CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Cedarville raced to an early advantage over Urbana and then was simply outplayed the rest of the way as the Blue Knights pulled off a 79-76 result in front of 1,450 Alumni Weekend fans.

The Lady Jackets could not have asked for a better start. They reeled off 11 straight points for a 13-2 bulge just five minutes after tip-off.

Urbana regained its composure to lead 36-35 by the intermission. The visitors never trailed again.

It was a 52-42 difference with 13:45 left. Cedarville crawled back to within two points twice in the final three minutes. The Jackets had the final possession but missed a highly contested three-pointer that would have forced overtime.

Kara Cayton scored 18 of her 20 points in the second half by drilling 5-of-6 three-pointers. Raegan Ryan came off the bench with 14 points for Cedarville, 11-7 overall.

Deborah Chandler chipped in 12 points while Kayla Jenerette had 11 points with five assists.

Urbana improved to 7-11.

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