2012-13 OHIO VALLEY UNIVERSITY
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The OVU women’s basketball team celebrated Senior Night tonight. Seniors, Tara Benedict and Jasmine Gibson were honored for their contributions to the Fighting Scots team.

Wheeling Jesuit University won a previous match-up this season as their place after the game was won in the final minute of the game. In tonight’s contest, the Cardinals scored the game winning basket with less than three seconds remaining on the clock.

After being down 16 points at half-time, then Scots made adjustments to their defense and looked to attack the Cardinals zone defense on offense. The Scots managed to work their way back into the game after several players connected on three point shots. Shelby Way hit the game tying 3 point shot to lock the scores up at 64-64. However, Jalia Bryant connected on the go-ahead basket with less than three seconds remaining after a lapse in OVU’s defense exposed the paint leaving it wide open.

Shelby Way led the Scots in scoring with 19 points on 5-12 from behind the arc. Jasmine Gibson, who is struggling with a hand injury added 12 points, while Kayla Parsley came up big for the Scots with 14 rebounds.

Ohio Valley will play their final regular season game on Saturday at Fairmont State University.
 

The OVU Women’s basketball team pulled off an impressive win tonight after beating WV State University in double overtime 70-69.

The Fighting Scots took the court looking for a win after falling to the Yellow Jackets earlier in the season. On the road at WV State, OVU struggled to score and found difficulty making defensive stops. However tonight was a different story. The Scots built a lead from the beginning of the game, extending their lead to 11 points at the half with a 34-23 point lead.

Full court pressure by the Yellow Jackets caused OVU to turn the ball over in crucial periods of the game, which allowed WV State to climb back to tie the game at the end of regulation play. Foul trouble plagued OVU’s post players, which force the Scots to play a small line-up. At which point Saira House found success attacking the basket and connecting on several occasions.

OVU gained possession of the ball with one final chance looming as they were down by three points with 6.8 seconds remaining in over-time. Coach Wadlington called a time out and drew up a play that opened Danielle Dunnagun for the successful game-tying three point shot which pushed the game into double-overtime.

Both teams had lost several players due to being fouled out, but continued to fight to the last possession. Double over-time saw OVU open up an early lead as Shelby Way was fouled shooting a three point shot and sank all three of her free throws, followed by another three points when Amy Brooks connected on her attempt from behind the arc. WV State answered back with three of their own points and eventually took the lead by 1 point, however the Fighting Scots didn’t back down and eventually took the game by 1 point with a score of 70-69.

Shelby Way led the Scots in scoring with 14 points and 7 assists, followed closely by Jasmine Gibson and Kayla Parsley who both added 12 points, Saira House and Amy Brooks contributed 11 and 10 points respectively. Strong defensive efforts came from several Fighting Scots in their Win.

The Fighting Scots will be on the road against Concord University on Saturday.
 

The OVU women’s basketball team lost a close game against Alderson-Broaddus College. At the end of regulation game time, the Battlers had escaped with a narrow 63-59 point win.

The Fighting Scots struggled to score in the opening minutes of the game and had posted just five points in the first ten minutes of play. Down by double digits early in the half, OVU went on a run that brought them back to within 2 points of the lead at the half, when they were down 29-27 at the break. Transition 3 point baskets continued to be problematic for the Scots.

The second half started in similar fashion to the first, with the Battlers scoring points while OVU struggled to put the ball in the hoop. A change of pace triggered by OVU’s move to a 1-2-2 full court press helped the Fighting Scots to eventually take the lead with 7 minutes remaining in the game. However Alderson Broaddus took OVU’s 3 point lead when the Fighting Scots had a defensive lapse on consecutive possessions. Ohio Valley was unable to convert on the offensive end of the court down the stretch and dropped the game 63-59.

Jasmine Gisbon topped scored for OVU with 17 points, followed by Shelby Way who had 13 points and 7 assists in the loss. The Fighting Scots will have the weekend off competition and will play on the road against Bluefield State College on Monday.
 

The OVU Women’s basketball team hosted the Golden Eagles from the University of Charleston in the team’s second meeting of the season. In the game earlier this season, Charleston won by 10 points in their home facility after OVU managed to keep the game tied up for the majority of playing time.

The Fighting Scots expected full court pressure from Charleston in the form of a press defense. Although OVU was able to manage the press with limited turnovers, it was on their own defensive end of the court that the Fighting Scots struggled. Early in the game, Charleston made an effort to release lane runners and push for the fast-break option in which they connected on several transition 3 point shots. As OVU adjusted their defense to contain the Eagles transition game, Charleston found other opportunities to score including designed set plays that opened up the paint for easy points. OVU trailed by 9 points at the half despite shooting 40% from 3 point range and close to 47% from the field in the first half.

