Women’s Basketball withers to Marietta
The Muskingum University women's basketball team withered against Marietta this evening, 72-52. The Muskies also held their annual Pink Game to bring awareness and raise money for breast cancer research.
February 13, 2019
The Muskingum University women's basketball team withered against Marietta this evening, 72-52. The Muskies held their annual Pink Game to bring awareness and raise money for breast cancer research.
- Records: Muskingum (1-23 overall, 0-17 OAC), Marietta (16-8 overall, 11-6 OAC)
- Location: New Concord, Ohio – Anne C. Steele
- Sophomore Emily Yeager led the team in scoring with 16 points, shooting 6-of-13 (46.2%) from the field and 2-of-2 (100.0%) at the free throw line.
- Junior Devyn Bonner added 12 points.
- Sophomore Alivia Bates grabbed seven rebounds.
- Muskingum ended the contest shooting 19-of-57 (33.3.%) from the field, which included hitting 4-of-21 (19.0%) from behind the arc.
- Shay Lett directed the Pioneers with 14 points.
- The Pioneers had four players who recorded double-digit points.
- Marietta went 24-of-65 (36.9%) from the field and 15-of-21 (71.4%) at the free throw line.
- In the first quarter, the Muskies registered back-to-back points to jump out to an early 12-9 lead. Marietta answered back with five consecutive points to slide past Muskingum with a score of 16-14. In the last four minutes of the quarter, the Muskies and Pioneers traded baskets with neither team gaining more than a two-point lead. Yeager drilled a layup to give Muskingum a two-point edge (22-20) on the Pioneers going into the second quarter. The contest remained tight until Marietta registered a 9-4 run to shoot past the Muskies with a score of 35-28. Muskingum cashed in a layup to trim the deficit 35-30 going into the break.
- The Pioneers took control of the outing in the third quarter with a 25-9 run en route to the 72-52 victory over the Muskies.
- The Muskies next host Ohio Northern on Saturday, February 16 at 3:00 p.m. Muskingum will honor seniors Morgan Gossett and Zijing Xu and senior cheerleader Hannah Doore prior to the start of the contest.