2012-13 News
Wittenberg women's basketball hosts a 5K on April 27 to honor of the women's basketball coach with the most wins in NCAC history and raise scholarship funds in her memory.
Small and Rice led the Tigers in scoring in 2012-13, and they were rewarded for their outstanding play with second-team all-conference honors.
Wittenberg had the momentum heading into halftime, but the top-ranked team in the nation pulled away over the final 20 minutes.
Sarah Jurewicz’s halftime speech must have been a good one, because the Tigers roared to a 16-point comeback in a 69-65 win over Denison in the quarterfinals of the NCAC Tournament.
Wittenberg sent Sarah Skidmore and Kim Replogle out in style with a 55-54 win in the 2012-13 regular season finale.
After taking down Mount Union in December, Wittenberg had No. 1-ranked DePauw in its crosshairs until the final minutes.
Wittenberg women's basketball will participate in the WBCA's Play for Kay program with a campus event during their game against NCAC rival DePauw.
The second half ended much differently than it began for the Wittenberg women’s basketball team, sending the Tigers to a 71-65 loss at the College of Wooster on Saturday.
Wittenberg shot 56.5 percent in the first half and stifled the Big Red to the tune of 25.5 percent for the game in a 59-45 victory.
Taylore Bundy and Heather Schroeder posted career-high points totals as Wittenberg bounced back to beat the Gators 57-46.
The Wittenberg women’s basketball team dropped a 57-54 decision to Hiram on Friday, the first of two games on an annual road swing through Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, where tomorrow the Tigers will play Allegheny College at 3 p.m.
Wittenberg led by three points with 12:20 to play before suffering an 18-point setback at Ohio Wesleyan.
As if a 12-point halftime lead fell short of expectations, the Wittenberg women’s basketball team reeled off a 38-22 second half to beat visiting Oberlin College by final tally of 65-37 in Pam Evans Smith Arena on Saturday.
The visiting Tigers pulled to within two points midway through the first half, but the top-ranked team in the nation pulled away from there.
Wittenberg won the rebounding battle decisively and limited the Scots to just 27.9 percent shooting to go back over .500 in NCAC.
Wittenberg closed to within three points in the final moments, but the Tigers were unable to complete the comeback.
