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The Malone University women's basketball team lost a home GLIAC contest to visiting Ohio Dominican University in Malone's Osborne Hall Saturday afternoon by the score of 68-53.

With the loss, the Pioneers' record dropped to 7-9 overall and to 5-7 in the conference while the Panthers, with the win, improved to 6-12 overall and to 3-9 in GLIAC play.

While the battle remained close in the first half, with the host Pioneers even leading by as many as seven points, at 19-12, midway through the period, it was second-half shooting struggles and a 15-9 deficit in the turnover area that proved costly for Malone in the loss.

In the first half, Malone still held a one-point lead at 26-25 with 1:25 left in the period before the visitors closed out the half on a 5-0 run to take a 30-26 lead into the locker room.

In the second half, the Panthers continued to pull away from the Pioneers, using a 16-3 run to open a 46-29 lead with 14:20 remaining.  The ODU advantage remained between 14 and 22 points for the remainder of the game as the Pioneers were unable to put together a comeback run in the 15-point Ohio Dominican win.

For Malone, three Pioneers reached twin figures in scoring as guard Rachel Goddard led the way with 14 points while also tallying four rebounds and a pair of assists.  Guard Audrey Myers followed with 12 points while also contributing a team-best (tied) six boards and guard Kristen Massey tossed in 10 points to go along with her three rebounds and two steals.  Forward Bri Libertore and guard Alahna Singleton matched Myers' team-best six rebounds with six each of their own.

Kacee Hockenberry paced ODU in scoring with 18 points while Melissa Scherpenberg led the team in rebounding with eight.

Malone will next compete in a home GLIAC contest against NCAA Div. II #5 Wayne State University (MI) (14-2, 10-2) next Thursday (Jan. 29) at 6:00 p.m.  Live stats will be available for this contest.