BARTLESVILLE — The Allen Community College women dominated Oklahoma Wesleyan on the road on Saturday, 72-46.
The Lady Red Devils (11-3) used strong defense and rebounding to roll over the Eagles in a 26-point victory. Allen’s offense thrived off its inside-outside offense and a wide variety of posts and perimeter scorers.
“Our defense and rebounding were very good for three quarters and that is ultimately why we won,” said Allen head coach Leslie Crane. “Defense is the basis for this program. It’s key to what we do as well as defensive rebounding.”
Allen was led offensively by Noa Muranaka’s 13 points, after hitting five-of-nine shots from the field, as well as Khassidy Warr’s 13 points off the bench. Britney Schroer tallied 10 points, followed by Clara Romero and Khamille Warr’s eight points.
Schroer shot five-of-eight from the floor while Romero went three-of-six from the field.
The red and black only shot 12.5% from beyond the three-point arc but sank 44.6% of their shots overall from the floor.
“Our offense has been working very well,” said Crane. “We get the ball inside first to our posts who can score and once defense closes down on our posts it leaves our shooters open for good shots. You can’t have a perimeter game until you have an interior game and that is what has allowed us to win these 11 games.”
Crane was enthused about how her team rebounded, snatching 35 total rebounds, 24 on defense and 11 on offense. Shade Richardson and Romero each grabbed seven rebounds while Naomi Smith totaled four rebounds.
“If you can keep a team out of their comfort level of scoring and limit their number of shots, you can control the game. This is the defensive system that we play by,” Crane said. “We have won more games this semester than we did last season so that is wonderful progress for this program.”
The Lady Devils surrendered seven turnovers and forced 11 steals on Oklahoma Wesleyan. Tonya Williams led Allen with two steals.
The Allen women’s basketball team hits the road to play at Crowder College on Saturday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m.
