(WESTERVILLE, Ohio) Alaiya Meaux scores 17 points and Ky Walker scores 12 points and grabs 10 rebounds for the Quakers in a close 66-57 loss to the Otterbein Cardinals in Westerville on Wednesday evening.

Cassidy Lovett scores 12 points to cap the trio of Quakers in double figures.

Meaux opened the scoring with a quick basket in the opening minute of the game, but the Cardinals go on an opening 22-2 run over the next eight minutes, before yielding the next six points to the Quakers to build an insurmountable 22-10 lead exiting the first quarter.

The Cardinals would keep the Quakers at arm's length through the middle periods, before the Quakers got some momentum in the fourth, building a 10-4 run after an opening 3 to get within 14, where it stayed until the final 75 seconds when the Quakers went on a 7-0 run to close out the game.

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The Quakers will be in Berea, Ohio to face the Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets for a 1:00 p.m. tipoff. The Quaker women will then return home for their final two games next Wednesday and Saturday.