COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Dominican's basketball team held Tiffin to just five second half field goals and rallied from a 21-point halftime deficit to close within seven late in the game, but ran out of time as the Dragons secured the 59-46 victory in Alumni Hall.

ODU drops their second straight to fall to 6-18 on the year and 4-13 in the GLIAC, while the Dragons kept their wildcard hopes alive for a bid in the conference tournament, improving to 14-10 and 8-9 in GLIAC play.

An offensive rebound and put back by Summer Hale (Sr./Galena, OH) with 1:17 remaining capped a 10-2 run that saw ODU trim a 15-point deficit to seven at 52-45. After sparking the run with her first triple of the game at the 4:04 mark, Hale scored eight of the team's next 10 points over a 2:47 span. Despite holding Tiffin to just five field goals on 5-of-21 (23.8 percent) shooting in the second, the Panthers could not pull any closer, hitting one free throw down the stretch as Tiffin hit 7-of-9 from the charity to stripe to ice the game.

Tiffin scored the first points of the ball game with a three-pointer and extended the lead out to 14-7 7:44 into the game. A free throw by Meredith Fox (Jr./Springboro, OH), three-pointer by Tracy Snider (Jr./Lancaster, OH) and layup by Fox brought the Panthers within 14-13 at the 10:17 mark. However, the Dragons closed on a 24-4 run to take a 38-17 lead into the break as ODU hit only two field goals in the final 8:45 of the half, the last a Abby Glover (Jr./Centerville, OH) lay-in at the 6:42 mark.

After grabbing one rebound and being held scoreless in the first half, Hale finished with 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting to lead all scorers and collected a team-high eight boards. Fox reached double figures for the fourth straight game with 10.

Holly Focke, Mandy Jaeb and Amanda Baute all finished with 10 points leading the Dragons.

ODU concludes the home portion of their schedule at 7:30 p.m. next Thursday, Feb. 24 as South Division foe Ashland makes the trek south to Alumni Hall.

Contact: Bryan Desch
deschb@ohiodominican.edu