The second half saw each team making small runs to improve their score differential. However, the general point spread remained close to 10 points in favor of the Golden Eagles. The closest OVU got to Charleston was 7 points with close to 8 minutes left to play, which was quickly opened up to a 13 point deficit after Charleston’s Chelsea Brumby and Jessi Cowden hit a pair of 3-balls. Unable to rally back, the Fighting Scots lost the defensive battle 89-77.

OVU shot 48% from the field, while shooting 47% from 3 point land on the game. Despite shooting well, it was the Scots defense that saw them being out rebounded by Charleston losing the battle of the boards by a margin of 46-36 including 20 Charleston offensive rebounds.

Kayla Parsley paced the Scots on offense with 22 points and 8 rebounds, followed by Jasmine Gibson who notched 12 points in 13 minutes of playing time. Shelby Way and Amy Brooks both had 11 points in the loss.

OVU will be on the road playing WVIAC opponent West Liberty University on Monday.
 

Glenville State College women’s basketball team arrived at the Snyder Activity Center ranked 1st in the WVIAC and 20th in National Standings. With limited opportunities remaining to gain home wins this season, the OVU women’s basketball team looked to steal this game.

The Fighting Scots expected Glenville’s full court press defense and executed their tailored designed press attack early in the game. OVU found scoring opportunities in the form of 2 on 1 breaks after beating the Pioneer press. The Fighting Scots found themselves down by just 5 points at the half-time break after their aggressive man-to-man defense held the Pioneers to 48-43 at the break.

Glenville started the second half with a 12-2 run that continued to build momentum, eventually helping them to gain a 20 points lead mid-way through the second period. In true Glenville State fashion, successful three point attempts on consecutive trips down the court plagued OVU.

The final score of the game was 109-75. Jasmine Gibson topped scored for the Scots with 23 points and 11 boards in just 20 minutes of playing time. Kayla parsley also contributed 17 points for the Scots.

OVU will welcome Charleston this Saturday at home at 2pm.
 

Ohio Valley University came into tonight’s game looking to gain their first win of the season as well as first conference win as they faced the 6-5, 7-8 Rams of Shepherd University.

The Rams jumped to an early lead of 8-4 but OVU got fired up quickly to recuperate their points tying the score up on a good bank shot by Jasmine Gibson. From there OVU continued to steadily take a climbing lead.

Jasmine Gibson knocked down nine points in a row for the Scots to bring their lead to 27-18. She led OVU with 17 points in the half. Janelle Silver had several drives at the basket including a shot from the floor that she sunk for two.

The Fighting Scots also capitalized on their free throws sinking three “and one” opportunities in the half. They went to the locker room with a 45-33 lead.

The Rams returned with a small run to start the second half which helped them to close the scoring gap to 56-50 on a successful three point attempt.

Tara Benedict found herself collecting fouls on the defensive end of the court, despite playing strong, aggressive offense under the basket.

As Shepherd was unable to contain or stop Jasmine Gibson, she dominated in the paint with 29 points in her 24 very productive minutes on the court.

Unable to shake the Rams, OVU’s lead slowly disappeared until Josey Hull sank a timely 3 ball to extend OVU’s lead to 69-61 with 6:25 left to play. Several trips down the court ended in free throws for the opposition as the Fighting Scots put them in the double bonus shooting situation. Fouls continued to plague OVU as the Rams took a 71-72 lead from the charity stripe with 3:10 remaining.

Jasmine pushed the Scots ahead as she scored while being fouled and then Kayla drew and offensive foul with 2:11 left giving OVU another scoring opportunity. With the score in the favor of OVU 75-74 with 1:02 to play, Shelby Way sank four consecutive free throws helping OVU to put away their first win of the season.

After beating Shepherd University, who was recently ranked in conference standings, OVU looks to take confidence into their next game on Thursday against WV State University.
 

OVU vs. WV Wesleyan College

The Ohio Valley University women’s basketball team returned to the Snyder Activity Center tonight with revitalized energy for the second half of their season. OVU earned an early lead as they capitalized on Bobcat turnovers. The bobcats of WV Wesleyan started the game a bit shaky as they struggled against OVU’s high intensity defense. The game remained close throughout the first and second halves of game play, However the bobcats escaped with a narrow win that was supplemented by free throw shooting as the time expired when OVU tried to stop the clock to get offensive possessions.

As WV Wesleyan was unable to stop OVU’s inside post play, they abruptly changed from a man to man defense to a 1-3-1 defensive strategy that forced OVU to use the majority of their shot clock on multiple possessions. OVU adjusted to these changes and were able to stay in the game.

OVU had several contributors to the game, with Shelby Way top scoring for the Scots with 13 points and 6 assists. Dani Dunnagan came off the bench and helped spark OVU’s offense with 10 points, while freshman guard, Janelle Silver, also hit big shots to help the Scots with 7 points.

