From Case Western Reserve University Athletics

Sophomore guard Jessica McCoy (Cranford, N.J./Cranford) scored a team-high 17 points, and the Case Western Reserve University women's basketball team knocked Wittenberg University from the unbeaten ranks by a score of 66-55 on Saturday afternoon at Horsburgh Gymnasium.

The Spartans move to 3-2 for the young season, while the Tigers drop to 5-1.

McCoy converted three shots from beyond the arc and pulled down five rebounds. Senior wing Brooke Orcutt (Morrison, Colo./Dakota Ridge) posted 12 points and seven rebounds, while junior post Laura Mummey (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) added 10 points and eight boards.

Katelyn Haralamos scored a game-high 16 points for Wittenberg, but the visitors were held to 24 points under their season average.

The Spartans held the Tigers scoreless for the opening 6:14 and without a field goal for the first 7:32. That allowed the hosts to build a 9-0 advantage when senior forward Berit Eppard (Englewood, Colo./Cherry Creek) hit a jumper with 16:56 left in the half. The CWRU advantage reached 11, at 14-3, following a McCoy three-pointer at 12:19, but the Tigers were able to rally with a 12-2 run that cut the deficit to 16-15 as Haralamos hit a jumper at 7:26. Undaunted, the Spartans answered with a 10-4 spurt to rebuild their advantage to 26-19 as Eppard scored a jumper with 3:16 on the clock. That seven-point advantage would hold into the half as CWRU led 31-24.

In the second, the Spartans outscored the Tigers 19-11 over the opening 6:55 and led 50-35 when freshman forward Kara Hageman (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) hit a layup with 13:05 remaining. The home lead didn't dip below 10 the rest of the way and grew to 16 on three separate occasions.