GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Salisbury University women's basketball team started fast but couldn't keep pace with the 10th-ranked Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets, falling 66-54 in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament on Friday afternoon at Bream Gymnasium on the campus of Gettysburg College.

BOX SCORE

PHOTOS

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both teams came out firing on all cylinders in the initial stages of the first quarter. After the Sea Gulls fell behind 4-0, Kaylee Otlowski went on her own 6-2 run, tying it at 6-6. The teams each made a pair of layups on their next possessions, with Kylie Webb and Otlowski tickling the twine to keep it an even 10-10 at the 5:45 mark.
• Salisbury got a defensive stop and Webb converted a layup to give the Sea Gulls their first lead at 12-10. The lead was short-lived as Emily Irwin drained a three-pointer to make it 13-12 BW, but Webb answered with a trey of her own, putting SU back up 15-13 with 4:19 to go.
• After the media timeout, the Yellow Jackets seized the momentum in a big way. Kira Philpot tied it at 15-15 with a pair of free throws, then after a two-way scoreless drought over the next two minutes, Lilly Edwards hit a layup to put BW back up 17-15. Edwards soon followed with two more easy buckets, and Irwin's triple at the buzzer made it a 24-15 BW lead on an 11-0 run to end the first.
• Megan Scheibelhut's layup in the first two minutes of the second quarter pushed the Yellow Jacket run to 13-0 and the lead to 26-15. Abby Wilkinson came off the bench and sparked a mini-run for the Sea Gulls, hitting a pair of buckets in a 7-2 push that got it back to 28-22 at the 5:59 mark.
• BW responded by netting seven of the final nine points to close out the half. Philpot's layup in the final minute gave the Yellow Jackets a 35-24 cushion heading into the break.
• The Sea Gulls played BW even over the first seven minutes of the third quarter. Down 47-30 at the 4:54 mark, Wilkinson and Otlowski hit layups in succession, then Ashlynn Burrows converted a three-point play to get it back to 47-37 with 3:19 to go.
• The Yellow Jackets countered with an 8-2 flourish to close out the third. Edwards scored the next six in a row, including a pair of perfect trips to the free throw line, then after Lauren Fortescue hit a layup for SU, Megan Hensel closed out the period with a layup that pushed the BW advantage to 55-39.
• BW kept control through the middle of the fourth quarter, building the lead as large as 22 after an Irwin and-one made it 64-42 with 4:14 to go.
• The Sea Gulls then went on a 10-0 run to get back within a respectable distance. Otlowski, Emily Dilger and Fortescue each hit buckets, then after a pair of Otlowski free throws Jada Welbon sank a layup that got it back to 64-52 with 1:06 to go.
• Scheibelhut hit two free throws inside the final minute, and Sym Deloatch's layup with 23 seconds left gave the game its final 66-54 margin.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Kaylee Otlowski posted her 11th double-double of the season and 32nd of her Sea Gull career, leading the team with 18 points (8-of-16) and 12 boards. She finishes her Salisbury career ranking 18th in program history in points (1,061) and eighth in rebounds (782).
• Kylie Webb scored 10 points, all coming in the first half. Webb shot 4-of-7 from the floor and 2-of-3 from three-point range while also hauling in three rebounds.
• Emily Dilger chipped in seven points, while Abby Wilkinson added six off the bench.
• The Sea Gulls shot 40.7 percent (24-of-59) from the floor, going just 2-of-10 (20 percent) from long range. SU only attempted five free throws in the entire game – four of which came in the fourth quarter – going 4-of-5 (80 percent).
• Salisbury won the turnover battle 12-10 and managed six steals on the night. Tori Rumbaugh accounted for two of the six swipes.

BALDWIN WALLACE GAME NOTES

• Lilly Edwards provided the punch inside for the Yellow Jackets, leading all scorers with 22 points (9-of-15) plus nine rebounds.
• Emily Irwin had a big day off the bench, netting 18 points (6-of-11) and going 4-of-6 from downtown.
• Megan Hensel scored eight points with eight boards, while Megan Scheibelhut and Kira Philpot each added six points.
• The Yellow Jackets shot 44.6 percent (25-of-56) for the game, going 6-of-16 (37.5 percent) from distance. BW took 14 more free throws than Salisbury, going 10-of-19 (52.6 percent) from the charity stripe.
• BW outrebounded the Sea Gulls 38-32 and won the battle on the offensive glass 12-9.

THE WRAP

• Salisbury finishes the 2021-22 season at 20-7, their most wins in one campaign since 2014-15 (28-3).

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 186 conference championships and 41 Academic All-Americans.

To learn more about the tradition of excellence with Sea Gull Athletics, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or on social media @SUSeaGulls.