MARIETTA, Ohio — The Marietta College women's basketball team dropped a 63-59 Ohio Athletic Conference game to visiting Baldwin Wallace University Saturday (Dec. 3) afternoon in Ban Johnson Arena. The loss snapped Marietta's six-game win streak as the Pioneers slip to 6-2 overall and 1-1 in the OAC. The Yellow Jackets improve to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the OAC.

Shay Lett led the Pioneers with 16 points, including four three-pointers. Amisha Herd had 14 points and seven rebounds, while Brooke Borich finished with 10 points. Corrie Burkhardt grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.

Sydney Clark led BW with 18 points and three blocked shots. Clara Lemmon notched the double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

A very athletic Yellow Jacket squad raced out to an early 13-2 lead and never trailed in the first half. Baldwin Wallace led 22-13 at the end of the first quarter and pushed the lead to as many as 12 points in the second period.

BW got a layup from Rachel Womeldorf with 3:56 left in the second quarter making it 32-21 in favor of the Yellow Jackets. Marietta caught fire and drained three from beyond the arc, including two from Lett, to cut the deficit to two points, 35-33, at halftime.

A jumper from Corrie Burkhardt to start the third quarter knotted the game at 35-35. Herd got her own offensive rebound and put back to give Marietta its first lead of the day, 39-37, with 6:03 left in the third.

The Pioneers scored 12 straight points to build a 10-point lead, 47-37, at the 3:23 mark. BW answered with the last five points of the quarter and trailed Marietta 47-42 heading into the final 10 minutes of play.

Baldwin Wallace turned up the pressure on defense and forced four Pioneers turnovers in the early going of the fourth quarter. The Yellow Jackets capitalized on those turnovers hitting three from downtown and turning the five-point deficit into an eight-point lead, 55-47, three minutes into the final period.

Borich nailed a triple with 1:04 left in the game to tie the game, 59-59. But those would be Marietta's final points in the game as the Pioneers missed its final three shot attempts. Forced to foul the Yellow Jackets, Baldwin Wallace converted four-of-six free throws in the final minute to secure the victory.

For the game, Marietta shot 41.4% (24-of-58) from the floor, 33.3% (6-of-18) from three-point range and 83.3% (5-of-6) from the free throw line. Baldwin Wallace was 23-of-57 (40.4%) from the floor, 10-of-29 (34.5%) from behind the arc and 7-of-11 (63.6%) at the line.

The Pioneers had a slim 37-33 edge in rebounds. Marietta turned the ball over 18 times, while BW turned the ball over 14 times.

Marietta hits the road for its next three games starting with a trip to John Carroll University Saturday (Dec. 10) for a 4 p.m. match-up.