{"id":1132,"date":"2022-12-18T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/18\/second-half-offensive-uptick-helps-cardinals-clip-owls-kenyon-college-athletics\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T17:05:00","slug":"second-half-offensive-uptick-helps-cardinals-clip-owls-kenyon-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/18\/second-half-offensive-uptick-helps-cardinals-clip-owls-kenyon-college-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-half offensive uptick helps Cardinals clip Owls &#8211; Kenyon College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<section class=\"sidearm-story-template-links\" aria-label=\"Story Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"hide\">Story Links<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n   <\/section>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game hide-on-small-down\">\n<div class=\"postgame_1-2_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-logo\">\n                \n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n<h2>Next Game:<\/h2>\n<p>vs. Amherst College<\/p>\n<p>12\/29\/2022 | 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postgame_3_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-primary\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Dec. 29 (Thu) \/ 12:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/images\/logos\/Amherst Mammoth (1).png\" alt=\"Amherst College\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-text--atVs\">vs.<\/span>\u00a0<span>Amherst College<\/span>&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/opponent-history\/amherst-college\/320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History <span class=\"sidearm-icon sf-play-by-play-alt-minimal\"\/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>     &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">GAMBIER, Ohio &#8212; The Kenyon College women&#8217;s basketball team emerged from a first-half slog with a lead and caught fire from three-point range in the fourth to take a late lead, but Otterbein University (5-4, 2-2 OAC) closed out the Owls to win 57-50. Kenyon falls to 2-7 (0-1 NCAC) with the loss in their final home game of 2022.<\/p>\n<p><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/katie-orefice\/6664\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"6664\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Orefice<\/a><\/dfn> scored a game-high 13 points, but it took her 19 shots as the Otterbein defense blocked her four times and forced many tough looks. The senior also dished out a game-high three assists as she helped the Owls stay close despite having to grind out offensive outputs.<\/p>\n<p><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/claudia-cooke\/6661\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"6661\" target=\"_blank\">Claudia Cooke<\/a><\/dfn> thrived at the charity stripe, scoring nine points after shooting 7-7 from the free-throw line, helping the Owls double Otterbein&#8217;s free-throw output (16-8). <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/anissa-hardy\/7294\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"7294\" target=\"_blank\">Anissa Hardy<\/a><\/dfn> finished with eight points, six rebounds, and two assists on an efficient 4-6 clip, while <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/alyssa-gest\/7290\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"7290\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa Gest<\/a><\/dfn> added eight points thanks to a pair of triples and free throws.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Through one quarter, it looked like Otterbein was going to control the game. The Cardinals led by nine, 11-2, after holding Kenyon to a 1-11 clip from the field through eight and a half minutes. However, Kenyon&#8217;s post players <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/anissa-hardy\/7294\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"7294\" target=\"_blank\">Anissa Hardy<\/a><\/dfn> and <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/claudia-cooke\/6661\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"6661\" target=\"_blank\">Claudia Cooke<\/a><\/dfn> chipped in two points apiece before the end of the frame, cutting the deficit to five and giving the Owls a momentum boost they would carry into the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Each team only made one field goal in the second period, with the Owls shooting 1-11 (9.1 percent) and the Cardinals hitting one of 12 shots (8.3 percent). Despite the lack of offense, Kenyon outscored Otterbein 8-2 in the period thanks to six free throws on eight attempts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 12-2 run from the end of the first quarter through halftime gave the home team a 14-13 lead at the break, despite the Owls making just three field goals and shooting 12.5 percent from the floor and 0-7 from three-point range.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy made the first shot of the second half to put Kenyon up 16-13, but that would mark the Owls&#8217; largest lead. Hardy scored six of Kenyon&#8217;s first eight second-half points, but the Cardinals clutched a five-point edge at the quarter&#8217;s end after knocking down a late triple.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyon came out on fire from downtown in the fourth as <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/alyssa-gest\/7290\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"7290\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa Gest<\/a><\/dfn> converted a triple on the opening possession. The three-point shooting helped the Owls battle back as Kenyon went 4-6 from deep while Otterbein made their lone trifecta.<\/p>\n<p>That Cardinal&#8217;s triple put the visitors ahead 40-33 with 8:28 on the clock. Another Gest triple after an Orefice jumper cut the deficit to two, but Otterbein&#8217;s lead swelled back to seven at 45-38.<\/p>\n<p>It was there that <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/alexis-newman\/7291\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"7291\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Newman<\/a><\/dfn> got into the scorebook, knocking down two triples that sandwiched an and-one play from <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/mikayla-rudolph\/7292\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"7292\" target=\"_blank\">Mikayla Rudolph<\/a><\/dfn>. The first-years&#8217; scoring propelled Kenyon to a 9-2 run, tying the game at 47.<\/p>\n<p>Gest went 1-2 from the charity stripe at the 1:39 mark to put the Owls ahead 50-49, but the make marked Kenyon&#8217;s final point. Otterbein finished the game on an 8-0 run, shooting 2-2 from the floor and 4-4 from the free throw line, while the Owls went 0-3 despite getting good looks.<\/p>\n<p>The Owls will look to bounce back on the road when they head to Las Vegas, Nevada, for two games from Dec. 29-30. Kenyon is set to take on Amherst College and Concordia College (Minn.) as part of the D3 Hoops Classic before opening 2023 with a home game on Jan. 4.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.kenyon.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/18\/womens-basketball-second-half-offensive-uptick-helps-cardinals-clip-owls.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: vs. Amherst College 12\/29\/2022 | 12:00 PM &#13; Dec. 29 (Thu) \/ 12:00 PM&#13; &#13; vs.\u00a0Amherst College&#13; History &#13; GAMBIER, Ohio &#8212; The Kenyon College women&#8217;s basketball team emerged from a first-half slog with a lead and caught fire from three-point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1133,"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\/1132"}],"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=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}