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WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Otterbein University women's basketball team defeated Baldwin Wallace in overtime, 82-72, on Saturday inside the Rike Center.

Otterbein (11-10 overall) improves to 6-8 in Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) play, moving into a tie for sixth-place with John Carroll.

Senior forward Amariah Huck was recognized during pre-game for her outstanding playing career, while the Cardinals welcomed Sandra Love as the newest member of the team as part of the team's partnership with the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation. 

The Cardinals began the game with a 15-9 lead after one quarter, thanks to six different players notching at least one point. Senior forward Amariah Huck started her final home game by scoring back-to-back layups in the paint for the first two baskets of the contest.

A jumper in the paint by sophomore forward Kiersten Taylor gave the Cards an eight-point advantage to begin the second period, before Taylor and Huck converted consecutive baskets to inflate the Otterbein lead to 21-11 at the 8:19 mark.

BW chipped away at the Cardinal lead over the next three minutes, as freshman guard Hannah Fecht connected on two three-pointers to help her team take its first lead in over 10 minutes at 26-25. Both teams evened out with nine points apiece over the final five minutes, as the Yellow Jackets took a 35-34 lead at the break.

Huck led all scorers in the first half with nine points, while Otterbein posted a 46.7 percent mark from the field and held BW to 39.7 percent shooting.

The Yellow Jackets carried their scoring streak into the second half, scoring 26 points to total 52 points between the second and third periods. BW began to distance themselves from the Cards with an 11-point lead late in the quarter, but Otterbein managed to tally six of the final nine points to trail 61-53.

Otterbein regained control of the game in the final period of regulation, outscoring BW 14-6. Huck converted a pair of clutch free throws with 16 seconds remaining to tie the game at 67 points apiece and send the game into overtime.

The Cards continued their scoring run in overtime, totaling 15 points and holding BW to just five points on 1-of-8 shooting. 

Huck led all scorers with a double-double on 27 points and 10 rebounds, shooting 8-of-16 from the field and 11-of-13 from the foul line. Having reached 1,000 career points this past Wednesday, Huck now sits 16th all-time among the scoring leaders in program history with 1,035 points. 

Four additional Cardinal players totaled double-digit scoring efforts for an Otterbein team that capitalized on a 25-13 advantage in points off turnovers.

Otterbein's final four regular season games are on the road, starting with a trip to Wilmington on Wednesday. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.