Women’s basketball team ends season with 81-45 setback to Alma

OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College women's basketball team closed the curtain on the 2021-22 season with an 81-45 loss to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) foe Alma College today inside the Cutler Event Center.

Final Score: Alma 81, Olivet 45
Location: Cutler Event Center; Olivet, Michigan
Records: Alma 14-11 overall, 8-8 MIAA; Olivet 2-22 overall, 0-16 MIAA

• The Scots raced out to a 5-0 lead. Olivet scored five straight points to tie the game at 5-5. After Alma made a three-pointer, freshman Maya Kelly drained a three-pointer to level the score at the 4:06 mark. The Scots scored the last six points of the quarter to take a 14-8 lead at the start of the second stanza.
• Alma extended its lead to 12 points, 24-12, with 6:12 left in the second period. The Comets fought back to close the gap to eight points on three occasions. After the final time at 30-22, the Scots ended the quarter on an 8-0 spurt to double their advantage at halftime, 38-22. Olivet made the first basket of the third quarter but not get any closer for the rest of the game.

• Freshman Courtney Balazs was Olivet's leading scorer with eight points.
• Kelly and senior Logan Kyre each scored seven points.
• Senior Alicia Bullaro connected on a pair of three-pointers for six points.
• Sophomore Zoee Zatarga grabbed eight rebounds.

• Orethea Humphries led all scorers with 16 points.
• Taylor Sas contributed 15 points and eight rebounds.
• Maddie Robbins also pulled down eight rebounds and dished out three assists.