Written by Athletic Communications Student Assistant Colin West '27

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The No. 23 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace women's basketball team beat conference opponent Capital University by a score of 74-64 at the Performance Arena.

All 11 Yellow Jackets who entered the game scored at least two points in a hard-fought team win. The lead changed ten times, but the Brown and Gold took the lead late in the third quarter and never looked back.

BW Leaders (8-2, 4-0 OAC)

• Junior guard Laura McCoy (Newton Falls/Garrettsville Garfield) paced the Yellow Jackets in scoring with 13 points and collected six rebounds
• Women's Yellow Jacket of the Week Brooke Thompson (Maineville/Little Miami) added 12 points, four rebounds, and three steals
• Senior forward Alyssa Miller (New Philadelphia) dealt out a team-high three assists

Capital Leaders (8-3, 2-2 OAC)

• Senior forward Samaree Perkins recorded a double-double with a game-high 22 points and 10 rebounds
• Junior guard Kendall Spreen scored 17 points
• Junior forward Tahirah Ellis had a team-high four assists to go along with 15 points

1st Quarter (Capital 19-14)

• Thompson kicked off the scoring with a layup in the paint
• The Comets ripped off a 9-0 run early on to give them a 10-point lead
• The Yellow Jackets countered with an 8-0 run, cutting the deficit to two points
• Spreen hit a three-pointer at the end of the half to put the Comets up by five
• Thompson led the Brown and Gold with six points

2nd Quarter (BW 29-27)

• BW began the half on a 7-0 run and a three-pointer from senior guard Kaycie Badylak (Cincinnati/Archbishop Nichols) gave BW a 21-19 lead
• Capital responded with a 5-1 run to put them up by one
• Sophomore forward Delaney Garcia (Lakewood) capped off her team-leading six-point quarter with an and-one layup in the paint at 1:47
• The Yellow Jackets scored 24 of their 29 first-half points in the paint

3rd Quarter (BW 54-51)

• Senior guard Leah Riley (Cincinnati/Sycamore) ended a 9-0 Comet run with a three-pointer at 5:02, knotting the game at 40
• The lead shifted four times in the next 1:24, capped off by a layup by sophomore forward Maddy Stumpf (Johnstown/Big Walnut) which gave BW a one-point lead
• Junior guard Ava Wilkerson (West Mansfield/Marysville) knocked down a contested floater as time expired, which expanded the Yellow Jacket lead to three

4th Quarter (BW 74-64)

• An 8-0 BW run from 4:53 to 2:57 bolstered their lead to 11 points
• Capital managed to cut the lead to six at 2:19
• Free throws from Thompson, McCoy, and Wilkerson iced the game in the final seconds

Up Next

• BW returns to the hardwood for the BW Holiday Classic against Stevenson (Md.) on Monday, December 29th inside Ursprung Gymnasium. Fans can catch all the action on FloCollege