Wesleyan, AB fall in quarterfinals
WHEELING — Notre Dame (Ohio) College took control early and never looked back in handing West Virginia Wesleyan an 80-33 setback Thursday in Mountain East Conference tourney quarterfinal play at WesBanco Arena.
The Lady Bobcats, who entered the game on a three-game win streak, ended the season with a 6-11 mark. They were held to just 15 field goals and committed 24 turnovers against the stingy Lady Falcon defense.
“Hats off to the season we had,” Wesleyan coach Vicki Bullett said. “We just didn’t cut hard and handle (their pressure) like we should have.”
The Lady Bobcats, the fifth seed out of the Southern Division, never got on track, falling behind by double digits just 5 minutes into the game and trailing 47-15 at halftime.
Northern Division top- seed Notre Dame (14-3) was paced by Marina Adachi with 25 points.
Summer Matlack had nine points and Cierra Tolbert eight points and six rebounds for Wesleyan.
Notre Dame advances to face Glenville State at 2 p.m. Saturday in the semifinals.
Charleston 73, AB 50
WHEELING — Southern Division top-seed Charleston used 26 points from Erykah Russell in claiming a 73-50 win over Alderson Broaddus Thursday in MEC quarterfinal action.
Brooklyn Pannell added 16 points and Anastasiia Zakharova 10 for the Lady Golden Eagles, who advance to face the winner of Thursday’s late game between Wheeling and Concord at 11 a.m. Saturday in the semifinals.
UC led 37-16 at halftime before the Lady Battlers claimed the third quarter, 22-13, to get within 12.
Iyahnna Williams was the lone player in double figures with 19 points for the Northern Division fifth- seeded Lady Battlers, who end the campaign with a 7-11 record. Hannah Henderson had a game-high 11 rebounds.