WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Feb. 17) -- In their final game at the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse, Anika Dansby (Massilon, Ohio / Washington) and Marley Wolf (Ellwood City, Pa. / Riverside) led the Waynesburg University women's basketball team to a dominant 91-53 win over Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) foe Thiel College in the season finale on Saturday afternoon. 

From the start, the Yellow Jackets (6-19, 5-15) imposed their will on the winless Tomcats (0-25, 0-20) as Kalista Friday (Woodsfield, Ohio / Monroe Central) and Dansby got the home side off to an 8-0 start 1:33 into the game. A Thiel layup at the 7:57 mark spearheaded an 8-2 run for the visitors that cut the Jackets' lead to 10-8 with 6:39 left in the opening quarter. 

The Yellow Jackets responded with a 14-0 run to lead 24-8 just past the halfway point of period one. In that stretch, Dansby had a pair of 3-pointers, Wolf had 5 points and Kayla Howard (McDonald, Pa. / West Allegheny) had 3 points.

Dansby finished her final game as a Jacket with a career-best 22 points on 9-of-13 from the field, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range. She added a game-high-tying three steals to go with four rebounds in the winning effort.

Wolf ended her career with a season-best 15 points on 6-of-14 shooting, including 3-of-7 from deep, along with two rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot. Howard notched all of her points in the Jackets' 14-0 run and finished with a game-high-tying and career-best five assists. 

Madisen Dayton (Ridgeley, W.Va. / Calvary Christian) scored the Jackets' final 6 points of the opening quarter to give Waynesburg a 30-13 advantage after 10 minutes. Dayton finished with 8 points on 4-of-6 and nine rebounds.

The Orange and Black shot 50.0% (20 for 40) from the field and 42.9% (9 for 21) from 3-point range in the first half to lead 50-25 at the break. The Yellow Jackets led 70-36 after 30 minutes and grew their lead as high as 43 points (91-48) on a Wolf jumper with 1:33 left to play. 

Julz Mohrbacher (Freedom, Pa. / Freedom) capped her stellar freshman campaign with an 8-point, 10-rebound showing. Fellow freshman Kara McFadden (Painesville, Ohio / Fairport Harding) whipped in 9 points on 3-of-7 from deep. Friday pitched in 6 points to go with four boards.

Clara-Paige Miller (Waynesburg, Pa. / Waynesburg Central) added 5 points while Tori Wesolowski (Canonsburg, Pa. / Canon-McMillan) and Emily Beck (Pittsburgh, Pa. / West Mifflin) each contributed 4 points. Wesolowski added two blocks and Beck pulled down four rebounds. Alli Bailey (Mount, Pleasant, Pa. / Mount Pleasant) tied for the game high with three steals and collected three rebounds. 

The Yellow Jackets shot 47.5% (38 for 80) from the field and 36.8% (14 for 38) from deep in the win.

At halftime of Saturday's contest, Waynesburg held an alumni day ceremony to honor the many alums who returned to campus to celebrate Yellow Jackets basketball.