PEPPER PIKE, Ohio – Four players scored in double figures and Ohio Dominican's women's basketball team earned its fifth victory in the past six games as the Panthers scored a 57-50 non-conference road victory at Ursuline Wednesday.

The Panthers improved to 10-15 on the season, while the Arrows fell to 4-22.

Junior forward Katelyn Stuckey (Millersburg, Ohio) led ODU with 14 points to go along with seven rebounds (six offensive). Sophomore guard Kacee Hockenberry (Haviland, Ohio) added 13 points and six boards, while freshmen Rachael Torey (Sterling Heights, Ohio) and Alex Hallenbeck (St. Johns, Mich.) had matching stat lines of 10 points and six rebounds, respectively.

Freshman forward Melissa Scherpenberg (Cincinnati, Ohio) hauled down 15 rebounds to help the Panthers hold a 45-32 edge in rebounding.

Leading by eight early in the second half, Ohio Dominican allowed Ursuline to get back in the ballgame as the Arrows scored nine straight points to go in front 42-41 with 12:53 to play.

Free throws by Torey and Hockenberry put the Panthers back in front at 43-42, and junior guard Mykeila Mast (Millersburg, Ohio) hit a jumper to make it 45-42. After an Ursuline bucket at the 9:30 mark, Torey answered with a layup, and a jumper by Hockenberry and two free throws by Hallenbeck extended the ODU lead to 51-44 with 4:48 left.

Ursuline snapped a five-minute scoreless drought with a three-pointer on the next possession, but the Panthers pulled away down the stretch. Stuckey finished inside on a feed from Hallenbeck, and Hallenbeck would make a free throw to put ODU back in front by seven, 54-47, with less than two minutes to play.

The Arrows came back with a jumper with 1:45 left to make it 54-49, but Stuckey answered with another layup and Ursuline made just one free throw while missing a pair of shots down the stretch as ODU came away with the victory.

The Panther defense limited Ursuline to just six points in the final 9:30 of the game, including just two field goal makes.

ODU built a pair of six-point leads early in the game but had to fight back to regain the lead at half. Up 14-8 after Mast's layup, the Panthers yielded a 10-2 run to the Arrows to trail 18-16 with 9:35 in the half. ODU recovered with a burst of its own, with Stuckey's layup giving the visitors a 24-20 advantage, but Ursuline scored the next eight points to take its biggest lead with 5:13 left.

The Panthers battled back to tie it on a Torey layup, and Hockenberry drilled a triple moments before halftime to send ODU into the locker room with a 33-30 lead.

Ohio Dominican closes the regular season with a 3 p.m. GLIAC contest against Tiffin from Alumni Hall on Saturday.

Contact: Scott Miles
miless@ohiodominican.edu