Wittenberg split a pair of home games within 24 hours last weekend, losing 68-60 to NCAC leader Allegheny on Friday, Feb. 2 and coasting to a 74-43 win over Hiram on Saturday, Feb. 3. The Tigers remain in fifth place in the conference, one-half game behind fourth-place Denison and one and a half games in back of third-place Earlham.

The Tigers will spend this week on the road, traveling to Kenyon on Wednesday, then playing at second place Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday.

Wittenberg trailed 33-25 at halftime against Allegheny but rallied to tie the game at 47 with 8:26 left. Unfortunately, the Tigers ran out of gas after that. Sophomore guard Kate Rolf (Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll) scored a team-high 14 points, including 10-of-11 at the free throw line. Senior center Jamie Brafford (Monroe, Ohio/Lakota) added 11 points for the Tigers.

A mere 18 hours later, Wittenberg returned to action and rolled to an easy win over Hiram. Sophomore guard Stephanie Campbell (South Charleston, Ohio/Southeastern) had 12 points and Rolf 11 as 12 of the 14 Tigers who played scored. Freshman forward Geri Woessner (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) added a game-high 11 rebound, giving her an impressive two-game total of 21 for the week.

This week, the Tigers must find a way to get consistent scoring and a healthy return from sophomore forward Tiffany Keller (Massillon, Ohio/Tuslaw), who has been struggling for more than two weeks with a sprained ankle. Wittenberg heads to Kenyon on Wednesday and then perennial powerhouse Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday in back-to-back road games that will go a long way toward determining whether Wittenberg will host a first-round tournament game on Feb. 20.

In the NCAC statistics, Rolf is second in free throw percentage (.820) and steals (33), while Campbell is fourth in steals (32).