BEREA, Ohio - The No. 11 nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball team defeated Muskingum University in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup by a final score of 74-52 in Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center.

BW Leaders (18-1, 12-0 OAC) 

• Sophomore guard Laura McCoy (Newton Falls/Garrettsville Garfield) scored a career-high 16 points shooting 5-of-6 from the floor and 4-of-5 from three and led the team with three steals
• Senior All-OAC forward Bella Vaillant (Perrysburg) tallied a team-high seven rebounds and added five points
• Senior All-OAC guard Emily Irwin (Pickerington/Pataskala Watkins Memorial) dished out a game-high five assists and scored four points
• Junior guard Kaycie Badylak (Cincinnati/Archbishop McNicholas) contributed eight points

• Freshman guard Makiya Edwards tied a game-high seven rebounds
• Freshman guard Mckenna Baney assisted four times for the Fight Muskies
• Sophomore forward Mckinzie Linscott led the team with 13 points

• The Muskies got on the board first but BW answered by rattling off nine straight
• McCoy took two threes and sank them both to lead the team with six points in the first period
• The Brown and Gold shot 57% from beyond the arc

• Sophomore guard Maddie Ebbert (Lake Orion, Mich.) grabbed four rebounds including three in the same possession
• Junior Academic All-OAC Brooke Thompson (Maineville/Little Miami) made two free-throws to finish 4-of-4 at the line
• BW got out to a 10-2 start but Muskingum ended the half on a 9-2 run of their own

• Sophomore guard Ava Wilkerson (West Mansfield/Marysville) scored five of her seven points on the day
• Irwin beat the buzzer to give the Yellow Jackets a 16-point lead going into the final frame
• McCoy recorded two of her three takeawys

4th Quarter (BW 74-52)

• Freshman guard Grace Heliger (Sewickley, Pa./North Allegheny) recorded a new career-high with four points
• Badylak drained a three and made two free-throws to give her five points in the quarter

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, February 5 as they travel to Tiffin to take on Heidelberg University in an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup at 7 p.m. inside Seiberling Gymnasium.