Box Score Lady Marauders fall in semifinals to Cedarville

Cedarville, OH - Central State's season came to an end on Friday night with a 60-53 loss to top-seeded Cedarville in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference semifinals.

Behind G-MAC Women's Basketball Athlete of the Year, Raegan Ryan, who scored six of the team's first 12 points, Cedarville got off to a hot start and led 16-6 through the first eight minutes. Central State center Kourtni Perry did all she could for the Lady Marauders to stay in the game as she scored the team's first six points.
 
Heading into halftime, Ryan had 10 points to go along with four boards and three assists. Perry pulled down six rebounds to add to her eight points. Following a late 10-4 run by CSU, the Lady Jackets held a slim one point lead at halftime, 30-29. Despite shooting just 23% in the first half, Central State was able to weather the storm. The Lady Marauders held the edge on the boards 21-17 and forced Cedarville into 13 turnovers in the first half.
 
Cedarville scored the first few buckets of the second half, but Central State didn't back down as they continued playing their press defense. The Marauders tied it up just before the first media timeout of the second half, but Ryan knocked down a 3-pointer to grab the momentum back.
 
Off the back of that momentum 3-point basket, Cedarville went on a 13-3 run to pull ahead by eight with 11 minutes remaining. The Marauders continued to fight, narrowing the gap to 47-44 after Iniquia Snell hit a step back 3 pointer with 5 minutes remaining. CSU trailed by 4 with 1:21 left when Ryan pulled up to hit a md range jumper to extend the lead to six. Clutch free throw shooting down the stretch helped CU maintain the lead and advance to the conference title game.

Central State struggled from the field throughout the night, converted just 31% of its shot attempts compared to CU's 46% conversion rate
 
Central State held the lead in rebounds finishing with a 46-34 advantage, but Cedarville took control of the bench outscoring CSU 14-0. CSU's Iniquia Snell scored 27 of the team's 53 points to lead all scorers. Snell, a senior from Detroit, MI, finished her CSU career with an impressive 1734 career points.

Ryan and Brittenham paced the Yellow Jackets with 19 and 15, respectively.

The Lady Marauders end the season as winners of 6 of their last 8 games and finished with a 12-18 overall mark.
 
Cedarville will look to capture its first Women's Basketball Championship and prevent the defending champion Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers from repeating. The championship will tip off Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Cedarville University.

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