Hiram, Ohio – The Oberlin College women's basketball team shot an impressive 68.2% from the floor (30-of-44) on their way a convincing 71-45 victory over Hiram on Saturday afternoon.
 
Jasmine Sorrells was the game-high scorer with 18 points as she fell one rebound shy of another double-double. Sophomore guard Sammy Spanier added 16 points to go along with seven boards while Cheyenne Arthur did a little bit of everything for Oberlin with 10 points, six rebounds and six assists.
 
The Terriers held a slim advantage for most of the first quarter before back-to-back layups by Maggie Gross and Rowan Smith gave the Yeowomen a 20-18 lead after 10 minutes of play.
 
Those four points started a 16-0 Oberlin run that stretched the score to 32-18 at the 6:21 mark of the second quarter. Hiram would cut the deficit to single digits, 32-23, with three minutes left until halftime but a 5-0 burst by Spanier gave the Yeowomen a comfortable 37-23 lead at the intermission.
 
A Sorrells layup just over two minutes into the second half increased the Oberlin margin to 21, 44-23, before a Mackenzie Michaels bucket with 2:05 left in the period gave the Yeowomen their largest lead to that point at 51-28.
 
The Terriers would hit a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of the third but still trailed 53-33 heading to the fourth quarter.
 
An Arthur jumper at the 7:27 mark of the period extended the Yeowomen cushion to 25, 60-35, while a bucket from beyond the arc by Nichole Geist with 1:47 left to play gave Oberlin its biggest differential of the contest, 69-41, as it breezed by Hiram 71-45.
 
The Yeowomen outscored the Terriers 51-27 after the opening quarter as they won the war in the paint 32-8 while outrebounding Hiram 39-29.
 
On the defensive end, Oberlin held the Hiram offensive to a 23.1% (15-of-65) clip from the field and 21.7% (5-of-23) from long-range.
 
The Yeowomen return home on Wednesday, February 19 when they welcome Wooster to Philips Gym for a 6:00 p.m. showdown.