G-MAC Women's Basketball: Week 7 Recap

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OVERVIEW:
The Great Midwest women’s basketball programs entered week seven of the 2025-26 season. Teams continued conference play as Northwood holds the best conference record of 7-1.
 
SCOREBOARD:
Monday, January 5
Kentucky Wesleyan 70, Lake Erie 46
Thomas More 82, Ursuline 41
Tiffin 72, Cedarville 61
Walsh 53, Hillsdale 60
Ashland 77, Findlay 71
Northwood 73, Malone 54
 
Thursday, December 11
Walsh 49, Findlay 42
Malone 75, Cedarville 52
Lake Erie 68, Ursuline 49
Northwood 76, Hillsdale 72
Kentucky Wesleyan 84, Ashland 72
 
Thursday, January 8
Ohio Dominican 66, Ursuline 60
Cedarville 52, Walsh 47
Findlay 71, Tiffin 62
Thomas More 71, Northwood 70
Ashland 67, Lake Erie 49
Kentucky Wesleyan 68, Hillsdale 44
 
Saturday, January 10
Northwood 77, Kentucky Wesleyan 65
Ohio Dominican 83, Lake Erie 53
Malone 73, Findlay 64
Thomas More 69, Hillsdale 65
Ashland 74, Walsh 63
Tiffin 77, Ursuline 63
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
  • The Thomas More Saints handed Northwood their first conference loss in a close 71-70 battle. With eight lead changes, TMU’s Izzy Rotert made the game-winning layup to secure the victory. Rotert would finish with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Sereniti Webb was 7-8 from the field for 16 points. Two more Saints in Morgan Hunt and Rylee Turner poured in 15 and 11 points, respectively. Thomas More added wins over Malone and Ursuline to improve to 5-1 in G-MAC play.
  • Despite falling to Thomas More, the Northwood Timberwolves strung together wins over Kentucky Wesleyan and Malone to remain at the top of the league. Maeve St. John was once again a standout for the Timberwolves, averaging 26.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 3.7 steals for the week.
  • Ashland recorded a 3-0 week with wins over Findlay, Lake Erie, and Walsh. Freshman standout Jenna Slates averaged a double-double for the week with 19.0 points and 10.7 rebounds. Slates currently leads the league in rebounds per game with 10.9.
  • Tiffin recorded a win over Cedarville, led by Megan Campbell, who averaged 18.6 points during the Dragons’ 2-1 week.
  • Mackenzie Hurd led the Ohio Dominican Panthers to a 2-0 week with wins over Ursuline and Lake Erie. Hurd posted a stat line of 16.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, while shooting 11-23 from the field.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS:
  • Scoring: Kiley Dyrlund, WU (20.8 points per game)
  • Rebounding: Jenna Slates, AU (10.9 rebounds per game)
  • FG%: Kiley Dyrlund, WU (69.6%)
  • Free Throw %: Hailey Unger, TU (91.8%)
  • 3-PT %: Ashley Mullett, AU (41.4%)
  • Assists: Megan Campbell, TU; Carlota Lopez, WU; Maeve St. John (4.1 assists per game)
  • Blocked Shots: Izzy Rotert, TMU (2.4 blocks per game)
  • Steals: Kiley Dyrlund, WU (3.8 steals per game)
  • Assist-to-Turnover Ratio:Vilborg Jonsdottir, KWC (2.6)
 
UP NEXT:
Thursday, January 15
Findlay vs. Lake Erie, 5:30 P.M.
Hillsdale vs. Cedarville, 5:30 P.M.
Tiffin vs. Ashland, 5:30 P.M.
Ohio Dominican vs. Thomas More, 5:30 P.M.
Malone vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 5:30 P.M.
Northwood vs. Ursuline, 5:30 P.M.
 
Saturday, December 17
Northwood vs. Lake Erie, 1 P.M.
Malone vs. Thomas More, 1 P.M.
Walsh vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 1 P.M.
Findlay vs. Ohio Dominican, 1 P.M.
Ursuline vs. Cedarville, 2 P.M.
Tiffin vs. Hillsdale, 3 P.M.