Women’s basketball team upended at Bluffton, 77-43

BLUFFTON, Ohio – The Olivet College women's basketball team suffered a 77-43 loss to Bluffton (Ohio) College tonight inside the Sommer Center.

Final Score: Bluffton 77, Olivet 43
Location: Sommer Center; Bluffton, Ohio
Records: Bluffton 1-1 overall, Olivet 1-2 overall

• The teams traded the first eight baskets of the game, resulting in four tied scores. The Comets made a free throw to go up 9-8 before the Beavers scored five of the final seven points of the quarter for a 14-11 lead.
• In the second quarter, Bluffton extended its lead to 18 points, 38-20, at the 1:17 mark. Olivet put the final four points on the scoreboard to trail by 14 points, 34-20, at the halftime break.
• The Comets did not get any closer for the rest of the game.

• Sophomore Zoee Zatarga paced Olivet with 15 points and five rebounds.
• Junior Brianna Alexander scored 13 points to go along with recording four rebounds, three assists and three steals.

• Sammy Shardo led all scorers with 18 points, including four baskets from behind the three-point arc.
• Morgan Smith came off the bench to score 11 points and grab a game-high eight rebounds.
• Angel Schneider tallied 10 points.

• On Friday and Saturday, Olivet heads to Holland to participate in the Hope College Tip-off Classic at the DeVos Fieldhouse. The Comets face Baldwin Wallace (Ohio) University on Friday night at 5:30 p.m., and Finlandia University on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.