The final score of the game was 67-58 in favor of WV Wesleyan. OVU will return to the Snyder activity center on Monday to play against Shepherd University at 5:30pm.
 

Ohio Valley found themselves down at the end of the first half against Concord University as the Fighting Scots were missing leading scorer Jasmine Gibson tonight. OVU was playing excellent defense and found themselves with plenty of scoring opportunities but struggled to capitalize shooting only 17% from the field in the half.
Kayla Parsley led in scoring for the Fighting Scots with ten points while Amy Brooks led in rebounding with 8 rebounds.

Amy Brooks started the half strong for OVU. She took the ball to the basket for two and drawing the foul for the bonus as well. As the Mountain Lions tried to bring it back up court Brooks stole the ball away to continue the offensive pressure. OVU continued to press but the Mountain Lions would keep coming back.

Tara Benedict got into foul trouble early in the second half and had to come out of the game. Janelle Silver stepped up in the second half as well as Shelby Way for the Scots. Each drove the basket creating several scoring opportunities and hit threes to keep the Scots in the game.

The Scots couldn’t fight back enough and lost the game 72-48. Shelby Way led the Scots in scoring with 14 points while Amy Brooks grabbed 12 rebounds.
 

Ohio Valley took the first points of the game against the Fighting Falcons of Fairmont State as WVIAC action starts back up. The Scots were able to take gain a 4-0 lead on a good jumper from Shelby Way. OVU continued to keep a consistent lead until the score reached 7-2 when the Falcons started to crawl back and tied it up 7-7 after a foul by Amy Brooks lead to a plus one by Kaitlin Snyder.

Several Jasmine Gibson jumpers assisted by Shelby resulted in the Fighting Scots staying with the Falcons until the eight minute mark of the first half. At this point the Falcons started to make a charge scoring fourteen unanswered points. OVU was unable to answer the full court press of the Falcons. Fairmont finished the half with a 38-16 lead.

In second half play the Fighting Scots came out playing hard. They made the needed adjustments to answer Fairmont’s press. Ohio Valley started to make a climb for the lead, but were unable to fill the scoring gap. In the half they were able to tie the Falcons 30-30 but this still left them with a 68-46 loss.

Jasmine Gibson led the Scots in scoring with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Kayla Parsley also had a double double in the game with 10 points and 15 rebounds.

OVU plays again at home on Monday, January 7th against Concord University.
 

OVU defeated by Bluefield State College

OVU struggled to contain Bluefield State college as the Lady Blues got off to a quick start in tonight’s conference match up. The Fighting Scots feel to Bluefield 84-47 after 40 challenging minutes of game play.

The Scots failed to obtain the lead throughout the entire game, and found difficulty with Bluefield’s high pressure defense. Shelby Way, who is OVU’s current leading scorer and starting point guard, was unable to contribute her regular minutes as she is suffering from flu like symptoms. Without Way at the helm, OVU’s guards found exceptional trouble in running the team’s offensive sets.

Although the Scots dominated the boards with 21 out of 44 total rebounds being on the offensive glass, OVU’s 28 turnovers for the game had a significant impact on the outcome of the game.

Ohio Valley was led in scoring by Amy Brooks with 12 points after shooting 8-10 from the charity stripe. Kayla Parsley delivered 12 boards with 6 rebounds each coming from both ends of the court.

As the Fighting Scots fall to an 0-7 overall record, they look to find their first win in conference play against Glenville State College on Friday.

The OVU Fighting Scots were in the Snyder Activity Center tonight in non-conference action against the Ursuline College Arrows.

OVU came out strong looking to get their first win of the season. Kayla Parsley scored the first points of the game on an assist from Tara Benedict after Shelby Way stole the ball from the Arrows. Jasmine Gibson chimed in quick succession with a layup to put the Scots up 4-0. However, the Arrows weren’t going to be silent in this game. They jumped on board with two points only to be followed quickly by a 3-pointer by OVU’s Amy Brooks.

Ursuline would come back from their five point deficit to even up the game at 18-18 with 6:47 left in the half. They would slowly pull ahead from their as Laura Campbell would score 21 points for the Arrows in the half putting Ursuline ahead 35-28.

In second half play Jasmine Gibson scored early for OVU banking points off the glass. Laura Campbell would answer back with two 3-pointers of her own to keep the lead for Ursuline. Shelby Way would start driving the basket for OVU creating several scoring opportunities. She stole the ball from the Arrows to bring down court where she was fouled but capitalized by sinking both her free throws. She would come back down against to sink one from the arc putting the Scots a little closer.

Down the stretch Ursuline would continue to pull ahead as they would shoot 50.9% from the floor with 80% from the arc to OVU’s 32.4% on the floor and 22.2% from the arc. Laura Campbell would lead all scorers for the game with 38 points. Jasmine Gibson would lead OVU scorers with 19 points followed closely by Shelby Way with 16 points. Kayla Parsley had 11 rebounds and Tara Benedict contributed 10 rebounds for the Fighting Scots.

