SEWANEE, Tenn.—An 8-0 run early in the first quarter helped the Oglethorpe women's basketball team come away with an eight-point win, 73-65, over Sewanee Sunday afternoon in a Southern Athletic Association game on the road. It marked the Stormy Petrels' fourth win in the last five games.

Sewanee scored a bucket to take the lead on the opening possession of the game, but Oglethorpe quickly responded with the aforementioned run that would put the Petrels into the lead for good. While Sewanee was able to trim the deficit to one a few times in the first quarter, Oglethorpe kept the pressure up and went into the halftime locker room ahead by seven, 29-22.

The Oglethorpe lead swelled to as many as 18 in the second half after a 21-10 run midway through the third quarter. This featured scoring from six Petrels and a 7-0 stretch to cap it off.

Sewanee came back to within 10 at the 2 ½ minute mark, but Oglethorpe sealed the win at the free-throw line, going 11-for-12 from the charity stripe in the closing minutes.

Game Notes

• Malia Melton and Keimarya Rivera led the Petrels with 18 points each. This marked Melton's second-straight big game after posting 23 in Friday's game at Centre. Rivera added 12 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season and 24th double-double of her career.
• Sheraton Foster (15 points) and Anna Conza (12 points) also hit double figures for scoring.
• Melton added eight rebounds and three assists. Foster added five rebounds and five assists.
• The win moved Oglethorpe (14-9, 5-5 SAA) to solo fourth place in league standings, one game ahead of Sewanee. The Petrels also earned the season sweep over Sewanee and will, therefore, hold any head-to-head tiebreakers against the Tigers at the end of the season.
• Oglethorpe is one game back of Berry in third place.

Up Next

Oglethorpe finishes the regular season at home, starting with Berry on Wednesday. The regular-season finale will be Friday against Millsaps. Both games are set to tip at 6 p.m.