together another impressive performance on Saturday. She led all scorers with 26 points, on 9-15 shooting. She also knocked down two three's, and all seven free throw attempts. Wells also accumulated four steals.

Jennifer Walker-Crawford totaled 11 points and five rebounds. Walker-Crawford scored nine points in the second half.

Point guard Shayla Wright dropped 13 points with four rebounds, three steals, and two assists. Her sister Bria Wright finished with eight points, a team-high 10 rebounds and five assists, and three steals.

Addie Reimbold produced a season-high 15 points and also collected four rebounds and tallied two steals.

Sydney Morabito scored nine points, and shot 50 percent from three-point range.

As a team, KWC finished the contest shooting 50 percent from the floor, and 77 percent from the free throw line. The Panthers also scored 44 points inside the paint with 34 points scored off of turnovers.

OCU committed 26 turnovers in the game.

Next up
Kentucky Wesleyan will have a week off before returning to action. The Panthers will play at UMSL next Saturday. KWC defeated UMSL 72-66 earlier in the season at the Pops Duncan Classic.

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