Women's Basketball, on the road to success!

One more win away from making history!

The Hiram women's basketball team plays at Denison tonight to bring home a big win and end their season strong. The Terriers are looking to make history. If the women win this game tonight, they will break the record for most wins in Hiram women's basketball history. The Terriers are 12-12 over all and 6-9 in conference. The women broke their four game losing streak on Saturday the 13th of Feb, with a win against Oberlin. Kaylee Shockley hit 20 points during the game where Mercedes Jones hit 12 points. These will be some key players going into the game against Denison.

     Their opponent, Denison, has an impressive  20-3 over all record and 13-1 in conference record. They traveled to Kenyon ten days ago and beat them, 39-25. Denison averages about 58 points per game which is just one point above the Terriers. Their key player that might be some trouble for the Terriers tonight is Jordan Holmes who had 22 points in their game against Kenyon and averages about 15.3 points a game. The Terriers lost to Denison earlier in the year only by ten points.

     With one step closer to making history and a win under the belt, the Terriers are ready to travel to Denison and defeat the Big Red.

     Tip off at Denison's home court is at 6 p.m. tonight, and the Terriers are ready to make history.

The Women's Basketball team pulls off a huge win against Oberlin!

Hiram, Ohio- The women’s basketball team pulls off a huge win against Oberlin 53-50 at today’s game. The starters for the Terriers were Sarah Berger,  Sierra Day, Rachel Ellis, Brianne Goodrich and Allison Vannoy. Oberlin started the game right off the bat with a 2 pointer. Kaylee hit the first three of the game in the first quarter. The score was 8-12 at the end of the first quarter. The game was very back and forth.

In the second quarter the terriers seemed to have trouble getting points on the scoreboard. Oberlin had a better offense then the terriers in the first half. Oberlin ended up in the lead 26-18 at the end of the second quarter.

Coming into the second half the Terriers momentum skyrocketed compared to the first half.  Allison Vannoy hit an impressive 2 jumper to bring the game 24-28 at 7:20. Shortly after Jones hit a jumper bringing the score then to 28-30 just trailing behind Oberlin. Towards the end of the 3^rd quarter, Dana Perrotta stole the ball twice within 20 seconds giving the Terriers the opportunity to get points. The gymnasium was extremely loud as the girls took the lead 45-41 with 3:17 left in the game. The girls ended up pulling off a win.

This win means their one step closer to making Hiram Women’s Basketball history! There next game is at Denison next Wednesday as they continue to look forward to making history.

Hiram Women Basketball ready to finish the season out strong!

Women Basketball team is ready to bounce back.

Hiram, Ohio- The Hiram women's basketball team is looking to finish up and bounce back from their losing streak and make history at tonights game where their two wins away from making history. With an unfortunate loss to Wooster this past Wednesday, and with only two more games in the season, the Terriers must win these next two games in order to successfully make Hiram women's basketball history. The Terriers are now 11-12 overall and 5-9 in conference. Key players coming out today for the terriers is Mercedes Jones who is now averaging an impressive 15.8 points a game and Kaylee Shockley who is averaging 10.7 points a game.
   
      Tonights opponent, Oberlin, is 10-12 overall in season and 4-9 in conference. The women lost 55-35 to Oberlin earlier in the year at their home court. A key player the Terriers will have to look out for his Oberlin player, Lindsey Bernhardt who averages 14 points a game.
   
     With this win the Terriers will be one step closer to making history and making a name for themselves. With their losing streak, their ready to come out and get a win tonight.
Tipoff at the Price Gymnasium is set for 1 p.m. today.

A disappointing loss for the Hiram Women Terriers against the College of Wooster.

Hiram, Ohio- Hiram Women’s Basketball team falls to the College of Wooster, 65-50 at tonight’s game.  The starters were Erica Johnson, Kaylee Shockley, Allison Vannoy, Sierra Day, and Mercedes Jones. Jones won the tipoff at the start of the game. The women Terriers finished the first quarter in the lead, 13-11. The terriers struggled to get baskets in the beginning of the first quarter but improved later on.

 Mercedes Jones started the second quarter off the right way with a 2-point jumper that kept the terriers in the lead. Wooster held their own trailing behind us majority of the second quarter. Wooster found a three with 1:16 left in the quarter. Ana Gibs on Wooster hit a three pointer with .02 seconds left in the second half, which leaves Wooster in the lead 31-27 at half time.

Wooster led the start of the third quarter, where we turned over a few balls. Wooster used that to their advantage and kept their lead. The Terriers struggled to get buckets in the third quarter where Wooster ended up leading 44-27 at the end of the quarter.

The fourth quarter started off shaky for the Terriers where Lauren Hancher on Wooster had five points in 10 seconds. Towards the end of the quarter the terriers started getting baskets unfortunately they ended up falling to Wooster.

The Terriers next game is again at home on Saturday against Oberlin College.

Terrier women are ready to pull out a win against Wooster tonight!

Hiram, Ohio- The Hiram women's basketball team is continuing to look to make history at tonight's game. The women have to win two more games with only having three more games left including tonight's game against Wooster. The Terriers are 11-11 in conference, being 4-5 at home and 5-5 on the road. If the women win their game tonight they will be tied with the best record in Hiram women's basketball history. The women have lost their last three games and are looking to pull out a big win tonight.

     Tonight's opponent, Wooster, is 5-16 over all, who has been averaging 61 points per game. The Terriers just beat Wooster Jan. 25th, 61-53 in overtime at the College of Wooster. The women put up a 3 point game tying shot to bring the game into over time. This spark led the women to a win. A key player the women will have to keep an eye out for from Wooster, is Lauren Hancher who is averaging 17.2 points a game.

     With this win the women are even closer to making Hiram women's basketball history. If the game results in a loss for the terriers, they will have to win the last two games of their season to still make history. They next play against Oberlin at the terriers home court on Saturday. Following that game the terriers play next Wednesday against Denison at their home court.

     Tip-off is at Price Gymnasium and is set to start at 6 p.m. tonight.

Women's Basketball on their way to making history!

The Terriers are looking to pull out a win tonight. 

      The Hiram Women's basketball team is looking to make history this weekend. With only two more wins needed to make history for Hiram Women's basketball, they are up against Wittenburg University tonight. On Saturday they're up against DePauw. The Terriers are 11-9 in the conference, while going 5-3 on the road. The women have already beaten Wittenberg earlier this the year, 62-44. 

     According to Assistant coach Brittany Glaser, last game, they "shot phenomenally" and are hoping to continue that in tonight's game.

     Tonight's opponent, Wittenberg is 5-12 so far this season, being 3-5 at home. They are 4-6 in the conference. 

     With a win tonight, the Terriers will be tied with most wins in a season, and if they win their game tomorrow against DePauw, they will make Hiram women's basketball history. 

     Tipoff at Wittenburg is set for 7 p.m. tonight. 

    Brittany Glaser, on the women's keys to bringing a victory home the second time around.