SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Wittenberg Tigers won their second game in 24 hours and their fourth game in eight days with a convincing 75-54 decision against visiting Allegheny.

The win pushed the Tigers past the .500 mark at 7-6 overall, and more importantly Wittenberg improved to 3-1 in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC). Allegheny dropped to 6-7 overall and 2-3 in the NCAC.

After a career night in Friday's win over Hiram, sophomore Enri Small (Columbus, Ohio/Columbus School for Girls) continued her hot streak against the Gators. She poured in a career-high-tying 23 points, seven rebounds and six steals, giving her tremendous two-game totals of 43 points, 21 rebounds and 13 steals.

It was Small who got the Tigers rolling in the first half against Allegheny with a personal eight-point burst in a two-minute span. That turned a one-point deficit into a 20-13 lead at the 10:02 mark, and the Tigers managed to expand that to 38-29 by halftime.

The Gators would get no closer than seven points the rest of the way, in part thanks to much-improved foul shooting by the Tigers, who hit 12-of-15 in the second half alone. The other key factor for Wittenberg was continued improvement in the rebounding area as the Tigers piled up a 46-32 advantage.

Junior Amber Rice (South Charleston, Ohio/Southeastern) turned in another fine game as well, finishing with 14 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals. Also of note was the play of sophomore Heather Schroeder (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora) with a career-high 10 points in 13 quality minutes off the bench and the contributions provided by sophomore Karen Daniel-Hamberg (Columbus, Ohio/Grandview) with eight points and a game-high nine rebounds.

Wittenberg shot a season-high 45.6 percent from the field, including 5-of-11 from three-point range. The Tigers were charged with a season-high 28 turnovers as all nine players who saw action committed at least ballhandling miscue, but they forced 22 Allegheny turnovers and held the Gators to just 32 percent shooting for the game.