Women's Basketball: Quick start pushes Bison past Tomcats

GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Bethany College women's basketball team cruised to a 74-50 win over Thiel College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) matchup inside Beeghly Gymnasium Wednesday evening.

GAME FLOW

• Ashleigh Wheeler's made three-pointer gave the Bison an early 3-0 lead to start the game. The Bison then went on a 10-2 run with another Wheeler three and back-to-back layups from Bella Skobel.
• The Green and White led 15-5 before Thiel ended the first quarter on a 6-2 run. Bethany led 17-11 after the first quarter.
• In the second stanza, the Bison continued to build on their lead outscoring the Tomcats, 19-7 heading into halftime with a 36-18 lead.
• In the third quarter, it was a low scoring affair. The Bison started the quarter off strong scoring the first bucket of the second half from a Wheeler layup. The Bison extended their lead to 20 after Makenzee Mason hit a three-pointer. The Tomcats went on a run to cut the Bison lead to 44-31. The Tomcats outscored the Bison 15-12 in the third stanza.
• In the fourth, Bethany gained momentum and ran away with a 74-50 victory.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Sophomore Ashleigh Wheeler led the Bison with 17 points.
• Junior Bella Skobel added 13 points and had nine rebounds.
• Makenzee Mason and Taylor Dusenberry each had nine points. Mason led the Bison with five assists.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Bethany shot 40.3 percent (29-for-72) from the field and Thiel shot 27.0 percent (17-for-63).
• The Bison had 11 different scorers with two in double-digits.
• The Green and White outrebounded the Tomcats, 55-39.  

RECORDS

Bethany College – 2-3 (2-2 PAC)

Thiel College – 1-4 (1-3 PAC)

UP NEXT

Bethany will travel to Pittsburgh for a PAC matchup against the Chatham Cougars for a 12 pm tipoff on Saturday, December 3.