Eastern Mennonite Snaps the Quakers’ 11-Game Winning Streak
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Eastern Mennonite University’s Kala Yoders and Steph Rheinheimer scored 12 points apiece in the Royals’ 54-47 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) win over Guilford College Saturday. The hosts snapped the Quakers’ 11-game winning streak. Eastern Mennonite and Guilford are ranked seventh and eighth, respectively, in this week’s NCAA Division III South Region Poll.
Eastern Mennonite (17-5, 13-1 ODAC) scored the first two buckets of the game after three Quaker misses. The Royals entered the locker room after an 8-0 run to end the first half. Guilford returned to the court and turned the ball over three times before making its first second-half point. Logan Hardin’s jumper with 8:26 left in the game brought the Quakers within 10 but Eastern Mennonite countered and never gave up their lead.
Gabby Oglesby paced the Quakers (19-4, 12-2 ODAC) with game-highs in points (13) and rebounds (11). Hardin scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench. Kayla Adams had nine points and two assists. Brittany Atwater tallied five assists. Jaclyn Nucci amassed a game-high four steals.
Bianca Ygarza had nine rebounds for the Royals. Alisa Brown scored seven points and grabbed seven rebounds. Raiven Patterson and Shakeerah Sykes also had seven points apiece in the win.
The Quakers next play home February 13 at 5:30 p.m. against league-opponent Emory & Henry College in the Ragan-Brown Field House.
Guilford vs Eastern Mennonite
09/09/13 3:00 p.m. at Harrisonburg, VA – Yoder Arena
At Harrisonburg, VA – Yoder Arena
EASTERN MENNONITE – 54
GUILFORD – 47
GUILFORD (19-4, 12-2 ODAC): OGLESBY, Gabby 4-13 5-6 13; ADAMS, Kayla 4-10 0-0 9; HARDIN, Logan 3-7 3-3 9; KING, Morgan 3-6 0-0 6; DREW, Brittany 2-10 1-2 6; NUCCI, Jaclyn 1-8 0-1 2; ATWATER, Brittany 1-4 0-0 2; SCOTT, Lila 0-0 0-0 0; BARKER, Shelly 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 18-58 9-13 47.
EASTERN MENNONITE (17-5, 13-1 ODAC): YODERS, Kala 6-12 0-0 12; RHEINHEIMER, Steph 4-10 0-1 12; PATTERSON, Raiven 2-10 3-5 7; SYKES, Shakeerah 3-9 1-3 7; BROWN, Alisa 3-14 1-2 7; BALTIMORE, Keyla 1-5 2-2 4; YGARZA, Bianca 1-5 2-7 4; RHEINHEIMER, Jess 0-0 1-2 1; YGARZA, Alicia 0-0 0-0 0; OSEI, Nora 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 20-65 10-24 54.
Guilford...................... 17 30 - 47 Eastern Mennonite............. 29 25 - 54
3-point goals–Guilford 2-6 (ADAMS, Kayla 1-4; DREW, Brittany 1-2), Eastern Mennonite 4-14 (RHEINHEIMER, Steph 4-9; BROWN, Alisa 0-4; BALTIMORE, Keyla 0-1).
Fouled out–Guilford-None, Eastern Mennonite-None.
Rebounds–Guilford 45 (OGLESBY, Gabby 11), Eastern Mennonite 53 (YGARZA, Bianca 9).
Assists–Guilford 11 (ATWATER, Brittany 5), Eastern Mennonite 11 (BROWN, Alisa 3).
Total fouls–Guilford 19, Eastern Mennonite 16.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Eastern Mennonite-None.
Attendance–458
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game
Eastern Mennonite is ranked 7th in this week’s NCAA Division III South Region Poll. Guilford is ranked 8th. The loss ends Guilford’s 11-game winning streak.