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Photo Courtesy of Kevin Wilker '26
72
Capital CAP 20-7,13-5 OAC
80
Winner Baldwin Wallace BW 25-1,18-0 OAC
Capital CAP
20-7,13-5 OAC
72
Final
80
Baldwin Wallace BW
25-1,18-0 OAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Capital CAP 26 18 12 16 72
Baldwin Wallace BW 14 32 11 23 80

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

No. 7 Women's Basketball Takes Slugfest Against Capital to Advance to OAC Championship

By: Athletic Communications Student Assistant Morgan Massey '26

BEREA, Ohio - The No. 7 nationally ranked and top-seeded Baldwin Wallace University women's basketball team advances to the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championship Game with a 80-72 victory against fourth-seeded Capital University in the OAC Tournament Semifinals in Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Recreation Center.

BW (25-1) will now host second-seeded Ohio Northern University at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 in Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Recreation Center as they look to claim the OAC tournament title. Capital (20-7) ends its season and now waits to see if it made the NCAA Division III Tournament field.

BW Leaders

  • Junior Academic All-OAC guard/forward Alyssa Miller (New Philadelphia) totaled six points, two steals, and one clutch block 
  • Sophomore guard Laura McCoy (Newton Falls/Garrettsville Garfield) had 12 points, one block, one assist and two rebounds 
  • Sophomore guard Kayla Jones (Grove City) had seven points, a team-high three steals, three assists, and two rebounds
  • Senior All-OAC guard/forward Caely Ressler (Napoleon) totaled a team-high 22 points, one steal, two assists, and seven rebounds
  • Sophomore guard Ava Wilkerson (West Mansfield/Marysville) recorded 12 points, one assist, and one rebound 
  • Senior All-OAC guard Emily Irwin (Pickerington/Pataskala Watkins Memorial) had 15 points, one block, three assists, and three rebounds

Capital Leaders

  • Senior guard Bri O'Connor had 14 points, two assists, three steals, and five rebounds
  • Junior forward Samaree Perkins recorded a double-double of 32 points and 12 rebounds
  • Senior guard Laney Murphy totaled 15 points and four rebounds 
  • Freshman guard Kya Jordan totaled six points, three assists, and one rebound

1st Quarter (14-26 Capital)

  • Ressler got the Jackets on the board scoring BW's first basket of the game and led the team with five points 
  • Jones, Ressler, and McCoy all recorded an assist 

2nd Quarter (46-44 BW)

  • BW scored 32 points in the quarter to take the lead 
  • McCoy had four points 

3rd Quarter (57-56 BW)

  • Irwin and Wilkerson both went 2-2 from the free-throw line 
  • Ressler and Miller each recorded a steal 

4th Quarter (80-72 BW)

  • Ressler recorded eight points 
  • The Jackets outscored Capital 23-16 to seal the victory 
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