MARIETTA, Ohio — The No. 2 seed Marietta College women's basketball team hosts No. 3 seed Capital University Thursday (Feb. 24) in the semifinal round of the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament. Top-seeded Baldwin Wallace University hosts No. 4 seed Ohio Northern University in the other semifinal.
The Pioneers finished the regular season with a 20-5 overall record and 15-3 in the OAC. The 15 conference wins are the most in program history. Marietta has won 14 games three times. Capital defeated Mount Union by the score of 63054 in Tuesday's quarterfinals. The Comets are currently 19-7 overall and went 13-5 in the OAC.
Marietta enters the OAC Tournament on an 11-game win streak, one short of tying the program record of 12 set during the 2017-18 season. The Pioneers swept the season series with Capital winning 68-55 in Bexley and 80-75 in Marietta.
Marietta is led junior guard
Paige Tolson (Guysville, Ohio/Federal Hocking). Tolson averages 12.2 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. She is the leading free throw shooter in the OAC converting 83.7% of her free throws. Senior guard
Olivia Gribble (Irwin, Pa./Norwin) averages 11.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game. She leads Marietta with 50 three-pointers.
Senior forward
Kelly Levering (Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty) averages 9.0 points per game and leads the Pioneers in rebounding with 6.1 rebounds per game. Levering leads the Pioneers in three-point shooting sinking 38.9% of her shots from beyond the arc. Senior guard
Hannah Schill (Rootstown, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban) averages 7.6 points and 3.4 rebounds. She leads the Pioneers with 61 assists and 39 steals.
Capital has three players averaging in double figures. Junior guard Bri O'Connor leads the Comets in scoring averaging 15.9 points per game, second best in the OAC. She pulls down 5.2 rebounds per night and leads Capital with 85 assists and 76 steals.
Sophomore forward Samaree Perkins averages a double-double with 13.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game. She leads the OAC in rebounding. Junior guard Laney Murphy averages 12.3 points and leads the Comets with 59 three-pointers.
Tip off in Ban Johnson Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets
HERE.
Fans can follow the Pioneers all season long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
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