By Nicholas Huenefeld/Owens Sports Information

Toledo, Ohio---It was business as usual for the No. 3 Owens Community College as they routed No. 15 Schoolcraft College 92-50 in the Student Health and Activities Center (SHAC) on Wednesday.

It was the seventh straight win, all by an average margin of 48, to open the season for Owens. Furthermore, they also completed the season sweep of Schoolcraft after previously defeating them by 39 earlier in the month. Owens will host Muskegon Community College at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Owens led from start to finish, except for a nearly one minute stretch in the game's opening minutes when the score was tied. Brenda Pennington (Bishop Noll/Hammond, Ind.) scored the game's first points on a jumper in the paint to the right of the hoop.

After Schoolcraft tied the score on a Jade Smith jumper, Owens scored the next four points on a pair of free throws from Jeryn Reese (Mansfield/Mansfield, Ohio) and a layup from Sybil Roseboro (Elyria/Elyria, Ohio).

A little later, Denissa Sly (Northmont/Englewood, Ohio) hit a 3-pointer from the left wing, followed by back-to-back jumpers from Kaylah Ivey (Westerville South/Westerville, Ohio) as Owens took a 15-6 lead.

Schoolcraft's Phoenix Douthat made a pair of free throws to pull her team within five with a minute left in the first quarter, but Kamryn Troike (St. Wendelin/Fostoria, Ohio) and Reese hit a pair of jumpers in the final minute to give Owens a 24-15.

Following Brianna Possorek's 3-pointer to open the second quarter, Owens went on a 15-0 run to open up a 39-18 lead. During the run, Courizma Williams (Hughes/Cincinnati, Ohio) had five points, while Reese and Olivia Frost (North Baltimore/North Baltimore, Ohio) each had four. Sly had the other two points on a pair of free throws.

Pennington added four points in the final minute of the half to give Owens a 46-26 lead.

Owens then opened the second half on a 12-0 run over the first 4:22. Essence Cowan (Lima Senior/Lima, Ohio) had seven points during the run, while Reese chipped in four. Douthat ended the run with a layup, but Haili Mossing (Evergreen/Metamora, Ohio) picked up her first basket of the game before Ivey hit a free throw and Ariel Bethea (Huron/Ann Arbor, Mich.) hit a jumper before the quarter was over.

Pennington opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back layups to give Owens a 70-34 lead. Haley Pickard (Genoa/Genoa, Ohio) added seven points following that. Cowan added a 3-pointer off a Pickard assist before Bethea scored on a layup for the team's final basket.

Reese produced a game-high 19 points and finished 8-for-14 from the field. She added eight rebounds, one steal and one block. Pennington finished second on the team in scoring with 12 points, and she added four assists and four steals, both of which tied for the team-high.

Bethea added 11 points, four assists, four steals, three rebounds and a block off the bench. She went 5-for-8 from the field. Cowan pushed her streak of double digit scoring games to open the season to seven as she had 10 points and four steals.

Ivey had a game-high 10 rebounds, while adding eight points off the bench. Pickard and Sly each chipped in seven points, and Sly also had seven rebounds. Everybody scored at least two points and made at least one field goal.

Schoolcraft was led by Taia Parker, who had 13 points. Douthat added 10 points off the bench.

Owens finished 35-for-78 (44.9 percent) from the field and 17-for-23 from the foul line to make up for a season-low 5-for-23 (21.7 percent) performance from 3-point range. They now have 10 players averaging at least six points per game this year, and they are averaging 94 points per game as a team.

Notes

Reese now has 585 career points and moved into the top 30 on the program's career scoring list. On Wednesday, she passed Tatyana Reynolds (568, 2014-16), Josie Smith (579, 2007-09), Heather Sobbry (581, 1997-99) and Karahn Scott (584, 2011-13). Next up is Laura Wilson (593, 2002-04). Only 28 players in program history have reached 600 career points, including Reese's mother, Janice Butzin, who had 697 points from 1993-95.

Wednesday's game marked the third consecutive double digit scoring effort for Bethea, who is now averaging 11 points per game this year. She now has 345 career points, and she is now also up to 120 career steals.

Cowan is now 10 points away from 100 on the season.

Pickard's seven points was a season-high for the freshman guard.