ADA, Ohio – The Capital University women's basketball team (16-7, 11-5 OAC) took to the road for the final time in the regular season on Saturday, traveling to face Ohio Northern (14-8, 12-4 OAC). The Comets would complete an 18-point comeback in the final 10:14, but ultimately two game-winning attempts would fall offline with ONU taking the game 64-62.
CU started the game strong, shooting 5-of-12 (41.7%) from the field and taking a 13-9 lead into the first break. Unfortunately, the Purple and White would fall far behind in the second and third quarters. All-in-all, Capital was outscored 42-22 by ONU in the middle periods. This left the Comets facing a 51-35 deficit entering the final 10 minutes.
Cap was certainly up for the challenge as they started the fourth quarter on a 17-4 run to pull within just three. After a bit of back-and-forth, the Purple and White would put in back-to-back threes to tie the game at 62-62 with 25.2 on the clock. This gave Ohio Northern as much time as they wanted to run the clock down and try to score, which they did, laying the ball in with five seconds remaining. A quick timeout gave Capital the opportunity to advance the ball and set up a play on the inbound. This resulted in not only one, but two open chances, but unfortunately for the Comets, both fell offline. In the end, ONU would escape with a 64-62 win.
THE NUMBERS
Demi Brewer dropped a career-high 23 points as she led the Comets on offense, also accounting for two rebounds, two assists, and one steal.
Samaree Perkins and
Bri O'Connor had 13 points each. O'Connor would add nine rebounds, two assists, two blocks, and one steal. Perkins pulled down eight rebounds with one assist and one steal.
Laney Murphy totalled eight points, also having four rebounds, three steals, and one assist.
Maddi Weiland would have five points and five rebounds, also adding a block.
Kenzie Weiland came up with three rebounds.
UP NEXT
The Comets come home for their final homestand of the season next week, starting with their #Play4Kay game against Muskingum on Valentine's Day. Tipoff on Wednesday night will take place at 7 p.m.
