Dec. 30, 2006

Balanced Bulldog scoring blows out Bluffton

BLUFFTON, Ohio—The Adrian College women’s basketball team won their final non-conference game of the regular season with an 82-56 win at Bluffton University on Saturday evening.

Six Bulldogs tied for the team-high in scoring with nine points as the Adrian bench outscored the Beaver reserves 40-8. Jenny Carlson and Alex Culbert each came off the bench to hit 4-of-7 from the floor and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line. Elysia Norris also came off the bench to total nine points on 4-of-6 shooting with one triple and four rebounds.

Three starters, Corri Helldobler, Lix Hafeli, and Nichole Roose each had nine points, with Hafeli totaling a game-high six assists. Ashley McClarren and Kim Olech had eight and nine points, respectively, with Olech bringing down a game-high 11 rebounds.

Adrian out-rebounded the hosts 49-34 and held the Beavers to 35% shooting from the floor and just 7% shooting from beyond the arc. The Bulldogs, converted 50% of their shots on the game and hit 7-of-12 long range attempts.

The visitors jumped out to a 18-9 lead seven minutes into the game on an Anita Stamps’ jumper. Norris hit a lay up near the five-minute mark of the first half off a McClarren assist to five Adrian their biggest lead of the first half, 29-16. Adrian went into the break with a 37-28 lead.

The Beavers immediately cut the lead to single digits out of intermission when Vicki Auer converted a lay-in on Bluffton’s first possession, but an 11-1 run between in the middle of the second half gave Adrian a commanding lead and, eventually, their sixth win of the season.

The Bulldogs (6-4 overall, 1-2 MIAA) will next host Calvin College on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at 7:30 p.m. The Golden Knights are 8-1 on the season, 2-0 in the MIAA, and ranked #15 in the nation.