GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Kristen Blalock continued to roll along for the Virginia Wesleyan College Marlins, hitting 21 points on Saturday, marking her third 20+ scoring effort in the last four games.

But, she was the only Marlin player to hit double-figure scoring as Virginia Wesleyan dropped a 68-55 Old Dominion Athletic Conference decision to the host Quakers of Guilford College in the Ragan-Brown Field House.

Blalock (Suffolk, Va./Portsmouth Christian), who has averaged 22.25 points in the last four games, hit 9-of-20 field goal attempts for the Marlins, who lost scoring pace withe Quakers (12-8, 8-7) in the second half. 

Virginia Wesleyan (10-10, 8-7) led throughout most of the first half, before scoring by Brittany Atwater (Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft) and Lauren LeFevers (Claremont, N.C./Bunker Hill) helped steer Guilford to a 37-29 halftime lead. A Blalock layup kept VWC within eight points early in the second half, but a 14-0 Guilford surge gave the host team the lead it needed to hold off the Marlins the rest of the way.

VWC came back with a 13-4 scoring run, as rookie Katie Tassa (Bristow, Va./Manassas Osbourn Park), junior Beth Ann Boyce (Colonial Heights, Va./Colonial Heights) and junior Shawnee Lewis (Alexandria, Va./Thomas A. Edison) helped pull the Marlins with a 57-46 score with 5:18 remaining to be played.

Guilford pushed back out to an 18-point bulge several minutes later, but sophomore Rachael Miller (Sterling, Va./Park View) and senior Kristina Jameson (Harrisonburg, Va./Broadway) came through with scoring that helped VWC pull back within 13 before the final buzzer.

Gabby Oglesby (Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor), Jazlyn Gibbs (Greensboro, N.C./Southeastern Guilford) and LeFevers all scored 15 points each for Guilford.  Oglesby also led Guilford with 11 rebounds and produced five blocks.

Jameson finished with nine points for VWC and led the Marlins with a game-high five assists and five steals.

Virginia Wesleyan plays again on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Lynchburg College at 7 p.m.

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