Wednesday, December 6, 2017
BETHANY, Okla. -- Consecutive triples from seniors Rosa Orpo and Jana Schammel with 44 seconds left helped the No. 12 John Brown University women's basketball team withstand Southwestern Christian (Okla.) on Saturday evening, as the Golden Eagles held on for a 62-57 victory inside the Pickens-Springer Gymnasium.
SCU's Amy Tully scored two of her 16 points on the night to pull the host Eagles (4-4, 1-1 Sooner Athletic) within one, 54-53, with 1:38 left in the game, but back-to-back triples from Orpo and Schammel put the game out of reach as senior Kimmy Deines' two conversions at the line with 14 seconds left iced the game, helping the Golden Eagles (6-3, 1-0) snap a two-game, on the court, losing skid.
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November 30
John Brown forfeit over St. Gregory’s
Southwestern Christian 82, Bacone 78
Mid-America Christian 108, Central Christian 63
Southwestern Assemblies of God 63, Panhandle State 59
Wayland Baptist 88, Texas Wesleyan 79
December 2
John Brown 62, Southwestern Christian 57
Wayland Baptist 66, Southwestern Assemblies of God 47
Oklahoma City 77, Mid-America Christian 49
Science and Arts 81, Central Christian 42
Panhandle State 84, Texas Wesleyan 79
Tuesday’s game
John Brown at Central Christian (n)
Wednesday’s game
Science and Arts at Oklahoma City
Thursday’s game
Bacone at Central Christian
Saturday’s games
Bacone at Henderson State
Oklahoma City at John Brown
JBU picked up a forfeit victory on Nov. 30 versus St. Gregory's (Okla.). The win did not figure into John Brown's conference record.
With junior Baily Cameron battling against extra coverage, seniors Schammel and Luize Skrastina stepped up to score in double digits as Schammel hit 5-of-14 from the floor, including four triples, to score a team-best 16 while Skrastina hit three treys of her own en route to a 4-of-9 effort from the field, scoring 11 to accompany her nine boards.
The visitors dominated the boards, 38-26, a needed advantage while shooting well below its season averages. John Brown hit 21-of-58 from the floor (36.2 percent) but actually scored more from behind the arc than inside it, knocking down 15-of-33 from long range.
Despite a trio of double-figure scorers, the Eagles didn't fare much better, hitting 35-of-62 (38.7), but missing the vast majority from three-point range (8-of-24).
Sophomore Sara Williams and Orpo each contributed nine points apiece while senior Kimmy Deines registered all seven of her points in the second half.
Triples rained early for Christian, which built an early 13-6 lead midway through the first quarter on the strength of 5-of-8 shooting behind the arc. Skrastina and Orpo, twice, hit triples in response, and despite not scoring through the final 2:23 of the first quarter, the Golden Eagles whittled the margin to just three, 21-18.
SCU went 3-of-16 from behind the arc for the remainder of the contest.
While the hosts out-scored the Golden Eagles 24-12 in the paint, the JBU bench bailed out starters, scoring 24 of the team's 62 total points, nearly 40 percent, while SCU managed just four points from its reserves.
Although committing 16 turnovers in the contest, JBU limited the hosts to just four offensive rebounds.
The Golden Eagles returned to action on Tuesday at conference newcomer Central Christian (Kan.) in McPherson. Results were not available at presstime.
JBU returns to action on Saturday at 3 p.m. against defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Oklahoma City.
Sports on 12/06/2017