{"id":109955,"date":"2026-01-24T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/owls-come-up-short-against-yeowomen-kenyon-college-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:58:00","slug":"owls-come-up-short-against-yeowomen-kenyon-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/24\/owls-come-up-short-against-yeowomen-kenyon-college-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Owls come up short against Yeowomen &#8211; Kenyon College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"sidearm-story-template-text_post-3\">\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>GAMBIER, Ohio \u2013 The Kenyon College women&#8217;s basketball team was locked in a back-and-forth battle throughout Saturday afternoon at Tomsich Arena, but a late surge by Oberlin College proved decisive as the Yeowomen pulled away for a 67-57 win in North Coast Athletic Conference play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kenyon drops to 6-12 overall and 1-6 in NCAC play, while Oberlin snapped a six-game losing streak to improve to 6-12 overall and 2-5 in conference play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oberlin struck first with an early layup and pushed ahead 4-0 before Kenyon found its footing. Sophomore <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kiana-mollabashy\/9155\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"9155\" target=\"_blank\">Kiana Mollabashy<\/a><\/dfn> put the Owls on the board from deep at the 6:33 mark (4-3), and first-year <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/abby-burdette\/9162\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"9162\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Burdette<\/a><\/dfn> buried a triple to give Kenyon its first lead. Oberlin responded with a late free throw to carry a slim 15-13 edge into the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The second quarter featured several momentum swings. Oberlin briefly pushed its lead, but Kenyon countered with timely baskets from sophomore <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/susannah-zimmerman\/9151\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"9151\" target=\"_blank\">Susannah Zimmerman<\/a><\/dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/alyssa-horsley\/9150\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"9150\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa Horsley<\/a><\/dfn>, while continuing to attack the paint and get to the free-throw line. Despite struggling to find consistency from the field, the Owls&#8217; efficiency at the charity stripe kept them within striking distance heading into halftime, trailing by just three at 28-25<\/p>\n<p>Coming out of halftime, Oberlin flipped the momentum. A pair of early finishes by Gaby Pe\u00f1a-Hilzen swung the lead back to the Yeowomen, and while Kenyon answered with timely makes, including Burdette&#8217;s three that tied the game at 31-31, Oberlin countered quickly and continued to build separation. By the end of the third, Oberlin had pushed its advantage to 48-40.<\/p>\n<p>Oberlin opened the fourth with a tip-in (9:42) to stretch the margin to double digits, but Kenyon kept fighting. Mollabashy hit two free throws at 7:43 to chip away, and the Owls found rhythm from beyond the arc late from Zimmerman and Mollabashy and a strong finish from senior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/anissa-hardy\/9164\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"9164\" target=\"_blank\">Anissa Hardy<\/a><\/dfn>. However, Oberlin answered each push, converting inside and at the line to seal the 67-57 result.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, several Owls delivered strong individual performances. First-year <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/abby-burdette\/9162\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"9162\" target=\"_blank\">Abby Burdette<\/a><\/dfn> led Kenyon with a career-best 13 points while also setting new personal highs in minutes played and rebounds, adding four boards and two assists. Sophomore <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kiana-mollabashy\/9155\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"9155\" target=\"_blank\">Kiana Mollabashy<\/a><\/dfn> finished with 10 points, three rebounds, two blocks, and a steal. Zimmerman and Horsley each chipped in eight points, with Zimmerman pulling down six rebounds and dishing out four assists, while Horsley added three assists of her own.<\/p>\n<p>As a team, Kenyon endured a challenging shooting night, finishing 17-for-54 (31.5 percent) from the field, but the Owls excelled at the free-throw line, converting 14-of-15 attempts (93.3 percent), one of their best marks of the season. Oberlin held the rebounding edge at 37\u201332 and shot 49.1 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p>A classic NCAC rivalry is on deck, as the Owls host perennial nationally ranked No. 8 Denison University next Saturday, January 31, with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>                    <button id=\"show-story-btn\">Read Full Article<\/button>\n                <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/news\/2026\/1\/24\/womens-basketball-owls-come-up-short-against-yeowomen.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; GAMBIER, Ohio \u2013 The Kenyon College women&#8217;s basketball team was locked in a back-and-forth battle throughout Saturday afternoon at Tomsich Arena, but a late surge by Oberlin College proved decisive as the Yeowomen pulled away for a 67-57 win in North Coast Athletic Conference play.\u00a0 Kenyon drops to 6-12 overall and 1-6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}