Friday's Scoreboard
DePaul 98, Miami 78
Michigan 76, Western Michigan 55
Eastern Michigan 95, Olivet 38
Stories Courtesy of MAC Sports Information
DePaul 98, Miami 78
Box Score
CHICAGO – The Miami University women's basketball team (0-1) fell at No. 18 DePaul by a 98-79 margin in the first round of the preseason WNIT on Friday.
Savannah Kluesner led the RedHawks' scoring with 21 points, shooting 8-of-14 from the floor. Freshman Peyton Scott recorded 15 points and seven rebounds in her first collegiate start. Kelly McLaughlin led Miami with 10 boards. Kennedy Taylor also scored in double figures with 11 points.
Scott opened the game's scoring with a three-pointer but three-straight DePaul baskets gave the Blue Demons a lead they would not relinquish. Kluesner brought the RedHawks within one at the three-minute mark before six-straight points from DePaul made it a 12-5 ball game.
Taylor and McLaughlin each made a pair of baskets before the end of the first quarter as the Blue Demons opened up a 28-13 lead after 10 minutes of play.
DePaul began the second quarter on a 16-1 run before Kluesner made three-straight shot attempts midway through the quarter. Miami ended the first half on a 9-2 run to trail 51-29 at halftime.
Scott also opened the second half's scoring with a bucket but DePaul answered with three-straight before Vannessa Garrelts sunk a three-point shot and a layup back-to-back. Bree Paulson and Kenzie Schmitz each got onto the scoreboard in the third quarter while Scott reached double figures. Miami trailed 81-50 with 10 minutes to play.
Paulson hit two shots from long range in the fourth quarter as she totaled a trio of three-pointers on the day. Miami scored six-straight points midway through the final quarter and ended the game on a 16-6 run.
Four returning RedHawks tallied career-highs in the game as Taylor scored 11 points, McLaughlin had eight, Schmitz totaled seven and Garrelts ended with five. McLaughlin also recorded a career-high 10 rebounds.
The full bracket for the preseason WNIT will be released on Sunday, following the completion of all first-round games.
Michigan 76, Western Michigan 55
Box Score
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The Western Michigan women's basketball team took on No. 25 Michigan in its season opener on Friday in Ann Arbor, falling by a score of 76-55.
Redshirt sophomore Jordan Walker returned to the court following last season's injury and led the Broncos with 14 points, shooting 5-for-21 inside the arc and making one of only three-pointers made by WMU in contest. Senior Breanna Mobley totaled eight points and two rebounds and blocked a shot in the second quarter. Two Broncos made strides in their first nights in the Brown & Gold uniform as Sydney Shafer tallied 12 points and four rebounds, while Ashley Konkle led WMU with nine rebounds to go along with six points.
The Wolverines were efficient from the field, shooting 45 percent while converting 30-of-67 field goals and 25 percent of their shots from beyond the arc. The Broncos struggled to find their groove, converting just 19 field goals on 61 attempts, but outscoring Michigan on second chance points, 11-8.
Michigan outscored the Broncos 23-12 in the first quarter, shooting 56.3 percent from the floor while holding the Broncos to 2-of-11 shooting inside the arc. Eight of WMU's 12 points in the first frame came from free throws as they went 8-for-9 from the line.
WMU opened the second frame with its first three-pointer of the game, from Walker, who scored again as the Broncos went on a 7-0 run. The Wolverines quickly answered, going on a 10-0 stretch of their own, to take a 42-23 lead into the half.
The Broncos outscored Michigan 15-13 in the third quarter, going on a 6-0 run with four Wolverine turnovers. Mobley opened up the hot streak with a layup and Kamrin Reed followed with a defensive rebound and fast break points. Walker drew a technical foul on a made layup, making two of her three free throws to bring WMU within 20 points of the Maize & Blue.
The Broncos refused to go down without a fight as Reed opened the final frame with a jumper from the paint followed by a three-pointer from Leighah-Amori Wool. The Wolverines answered with a pair of layups and a jumper inside the paint to round out the fourth quarter, narrowly outscoring WMU 18-15.
Western Michigan shot well from the free throw line, going 15-for-22, including an 88.9 percent clip in the first half. Wool shot 6-for-6 from the line, setting a career high in free throws made. WMU finished the game with eight steals to Michigan's seven and converting eight points off 19 forced Wolverine turnovers.
The Broncos host Kentucky State University for their home opener on Thursday at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and tickets are available online at wmubroncos.com/tickets or by calling 1-888-4-WMU-Tix.
Eastern Michigan 95, Olivet 38
Box Score
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team opened its 2019-20 home campaign with one of the largest victories in program history, a 95-38 win over Olivet College, Friday, Nov. 8, inside the Convocation Center.
With the sweep of EMU's annual Education Day twin bill, the Eagles (1-1) have captured their 20th consecutive home opener, dating back to the 2000-01 season. The 57-point triumph marks the women's basketball program's sixth-largest margin of victory in Convocation Center history, and the third time in the last two seasons that EMU has held an opponent to fewer than 40 points at home.
Junior Courtnie Lewis (Belton, Mo.-Belton) paced the Green and White with 15 points while logging nine boards and two assists, while fellow junior Autumn Hudson (Richwood, Ohio-North Union) notched 10 points and pulled down a team-best 12 boards for her second career double-double. Sophomore Kiara Johnson (Buffalo, N.Y.-Cardinal O'Hara) added 13 points off the bench and led the Eagles with a pair of blocks, as redshirt junior Corionne Cardwell (Cleveland, Ohio-New Tech East) tallied 10 points, five boards, six helpers, and a team-best three steals.
All 11 of EMU's eligible players saw game action for the second consecutive contest, including sophomore Natalia Pineda (Miami, Fla.-John A. Ferguson), who posted 11 bench points along with six boards, four helpers, and a team-best three steals. Additionally, sophomore Jenna Annecchiarico (Baldwin, N.Y.-Baldwin) contributed nine points and a team-best eight assists.
The Eagles finished 53 percent (35-of-66) from the field, while Olivet struggled to a 28 percent (14-of-50) clip. EMU also crushed the Comets on the glass by a 51-25 count, and recorded more assists (25-8), bench points (44-11), points in the paint (48-18), fast-break points (32-0), and points off turnovers (36-2).
After the Comets knocked down a pair of early triples, a corner three from Annecchiarico capped a 16-0 EMU run that opened up a commanding 20-6 lead, prompting Olivet to burn a timeout with exactly four minutes to go in the opening quarter. After head coach Fred Castro called timeout near the midway point of the second quarter, the Eagles scored eight unanswered points en route to a 47-21 halftime lead.
The Green and White continued to pour it on in the third quarter as they outscored Olivet, 27-6. Redshirt sophomore Juanita Agosto (Seattle, Wash.-Garfield) and Pineda each buried a corner three, while redshirt sophomore JaBria Knight (Canton, Ohio-East Canton) netted her first points of the season as the Eagles cruised to an emphatic 95-38 victory over their NCAA Division III opposition.
Eastern takes to the road Saturday, Nov. 16, as they travel to Youngstown, Ohio to battle the Penguins of Youngstown State University. Tip-off from the Beeghly Center is scheduled for 11 a.m.
