The Big Red Fights Past Anderson in Wilmington Tournament

Denison University fought past the Anderson University women's basketball team with a 71-47 win during Round 1 of the Wilmington Tournament on Friday in Wilmington, Ohio.
 
"Denison is a really solid and veteran basketball team," Coach Lindsay Shade said. "They have 10 seniors on their roster and were picked preseason second in the North Coast Athletic Conference."
 
After finishing minus-15 in rebounding against Ohio Northern University (1-0), Anderson (0-2) gathered 26 rebounds and finished minus-6 on the boards against Denison (2-0).
 
The Big Red shut down Anderson's offense as the Ravens racked up 26 turnovers. Denison committed just 10 turnovers and outscored the Ravens 19-7 off turnovers.
 
"Against Ohio Northern, we struggled to finish possessions with a defensive rebound. I felt like we did a much better job of defensive rebounding today. However, we had way too many unforced turnovers that led to points in transition and a very large discrepancy in shot attempts."
 
Hanna Ault (Pennville, Ind./Jay County) led the Ravens with 12 points. Lexi Dellinger (Berne, Ind./South Adams) provided 11 points. Payton Moore (Spiceland, Ind./Tri) turned in eight points and Hannah Hawkins (Fairmount, Ind./Madison-Grant) contributed six points. Jade Shipley (Westfield, Ind./Westfield) produced four points. Rylee Morris (Indianapolis, Ind./Lutheran) and Kaitlynn Anzel (West Chester, Ohio/Bishop Fenwick) scored two points each while Mariah Clemons (Maineville, Ohio/Little Miami) rounded out Anderson's scoring with one point. Carly Hackler (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine) tallied a team-high six rebounds.
 
"I am encouraged because I felt like we got better [on Friday]. Playing tough opponents exposes areas and weakness. We know the things we need to work on and our growth as a team will be fun to track over the course of the season. [Saturday] brings another opportunity for us to continue improving."
 
Anderson battles Miami University-Middletown (1-3) in the third-place game of the Wilmington Tournament on Saturday at 1 p.m.