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Marietta College Athletics

MARIETTA PIONEERS
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Janelle Patterson
67
Winner Capital CAPW 11-9, 7-6 OAC
55
Marietta College MAR 7-13, 3-10 OAC
Winner
Capital CAPW
11-9, 7-6 OAC
67
Final
55
Marietta College MAR
7-13, 3-10 OAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Capital CAPW 23 44 67
Marietta College MAR 29 26 55

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Turnovers plague Women's Basketball in 67-55 loss to Capital

MARIETTA, Ohio — Capital University overcame a frigid first half shooting performance to come from behind and defeat Marietta College by the score of 67-55 Wednesday (Feb. 4) evening in women's basketball action. The loss drops Marietta to 7-13 overall and 3-10 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. The Crusaders improve to 11-9 on the season and 7-6 in the OAC.

Capital struggled to put the ball in the basket in the first half shooting 25% from the floor and 46% at the free throw line. Marietta was just a little bit better hitting 36% from the floor and led by six, 29-23, at the break.

In the second half, the Crusaders got a little hotter converting 47% of their field goal attempts. In addition, Capital took advantage of 11 Marietta turnovers in the second half to outscore the Pioneers by 18 points in the period. 27 of Capital's points were scored off of Pioneer turnovers.

Senior Heather Booth (Newport/Frontier) led the Pioneers with 14 points. Freshman Brooke Borich (Beverly/Fort Frye) chipped in with 11 points. Senior Jessica Brogan (Cincinnati/Anderson) grabbed a game-high seven rebounds, while Booth, Candice Alexander (Fairborn/Fairborn) and Amisha Herd (Zanesville/West Muskingum) each pulled down six boards.
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Jenna Erwin scored 17 points off the bench to lead the Crusaders. Kristen Thompson had 14 points and Jaren Francis finished with 10 points and five rebounds. Simonne Gage notched a game-high seven boards.

For the game, Marietta shot 36.2% (21-of-58) from the floor, 27.3% (3-of-11) from three-point range and 58.8% (10-of-17) at the line. Capital was 24-of-66 (36.4%) from the floor, 4-of-10 (40.0%) behind the arc and 15-of-25 (60.0%) at the line.

Marietta dominated the boards outrebounding Capital 51-36. The Pioneers committed 20 turnovers, while the Crusaders turned the ball over just five times.

Marietta plays at Wilmington College on Saturday (Feb. 7) at 3:00 p.m. Fans can follow the Pioneers all season long at pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter and Instagram. 
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