Women's Basketball | 12/4/2012 1:15:00 PM
McPherson, Kan. – The Lady Bulldog basketball squad will be traveling to Ottawa, Kansas to take on the Lady Braves on December 6th. The contest between the 5-5 Bulldogs and 3-8 Ottawa University will tipoff at 6:00 p.m. (CT)
The game will be broadcasted live in the McPherson area on 96.7 FM KBBE Mid-Kansas Radio and on the world wide web at Macbulldogs.com with Nick Gosnell on the call with Steve Sell providing the color commentary for the broadcast. You can also watch the game via ihigh.com/macbulldogs. All links to live game statistics, audio or video can be found at Macbulldogs.com
MC is coming off a tough home loss to the Tabor Lady Jays this past Saturday. It took McPherson over six minutes before they scored their first points of the game, putting them in a 14-point hole from the start. TC would hold the lead for the rest of the half, taking a 34-21 lead into the locker room. Seven different Bulldogs scored in the first period, none made two baskets.
In the second half, the two squads played a back-and-forth style of game with the lead for the Blue Jays staying around 10 points. The Lady Bulldogs never trailed by more than 13 points but weren’t able to get their deficit any closer than six. MC fouled down the stretch to stop the clock and try to inch closer but that didn’t matter as Tabor made eight of their ten final free throws, helping them win 66-56.
Cheyenne Eisenhour, Brittany Pittas and Ali Brewster each scored double figures in the loss for McPherson. Eisenhour got the bulk of her points from the stripe, hitting 6-of-11 free throws and ended the night with 13. Pittas went just 2-of-8 from downtown and was 2-of-6 from the rest of the floor, mix that with her 2-of-2 shooting from the charity stripe makes her 12 points. Brewster scored 10 on 3-of-8 from the field and 3-of-6 from the free throw line. Madison Chambers upped her rebounding average after grabbing 14 boards in the game, 10 in the first half; she scored eight points in the loss.
The Bulldogs sit 26th in the NAIA D-II in total three-point field goals made with 58; Pittas has drained 30 of her own which is sixth in the Nation, she averages three per game ranking eighth in D-II. Pittas’ 17.4 points per game is the highest on the team and puts her 25th in the country and first in the KCAC. Kaylee Cramer is averaging 5.8 rebounds per game to lead the team and has 58 for the year. Brewster has 17 steals and 26 assists this season, putting her atop the squad in both categories.
McPherson will be on the road again on Saturday, the 8th of December for a showdown in Stewart Field House in Winfield, Kansas against the Southwestern College Moundbuilders. The game is set to start at 5:00 p.m. (CT)
Scouting Ottawa
The Lady Braves sit at 3-8 and are 0-2 in the conference, losing to Kansas Wesleyan, 50-56, and most recently Sterling College, 58-66.
In the game against the Lady Warriors, OU put the ball up 55 times but only 20 went through the net, giving the Braves a 36.4 field goal percentage; they hit on 5-of-14 from distance, shooting 35.7 percent. SC shot the ball two fewer times but hit on three more attempts, shooting 43.4% from the floor but were 0-of-5 from deep. Ottawa was outrebounded 29-42 as Sterling benefitted from OU’s missed free throw opportunities; the Lady Braves went just 13-of-21 from the stripe.
The season’s leading scorer for Ottawa, Amber Ramsey, led her team in scoring with 14 on 6-of-13 from the field and 2-of-3 from the charity stripe; she also had five rebounds Shauna McClure ended the game with 10 points after making 3-of-8 field goals and 2-of-4 free throws. Angelic Frazier had nine rebounds in the team’s loss.
Ottawa has scored 661 points this season, averaging 60 per contest while making 39.5% of their field goal attempts which is the third highest in the KCAC. One-third of the Braves’ 159 three-point attempts are making their way through the net, giving them the highest percentage in the conference from downtown. The team has 100 steals and 34 blocks this season, both second in the KCAC.
Ramsey is putting in 14.55 points per game, leading the Braves this year; she also leads the team and the KCAC with her 74 rebounds for a 6.73 average and blocks with 16. McClure is right behind Ramsey in points scored per contest with 14; she is averaging 2.56 three balls made a game. Kelsi Meier is accumulating 3.3 assists per outing and has 33 for the season.
OU will round out the 2012 KCAC play with a home contest against Bethany College on the 8th of December.