Ohio Valley University will look to gain their first win on the road this Saturday against the University of Charleston.

The Ohio Valley University women’s basketball team hosted West Liberty University in tonight’s conference home opener. As the ladies looked to improve their 0-2 record, they knew the Hilltopper’s would be a challenging matchup.

Both teams struggled to find any offensive sync in the first quarter of the game. OVU managed to put 8 points on the board in the first 15 minutes of game play. The Fighting Scots executed their game plan by slowing the pace of the game, disallowing any fast break offense. However, West Liberty was able to string together a 13 point win that helped them take a 28-15 point lead into the break. Other factors that impacted the game’s first half included a large free throw shooting differential as OVU only made 1-4 from the line compared to West Liberty’s 10-12. The Fighting Scots also committed 16 turn overs compared to the Hilltopper’s 11 in the half.

The second half open with a quick run from OVU that saw them tie the lead mid-way through the half. OVU continued to execute on the offensive end and found success in their zone defense that forced several 3point attempts with the shot clock expiring. After several lead changes the score was tied at 53 each as regulation time expired.

In the first overtime OVU took an early lead, but several converted possessions allowed West Liberty to tie the score again. With the ball in OVU’s hands, scored tied at 63-63, OVU had a chance to win the game. However, a blocked 3 point attempt sent the game into double overtime.

The Fighting Scots hung with the Hilltoppers but slowly saw West Liberty slip away as they added to their 4 point lead. OVU lost a close battle in two overtime periods with a score of 77-69.

OVU was lead in scoring by Shelby Way who had 18 points. Amy Brooks added 15 points of her own, followed by post players Jasmine Gibson and Tara Benedict who added 13 and 11 points each. Benedict connected on a double-double with her 11 rebounds, while guard Amy Brooks was the team’s leading rebounder with 12 boards.

OVU will return to action on Saturday on the road against Seton Hill University at 2pm.

Ohio Valley University Fighting Scots women’s basketball team lost to the Falcons of Notre Dame College tonight in non-conference action 70-50.

Ohio Valley got down early in the contest as the Falcons went up 15-2 in the first six minutes of play. OVU tried to make a few runs with successive baskets by Jasmine Gibson and Shelby Way, but the Scots were unable to generate the scoring they needed. With 7:35 left in the half OVU was down 32-10. The Fighting Scots struggled to capitalize on their scoring opportunities ending the half making on 24.1% of their field goals. The full court press defense by the Falcons caused OVU to turn the ball over thirteen times resulting in fourteen Notre Dame points in the half. Shelby Way tried to spark the offense with several drives to the basket, but OVU ended the half with just sixteen points to Notre Dame’s forty-three.

Coach Wadlington must have lit a spark in his team at half time because the Fighting Scots came out on fire with a renewed spirit in the second half. The team came out and scored right away for three points and caused three turnovers in the first minutes of play.

Shelby Way showed up big for the Fighting Scots after Courtney Clark on the Falcons fouled Way who was driving at the basket, both girls got a little heated resulting in technical for each, but this proved to ignite Way’s determination as she would go on to score twenty points in the half. She was the leading scorer for OVU with twenty-two points in the game. Amy Brooks led OVU with thirteen rebounds followed closely by Tara Benedict with nine.

The Fighting Scots play again at home next Thursday against West Liberty University in their first conference game of the season.

OVU Women’s basketball team hosted Urbana University in tonight’s home matchup. Traveling from Urbana, Ohio the GMAC members looked to improve their road record against the Fighting Scots.

The Ohio Valley ladies were first to score as they converted on a set play from a jump ball. However, the Fighting Scots struggle to hold the Lady Knights who found success in their fast break play. OVU managed to slow Urbana down with a 1-2-2 zone defense and found offensive strength in returning post player Tara Benedict. Despite falling behind early in the half, OVU was able to recover some of their deficit by the half, when Urbana led 26-36. Benedict led OVU scorers with 10 points at the half.

Urbana put together a run to start the second half and outscored OVU 11-3 in the opening minutes of the final period. As the Scots once again turned to their zone defense they were able to find further success by eliminating Urbana’s breakaway, fastbreak offense. OVU struggled to remain composed when Urbana increased their defensive pressure with a run and jump 1-3-1 zone defense. The Fighting Scots failed to convert free throws down the stretch. Despite climbing back to within seven points of the lead, OVU was unable to contain Urbana who took the win with a score of 68-58.

OVU’s leading scorers were Tara Benedict with seventeen and Shelby Way with fifteen points. Amy Brooks led OVU’s rebounders with 11 boards. OVU will return to non-conference play on Monday against Notre Dame College.

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