TIFFIN, Ohio – Heidelberg University defeated Marietta College by the score of 75-61 in Ohio Athletic Conference women's basketball action Saturday (Dec. 15) afternoon. The Pioneers fall to 4-5 on the season and 1-4 in the OAC. Heidelberg improves to 4-4 overall and 1-2 in league play.
A layup from sophomore #
Candice Alexander (Fairborn/Fairborn)# tied the game, 2-2, before the Student Princes went on a 10-0 run to take a 12-point lead with 14:23 left in the opening period. The Pioneers battled back to tie the score at 21-21 on a pair of free throws from sophomore #
Heather Booth (Newport/Frontier)#.
Booth notched her first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Marietta in both categories.
Heidelberg outscored the Pioneers 19-10 over the final 7:45 of the first half to take a 40-31 advantage into the locker room at the break.
Marietta got within four points, 48-44, when Booth sunk a layup with 11:46 left in the game. Heidelberg scored the next six points to push the lead back into double figures. The Student Princes' biggest lead of the game was 15 points, 73-58, in the last minute of play.
Junior guard Kathleen Phillips poured in a game-high 25 points. Senior Jordan Ickes chipped in with 15 points. Sophomore Paige Ricketts had 14 points and five steals, while junior Kyra Dorney added 10 points and a team-best nine boards.
In addition to Booth's 18 points, Alexander hit 6-of-8 from the floor and finished with 13 points. Alexander and #
Lindsay Deemer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Plum)# each pulled down six rebounds.
Marietta shot 30.9% (21-of-68) from the floor, 8.3% (1-of-12) from three-point range and 62.1% (18-of-29) from the line. Heidelberg hit 27-of-67 (40.3%) from the floor, 7-of-20 (35.0%) behind the arc and 14-of-18 (77.8%) from the charity stripe.
The Pioneers won the battle of the boards 45-39. Marietta committed 20 turnovers, while the Student Princes turned the ball over 14 times.
Marietta is back in action Monday and Tuesday of next week at the Pat Deacon Classic hosted by Transylvania University (Ky.). The Pioneers play Huntingdon College (Ala.) on Monday (Dec. 17) at 8:00 p.m. and Transylvania on Tuesday (Dec. 18) at 2:00 p.m. Fans can catch the action live at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter.
