Women's Basketball falls to Transylvania

The Defiance women's basketball team faced off against Transylvania on Saturday afternoon, suffering an 87-53 loss to a Transylvania team that is ranked No. 2 in the country in the WBCA Top 25.

The Basics

• Records: Defiance (11-7, 6-5), Transylvania (17-0, 9-0)
• Location: Karl H. Weaner Center - Defiance, Ohio
• Attendance: 250

Inside The Numbers

• Junior Lexie Sparks paced the Yellow Jackets with eight points off the bench.
• Junior Taylor Day scored seven points as did Taylor Steinbrunner, who added four rebounds.
• Sophomore Taylor Linkous scored a career-high seven points, all coming in the fourth quarter.
• Sophomore McKenzie Cooper scored six points off the bench to go along with four assists and two steals.
• As a team, Defiance shot 17-of-50 (.340) from the floor and 5-of-20 (.250) from behind the arc.
• Madison Kellione led the Pioneers with 23 points and recorded four rebounds and four steals.
• Dasia Thornton scored 12 points for Transylvania.
• Kennedi Stacy scored 11 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out three assists, and recorded three steals.
• Samantha Cornelison added 11 points off the bench for Transy.
• As a team, Transylvania shot 33-of-65 (.508) from the floor and 5-of-24 (.208) from long range.

The Difference

• After a very competitive first quarter, the Yellow Jackets trailed the Pioneers 14-12.
• Transylvania started to pull away in the second quarter outscoring Defiance 28-16 to take a 42-28 lead into halftime.
• The Yellow Jackets cut the lead down to 10 points before the Pioneers pulled away again and took the game 87-53.
• Transylvania outrebounded Defiance 38-23 and won the turnover battle 20-11 while scoring 27 points off turnovers.
• The Pioneers dominated the paint outscoring the Jackets 56-18.

Up Next

• The Yellow Jackets will host Manchester on Monday, February 7 with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m.