Marquette University
Dayton
Women's Basketball KO's Dayton In Overtime
12/4/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 4, 1999
MILWAUKEE - Kiesha Oliver scored early and scored late, as the Marquette women?s basketball team overcame a sluggish second half to win its fourth straight, 67-60 in overtime, against Dayton this afternoon in the Milwaukee Arena. All three Marquette seniors reached double-digit point totals, and Abbie Willenborg registered her second consecutive double-double, but it was Oliver who stepped up late to help the Golden Eagles get past the surging Flyers. Marquette improves to 5-1 with the win, while Dayton drops to 3-4.
Oliver netted the first basket of the game, and picked up a quick six points as the Golden Eagles raced out to a 22-8 lead in the first half. Lisa Oldenburg was also hot in the opening minute and ended the first half with 13 points on 6-6 shooting from the field. However, Dayton started to chip away at the Marquette advantage with the effective inside-outside combo of Christi Hester and RaeLynn McIntosh. That duo helped the Flyers cut into Marquette?s lead, and the teams went into the lockerrooms with the score 27-22 in MU?s favor.
Hester and McIntosh got some help after the break, as Dayton shot 50% from the field and came back to take their first lead of the contest, 44-43, with 8:59 remaining. The elusive Hester, a 5-9 senior guard, proved particularly efficient, finishing the game with 17 points, on 6-12 shooting, seven assists and two steals. Her jumper with 1:47 left gave Dayton its largest lead of the game (53-50).
?We got away from what was successful for us,? Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell said. ?For that stretch when Dayton went up, we went away from all of that and it was frustrating because we could have made some simple adjustments to fix the problem.
After a perfect first half, Oldenburg got only five shots after the first 20 minutes, and the Golden Eagles committed 25 turnovers. However, a relentless Willenborg hit back-to-back layups to keep MU in the game, and Oliver?s layup in traffic off an inbounds play with nine seconds left gave Marquette the lead. Hester had a chance to win the game on a pair of free throws with no time left after being was fouled while driving to the hoop, but made only one - sending the game to overtime with a 54-54 score.
The Golden Eagles took advantage of the extra opportunity, converting all six of their free throws and letting Oliver do what she does best. The 5-9 shooting guard slashed her way to the hoop for two acrobatic layups and also grabbed two key rebounds in the extra session, as Marquette outscored the Flyers 13-6 in the overtime period.
?Kiesha?s a senior and she knows what it takes to win games like this,? Mitchell said. ?She?s won several games for us during her career and I wouldn?t want anyone else taking that game-winning shot because she?s a gamer. A lot of people don?t talk about her lot, but I talk about her a lot and I believe in her a lot.?
Oldenburg finished with a game-high 18 points and nine rebounds, while Willenborg tallied 17 points and 13 boards. Oliver ended up with season-highs of 12 points and seven rebounds. Sophomore point guard Kristi Johnson had eight points and a season-high six assists, while her classmate, Sarah Zawodny, came off the bench for seven points and five rebounds. McIntosh added 16 points and seven rebounds for Dayton, which also got 13 points off the bench from Sarah Schloss.
The Golden Eagles move across State Street for their lone game of the season in the Bradley Center on Mon., Dec. 6, when they host Brigham Young at 7 p.m. (CT).
MARQUETTE 67, DAYTON 60 (ot)
DAYTON (3-4)
Jaques 4-5 0-0 8, McIntosh 7-13 2-2 16, McFadden 0-5 1-2 1, Hester 6-12 3-4 17, Smith 0-1 1-2 1, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Donovan 0-1 0-0 0, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Schloss 6-15 0-0 13, Martens 0-1 0-1 0, Haselman 0-0 0-0 0, Stull 2-6 0-2 4. Totals 25-61 7-13 60.
MARQUETTE (5-1)
Oldenburg 7-11 3-4 18, Bowman 2-7 0-0 4, Willenborg 7-16 3-5 17, Johnson 3-10 2-4 8, Oliver 6-13 0-0 12, Klug 0-0 0-0 0, Gales 0-0 0-0 0, Ristau 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-1 0-1 0, Seffern 0-0 1-2 1, Zawodny 2-2 3-6 7. Totals 27 60 12-22 67.
Halftime_ Marquette 27, Dayton 22.
3-point goals_Dayton 3-11 (McFadden 0-2, Hester 2-3, Jones 0-1, Donovan 0-1, Schloss 1-4), Marquette 1-9 (Oldenburg 1-1, Bowman 0-4, Johnson 0-3, Oliver 0-1).
Rebounds_Dayton 35 (Stull 8), Marquette 41 (Willenborg 13).
Assists_Dayton 18 (Hester 7), Marquette 16 (Johnson 6).
Turnovers_Dayton 23, Marquette 25.
Fouled out_None.
Total fouls_Dayton 21, Marquette 17.
Att_479.
