Wednesday, February 17, 2016

On the Verge of History


Hiram's Women's Basketball team is close to setting a record

With a win tonight, the Hiram Women's Basketball team will break the school record for most wins in a single season. The Terriers, who just recently broke a four game losing streak on Senior night this past Saturday, are 5-6 at home and 5-5 on the road, for an overall record of 12-12. A win in their final game will propel them over .500 winning percentage, but it will not come easy.

The Terriers will be taking on Denison, who is 9-1 at home and 8-2 on the road, for an overall record of 20-3. Denison also just recently sealed the first place spot in the NCAC with their win at Kenyon. Leading Denison's offense is Junior, Jordan Holmes, who is averaging 15.3 points per game with a dominating shooting percentage of 61.9 percent from the floor. An additional six players on Denison's roster heavily contribute to their offensive threats, posting up averages that range from five to nine points per game.

Freshman Guard, Erica Johnson, spoke about the importance of shutting down Jordan Holmes of Denison. Johnson said that, "We need to work on our defense. We're going to be fronting them and then working on our help side defense. So we just need to make sure that we work on that in practice".

Kaylee Shockley led the Terriers in their last game against Oberlin with 20 points. Mercedes Jones will also be a necessary component in the Terriers' game plan. Mercedes is the team's leading scorer, averaging 15.7 points per game and shooting 45 percent from the floor.

When asked about how Mercedes will be incorporated into the team's strategy against Denison, Johnson said that, "It's important to get both inside and outside looks, so we just have to make sure that when Mercedes is open, ... [we] get the ball into her pretty fast".

With a win tonight, Hiram will end the season one game above .500 and place in the fourth, fifth or sixth seed, pending the remaining conference play for the other teams. With a Denison win tonight, Denison would advance to 21-3 overall and there would be no change in seeding.

There are no significant injuries in the game tonight. Tipoff is at Denison University and is set for 6 tonight.

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