Box Score
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Jaila Bryant scored 18 points and Breanna Butler added 17 to lead Wheeling Jesuit to a 90-63 win over Shepherd University in MEC women's basketball action at the Butcher Center on Saturday.
Bryant added seven rebounds and game-highs of five assists and four steals for the Cardinals. Taneka Lewis added 14 points, while Jaana Motton had 13 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
Shepherd was led by
junior guard Rachel Johnson (Frederick, MD/Frederick) with 17 points. Johnson hit on 7-of-14 shots with a 1-of-2 effort from three-point range. She was 2-for-2 from the foul line.
Senior forward Jimyse Brown (Rankin, Pa./Winchester Thurston), the lone senior for the Rams, poured in 15 points and grabbed a team-high six rebounds on Senior Day. She added two blocks and a steal. Freshman forward Liz Myers (York, Pa./Eastern York) contributed eight points and five boards.
Wheeling Jesuit took a 48-30 lead into the break as Butler (13) and Bryant (11) combined for 24 first half points.
The Rams shot 37.7 percent (20-53) from the floor for the game, 33.3 percent (3-9) from three-point range, and 85 percent (17-20) from the line.
Wheeling Jesuit connected at 54.2 percent (32-59) from the floor, 27.3 percent (3-11) from beyond the arc, and 76.5 percent (26-34) from the charity stripe.
Wheeling Jesuit had a 36-26 advantage in rebounds. The Rams forced 21 turnovers and committed 30.
Shepherd falls to 2-20, 2-16 in MEC action, while Wheeling Jesuit improves to 12-11, 8-4. The Rams return to action on Thursday when they travel to UVa-Wise for a 5:30 p.m. contest.
Maggie McLoughlin had four points.
Briana Vaden had four points.
Gabby Flinchum drives to the basket.
Jimyse Brown was 5-of-6 from the charity stripe.
Cara Mason on the drive.
Alex Weakland scored five points.
Cara Mason had four points, three steals, and two assists.
Jimyse Brown with her family in pregame ceremony for Senior Day.
Tom Tucker in a postgame interview with Jimyse Brown. (Photos by William Ransom)
