The Lady Braves avenged an early season loss to the Friends University Falcons with an 88-55 victory on Saturday night in Wilson Field House. OU fell earlier in the season to the Falcons, 94-65 in Wichita, Kan. The Lady Braves broke a seven game losing streak to Friends with the victory. It is OU's first win over the Falcons since January 24, 2008. Maggie Hasenkamp tied her own school record for single game threes with eight.
Within the first15 seconds of the contest an intentional foul was called on the Falcons' Raneisha Hunter. Hasenkamp connected on both free throws, giving OU an early 2-0 lead. Hasenkamp hit two straight three point field goals, giving OU an 8-0 lead on Friends with 18:29 on the clock. The Lady Braves pushed its lead to double digit points, 20-10, on a free throw by KiKi Smith with 11:16 left in the half.
OU slowly began to increase its lead and with 6:49 on the clock OU was up by 15 points, 33-18, after a three by Hasenkamp. Two minutes later, Myah Sprew's two free throws pushed the lead to 23 points, 42-19. In the final four minutes the Lady Braves held the Falcons to only one point, taking a 45-20 lead into the half.
The Lady Braves scored the first five points of the second half on a three by Hasenkamp and a field goal by Emma Hartzler. OU pushed its lead to over 30 points, 58-25, on a field goal by Tessa Porter with 15:30 on the clock. The Lady Braves took a 37 point lead, 80-43, on Hasenkamp's eighth three point field goal of the game. Friends was never able to get the game under 30 points and OU took an 88-55 victory.
Ottawa shot 52.7 percent from the field (29-for-55) and was 9-for-19 from behind the three point line and 21-for-28 from the free throw line. Friends was 16-for-71 from the floor for 22.5 percent and shot 3-for-15 from behind the three point line and 20-for-33 from the free throw line.
OU led in fast break points 19-2, points in the paint 32-24, second chance points, 12-6, and bench points 42-10. Friends had a slight lead in points off of turnovers 22-20.
The Lady Braves had two players in double figures led by Hasenkamp's career high 30 points on 9-for-12 shooting from the floor. Amber Ramsey scored 17 points off of the bench with her perfect 7-for-7 performance from the floor.
The brackets for the KCAC Tournament will be released on Sunday. Please go to www.ottawabraves.com for more information about the KCAC Tournament.
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