Dec. 30, 2005
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ATHENS, Ohio - Simone Redd drilled a three-pointer with 27 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime, but Duquesne rallied past the Ohio women's basketball team in the extra period Friday, slipping past the Bobcats 82-79 in The Convo.
Ohio (3-8) led by seven at the break, but the Dukes (5-6) fought back hard in the second period and led by as many as six with one minute left in the half. The Bobcats picked up the tempo down the stretch and facing a three-point deficit, Redd (Warrensville Heights, Ohio) knocked down a clutch shot from beyond the arc to tie up the game and send it into overtime. The Bobcats took a three-point lead in overtime, but Duquesne outscored Ohio 5-0 over the last 1:54 of the game.
Redd finished with 19 points, but it was true freshman Rachel Frederick (Gibsonia, Pa.) that paced the Ohio attack with 21 points and eight boards, including a 10-for-11 effort from the charity stripe. Quintana Ward (Park Forest, Ill.) scored 12 points off the bench, and center Vicky Hashivon (Ramat Hasharon, Israel) shattered a career-high, hitting for 11 points with six boards.
The Dukes were a two-man show on the evening, relying on Loui Hall and Aiga Bautre for the bulk of its offensive production. Hall hit for 22, and Bautre kicked in 20 for the Dukes. Bautre keyed a second-half rally with 15 points in the second stanza.
Duquesne out-rebounded the Cats by just one (40-39), but Nicole Sinclair had her way on the boards with 13 rebounds.
The Bobcats were hitting on all cylinders in the first half. Back-to-back threes by Redd and Katie Reihmann (Marengo, Iowa) put Ohio ahead 14-6 with 13:07 left in the first half. That lead was cut down to one on two different occasions in the half, but the Bobcats continued to push Duquesne as the half neared an end. Ohio took a double-digit lead, 11 points, at the 6:42 mark. It's biggest lead of the game came at the 3:47 point of the first half, a 12-point edge at 35-23.
At the break, no one in the game was in double figures in the scoring column, but a balanced Bobcat attack that included seven players with at least two points gave the home team a 37-30 lead. For the half, Ohio's bench provided 11 points and the Bobcats scored 14 points off seven Duquesne turnovers.
Out of the locker room, Ohio increased its lead to nine at the 14:48 mark. From that point, however, the Dukes began to roll back into the contest. A Brittany Warren layup at 10:13 gave the Dukes a lead, 49-48. That lead swelled to as much as six with 60 seconds remaining.
A Ward layup and a combined three free throws from Frederick and Ciara Iglehart (Mission Viejo, Calif.) put Ohio down 73-70 with 42 seconds left. Redd knocked down the three with 27 seconds left to tie the game and Ohio successfully defended Duqusne's ensuing possession.
An old-fashioned three-point play from Frederick gave the Bobcats a three-point lead with 2:54 left in the overtime period. The Dukes, however, outscored the Cats 7-1 over the duration.
Ohio shot 42.6 percent from the floor and 38.9 percent from beyond the arc in the game. The Dukes countered with a 38.3 field-goal percentage and a 42.1 mark from three-point range.
Ohio continues a three-game home stand and kicks off Mid-American Conference play on Jan. 8. The Bobcats will play host to Kent State at 5 p.m. in The Convo, the second half of a Bobcat basketball doubleheader.
