College Women’s Basketball Final – Guilford 59, Hood 53

FREDERICK, Md. – Junior Gabby Oglesby (Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor) scored 16 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds in Guilford College’s 59-53 road basketball win over Hood College Saturday. Oglesby tallied the most boards in a game by a Guilford student since 2009 and moved into 14th place on the Quakers’ career rebounding list with 516.

Oglesby collected 10 offensive rebounds, which helped the Quakers (8-2) outscore their hosts, 21-10, in second-chance points. She also recorded her third double-double in as many games. While Guilford failed to shoot 30 percent from the floor, it played strong defense and held a 55-46 edge in rebounds. The Quakers forced 19 Blazers’ (3-5) turnovers and converted them into 16 points.

Brittany Drew (Greensboro, N.C./Page) scored 14 points for Guilford and teammate Morgan King added 12. Lila Scott (Carrboro, N.C./Chapel Hill) finished with nine points and Logan Hardin (Climax, N.C./Providence Grove) contributed six points and eight rebounds off the bench. Senior point guard Brittany Atwater did not score, but collected six rebounds, six assists and four steals.

Hood’s Dyanna Prater led all scorers with 18 points and Emily Maerz added 11.

Guilford visits Marymount (Va.) University Sunday (12/16) at 2:00 p.m. in search of its fifth straight win.

Guilford vs Hood
12/15/12 2:00 p.m. at Frederick, Md. – BB&T Arena
At Frederick, Md. – BB&T Arena


GUILFORD – 59
HOOD – 53

GUILFORD (8-2): OGLESBY, Gabby 5-15 6-7 16; DREW, Brittany 6-17 2-4 14; KING, Morgan 4-9 4-5 12; SCOTT, Lila 3-7 0-0 9; HARDIN, Logan 2-7 2-4 6; NUCCI, Jaclyn 1-5 0-0 2; BARKER, Shelly 0-0 0-0 0; WEAVER, Amber 0-0 0-0 0; ADAMS, Kayla 0-5 0-0 0; ATWATER, Brittany 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 21-71 14-20 59.

HOOD (3-5): Dyanna Prater 6-18 4-5 18; Emily Maerz 4-10 0-0 11; Briana Lee 3-5 2-3 9; Rachel Wiley 2-8 0-1 4; Alexis Briscoe 1-4 1-2 3; Shakara Head 1-5 0-1 2; Sarah Marcello 1-3 0-0 2; Rachel Kessler 1-5 0-0 2; Arianna Delerme 1-2 0-0 2; Heather Boyce 0-0 0-0 0; Alexis Andrukat 0-0 0-0 0; Olivia Hosch 0-1 0-0 0; Verkia Smith 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-63 7-12 53.

   Guilford......................   33   26  -   59
   Hood..........................   30   23  -   53

3-point goals–Guilford 3-11 (SCOTT, Lila 3-6; DREW, Brittany 0-1; ADAMS, Kayla 0-3; ATWATER, Brittany 0-1), Hood 6-19 (Emily Maerz 3-9; Dyanna Prater 2-5; Briana Lee 1-3; Verkia Smith 0-1; Alexis Briscoe 0-1).
Fouled out–Guilford-None, Hood-None.
Rebounds–Guilford 55 (OGLESBY, Gabby 17), Hood 46 (Rachel Wiley 8; Shakara Head 8).
Assists–Guilford 10 (ATWATER, Brittany 6), Hood 11 (Rachel Wiley 4).
Total fouls–Guilford 10, Hood 14.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Hood-None.
Attendance-216
Nonconference game