BEREA, Ohio – The #9 Trine University women's basketball team opened its season with a 58-48 road win over #14 Baldwin Wallace University on Wednesday night.
Ally Capouch led the Thunder with 16 points in the win, all in the first half.
Trine used a 22 point second quarter to pull away to a 36-19 halftime advantage. Trine forced 15 Yellow Jacket turnovers and held a 40-22 advantage in points in the paint.
Annika Southworth scored a dozen points while
Callie Nichols pitched in eight points and six rebounds.
Trine scored the first seven points, six coming in the paint.
Alivia Farnham opened the scoring with her first career basket. Capouch added the next eight points and Nichols scored inside as the Thunder built a 12-3 lead. Baldwin Wallace closed the gap to 14-9 by the quarter's end.
Points in the paint were the bread and butter of the first quarter, the second stanza gave way to the long ball. Trine drained all three of their triples in the frame. Southworth made the first, two layups from Nichols led to a second trey, coming from Capouch. Capouch finished her first half onslaught with two more layups.
BW outscored Trine 29-22 in the second half but Trine's lead and paint presence proved too much. The lead grew to as many as 19 before the Jackets began the rally. An 11-4 run pulled the Jackets with in a dozen. The Thunder held the lead with six points in the paint, four from
Aubri Korfhagen and a pair from Farnham.
Baldwin Wallace trimmed the lead to as little as six in the fourth quarter behind an 8-0 run. The Thunder responded with four more points in the paint to regain a double-digit lead. Southworth made three free throws to close out the win.
Trine is now 1-0 and deal the Jackets their first loss, dropping them to 1-1. The Thunder return to the Buckeye State on Saturday to take on the Ohio Northern University Polar Bears.
