The Case Western Reserve University women's basketball team won its third consecutive game to start the 2025-26 season, defeating Adrian College 65-58 at Horsburgh Gymnasium in Cleveland on Saturday night.

The Spartans improved to 3-0 this season, while the Bulldogs suffered their first loss of the campaign, dropping to 2-1.

Stats and Standouts

• Senior guard/forward Emily Plachta led the Spartans with 16 points and a career-high nine rebounds while also matching a career-high with four blocks
• Junior guard Mya Hartjes added 14 points, four assists, four steals, and seven rebounds
• Junior forward Maura Schorr matched Plachta with nine boards, adding six points and three assists during the contests
• CWRU held a 22-9 edge in bench points and 11-3 advantage in fast break points in the game

First Quarter

• Adrian scored the first basket of the game and the hosts did not take the lead until a three-pointer by Plachta midway through the period made the score 10-8
• Hartjes completed a three-point play on the team's next possession, Schorr added a jumper 30 seconds later, and senior guard Emi Hutter-DeMarco sank a pair of free throws to give the Spartans a 17-8 edge with two minutes left in the period
• The Bulldogs scored three points with less than 14 seconds left in the frame, making the score 17-11 heading into the second quarter

Second Quarter

• The Bulldogs used a 10-0 run in the middle of the period to take a 21-19 lead, but a layup by junior forward Biz Watson and three-pointer from sophomore guard Taylor Angielski gave CWRU a three-point advantage
• Adrian reclaimed the lead with two minutes left, but the Spartans headed into the halftime break leading 29-27

Third Quarter

• Less than a minute into the second half, senior guard Maya Roberts made a layup in transition to increase the team's lead to seven, 34-27
• Hartjes pushed the advantage to eight, 40-32, with a three-pointer later in the period, but Adrian fought back
• The visitors went ahead 43-42 on a jumper in the paint with 25 seconds left in the frame
• With just seconds remaining, Hutter-DeMarco nailed a three-pointer to give the Spartans the advantage heading into the final frame

Fourth Quarter

• The team would not relinquish the lead in the fourth quarter, outscoring Adrian by five to win the game
• The Bulldogs cut their deficit to four with 3:06 left, but sophomore guard/forward Lauren Ludwig scored her only three points in the game on the next possession to increase the lead to seven
• Neither team was able to score until Angielski was fouled with 1:05 left, and the Spartan sophomore made both attempts from the charity stripe
• She made two more free throws later in the period, and Roberts added a pair of makes to seal the victory in the closing seconds

Spartan Notes

• Saturday's game was the first meeting between the Spartans and the Bulldogs since the 2004-05 season, when CWRU came away with a 76-55 win over Adrian
• The Spartans won their first three games of the season for the first time since the 2022-23 campaign and the fifth time under the leadership of Head Coach Jennifer Reimer
• Nine of the 10 Spartans to appear in the contest scored at least three points
• Case Western Reserve blocked a season-high six shots in the game
• Plachta has scored in double figures in all three games this season, dropping 24 in the season-opening contest and 19 in the second game of the campaign

Up Next

The Spartans will be on the road in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 19, against Capital University. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m.