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On this date in area sports history …
Fifteen years ago on this date, Feb. 14, 1996, the Wittenberg women’s basketball team’s 53-game winning streak in North Coast Athletic Conference regular-season play ended.
Complete story on the jump.
STREAK AT END
WITT WOMEN DROP FIRST NCAC GAME IN THREE SEASONS
DELAWARE, Ohio — The streak is over.
Wittenberg’s 53-game North Coast Athletic Conference regular season winning streak came to an end Wednesday night with a 69-61 loss to host Ohio Wesleyan at Branch Rickey Arena.
The Tigers had already clinched their third straight NCAC regular season title, but the loss finished Witt’s chances of finishing unbeaten in the conference three consecutive years.
Wittenberg’s last NCAC regular season loss was 60-57, also to Ohio Wesleyan, in Springfield on Jan. 27, 1993.
Wittenberg, 18-6 overall and 15-1 in the NCAC, led 45-41 with 12:43 left in the game. But Ohio Wesleyan, 14-8 and 10-5, went on a 10-0 run, including six points by Tracy Scott in a little over a minute, and took a 51-45 lead at the 9:29 mark.
Mechelle Pothast, who led the Tigers with 18 points, hit a pair of three-point goals to tie the game at 51, but the Battling Bishops followed with a 9-2 run for a 60-53 lead with 4:48 left. Wittenberg could get no closer than five after that.
Backup point guard Jana Bostelman, a freshman, had a season-high 14 points for the Tigers.
WITTENBERG (61) — Pothast 7-17 0-0 18, Trigg 2-5 0-0 4, Jurewicz 2-5 1-2 5, Bonometti 1-5 0-0 2, Darling 2-2 0-0 4, Bobst 3-5 0-0 6, Bostelman 5-11 3-3 14, Kolbe 3-7 2-3 8. Totals: 25-57 6-8 61.
OHIO WESLEYAN (69) — Scott 3-6 3-3 9, Hampshire 7-7 1-2 15, Quatman 4-11 0-2 8, Culwell 6-17 5-7 17, Wilson 1-9 0-0 2, Labuda 2-4 0-0 4, Santa 0-1 0-0 0, Cooley 2-2 0-1 4, Greene 5-10 0-0 10. Totals: 30-67 9-15 69.
Halftime: Ohio Wesleyan, 30-28. Three-point goals: Wittenberg 5-21 (Pothast 4, Bostelman), Ohio Wesleyan 0-10. Rebounds: Wittenberg 31 (Trigg 11), Ohio Wesleyan 43 (Quatman 13). Shooting percentages: Wittenberg .439, Ohio Wesleyan .448. Assists: Wittenberg 14 (Bostelman 4), Ohio Wesleyan 19 (Scott 4, Quatman 4, Culwell 4). Turnovers: Wittenberg 25, Ohio Wesleyan 19. Fouled out: None. Technical Fouls: None. Records: Wittenberg 18-6, 15-1 NCAC; Ohio Wesleyan 14-8, 10-5. A: 221.
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