WASHINGTON, Pa. — The Otterbein women's basketball team fell 68-51 to host Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) in the W&J Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday.

The Basics

• Records: Otterbein (1-1 overall), Washington & Jefferson (2-0 overall)
• Venue: Salvitti Family Gymnasium - Washington, Pa.
• Otterbein posted a 1-1 record in the two-day W&J Tip-Off Tournament, adding a 70-60 win over Saint Vincent (Pa.) on Friday. W&J won 72-67 over No. 19 Baldwin Wallace on Friday.
• Senior Maizie King was named to the All-Tournament Team after posting a combined 20 points and 16 rebounds in the two games.

Otterbein Stat Leaders

• Sophomore Kyla Irby led the Cardinals in scoring with 15 points, including a perfect 8-for-8 mark from the free-throw line.
• Graduate student Kathleen DeCarlo also scored in double figures, posting 11 points and five rebounds.
• King tallied nine points and five rebounds.
• Freshman Mattie Walburn finished with seven points and two rebounds.
• Sophomore Anna Waskiewicz posted five points and six rebounds.

Game Highlights

• First Quarter: DeCarlo scored Otterbein's first four points but picked up her second foul with 6:14 remaining as W&J built an 8-4 lead. A corner 3-pointer put the Presidents up 13-8 with 2:19 left, and another triple extended the lead to 18-9 with 56 seconds remaining. W&J took that 18-9 edge into the second quarter thanks largely to its 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point range.
• Second Quarter: W&J opened the scoring with another 3-pointer to go up 21-9 with 7:37 left, leading to an Otterbein timeout. The Presidents made two more triples for a 27-9 edge with 6:02 remaining. Irby ended the Cardinal scoring drought with a pair of free throws with 5:12 left, cutting the deficit to 27-11. Trailing 32-16 with 2:47 left, Otterbein closed the quarter on a 5-0 run, getting a pair of free throws from Irby and an and-1 from Waskiewicz to go into halftime trailing 32-21. Walburn paced the Cardinals in scoring with five points in the first half. W&J was 8-of-16 from beyond the arc over the first 20 minutes, while Otterbein was 7-of-13 from the foul line.
• Third Quarter: W&J opened up a 36-21 lead, but the Cardinals continually chipped away at that advantage. Trailing 40-27 with 6:14 left, Otterbein put together a 14-6 run to end the quarter to close the gap to just five, 46-41, going into the fourth. The Cardinals cut the deficit to as little as one, 42-41, on a 3-pointer from Irby with 1:21 left. Irby scored seven points in that scoring run to go with three from King and two each from Waskiewicz and sophomore Abby Rawlings.
• Fourth Quarter: The Presidents extended their lead to 13, 60-47, on a 3-pointer with 3:20 left in the game and outscored the Cardinals 22-10 overall in the period to close out the victory. Six of the Cardinals' 13 turnovers in the game came in the final period.
• Key Team Stats: Otterbein shot 29% from the field and was 1-of-14 (7.1%) from 3-point range. W&J shot 44% from the field and was 10-of-24 (41.7%) from 3-point range. The Cardinals were 14-of-25 (56%) from the foul line, while the Presidents were 14-of-15 (93.3%). W&J out-rebounded Otterbein by a slim 39-38 margin. Otterbein forced 18 W&J turnovers.

Notables

• Otterbein and Washington & Jefferson last met in 2015, with the Presidents coming away with a 68-63 home win.
• Irby was one point shy of matching her career-high of 16 points, which she posted twice last year as a freshman.
• Irby led the Cardinals in scoring in both games of the W&J Tournament, finishing with a combined 29 points. DeCarlo finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds.
• Head coach Diana Noles is in her sixth year at Otterbein and boasts an all-time record of 65-53 at the helm of the Cardinals.