Dragons Finish Season on a High with a 72-52 win over ODU

Kirsten Williams led the Dragons with 16 points on Senior Day in the win over ODU.
Kirsten Williams led the Dragons with 16 points on Senior Day in the win over ODU.

The Tiffin University women's basketball team (8-20, 5-15 G-MAC) finished their 2022-23 campaign on a high with a 72-52 win over Ohio Dominican on Senior Day.

Before the start of the game, the Dragons honored its five-member senior class - Kennedy Haubert, Jae'onna Sutton, Jada Tate, Savanah Richards, and Kirsten Williams.

Ohio Dominican started the game with a 6-2 run, but Tiffin countered with a 6-0 run to take an 8-6 lead with 2:51 left in the quarter. The Panthers outscored TU 4-2 to lead 10-8 after the first quarter.

The Dragons caught fire in the second quarter as they dominated the opposition, outscoring ODU 26-6 and scoring 21 straight points to lead 34-16 by halftime.

The Dragons held a double-digit lead for the entire third quarter after a monster second quarter. ODU outscored Tiffin 18-16 in the third quarter, but the Dragons held a 50-34 lead going into the final frame.

Ohio Dominican made two threes to cut the lead down to 54-40, but TU responded with a 6-0 run to lead 60-40. The Panthers countered with an 8-3 run to bring the score to 63-48 with 3:55 left in the game. Tiffin had a dominant game and went on to seal the 72-52 win over Ohio Dominican.

Kirsten Williams led the Dragons with 16 points shooting 6-for-10 from the field, 4-for-7 from beyond the arc, and had seven rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one block, Jada Tate tallied 15 points shooting 6-for-13 from the field with five rebounds, one assist, one steal, and one block, and Presley Feltner scored ten points shooting 5-for-6 from the field, grabbed four rebounds, three assists, and one steal.