PITTSBURGH, Pa. - December 4, 2023 - Chatham Women's Basketball (6-2, 4-1) handed the Oberlin Yeowomen (7-1, 0-0) their first loss of the season with a 79-56 victory at the AFC on Monday. The Cougars won the turnover battle by 16 and have tallied double-digit steals in every game this season.

Junior guard Ashlie Louden led the way with 17 points and added five assists, three steals and two rebounds. Junior guards Aurielle Brunner and Charjae Brock and sophomore forward Alyssa Laukus all netted 12 points in the win. Laukus also grabbed 11 rebounds to earn her second-career double-double and her first of the season. Brunner racked up five steals to increase her PAC-leading total to 41. She ranks second in the nation in steals per game (5.1).

Oberlin threatened to run away with the game early, opening on a 10-0 run, but Chatham didn't blink and went on a 12-2 run of their own following a timeout to get right back in it. The Yeowomen ended the first quarter with a nine-point lead, but the Cougars won the second quarter 27-14 and forced six turnovers without committing any. An extended 23-2 Chatham run in the third quarter, with 10 points from Louden, helped them to a 21-point lead heading into the fourth. Junior forward Samantha Hardy scored the Cougars' first four points of the quarter and a layup from Laukus with just over a minute left gave Chatham their largest lead of the night for the final score.

The Cougars shot 41.6% (32-77) from the field and 34.6% (9-26) from three. Chatham held Oberlin to their lowest three-point percentage of the year at 14.3% (3-21). The Cougars have won the turnover battle by double-digits in all but one game this season and lead the PAC in steals by an enormous margin, with 146 steals nearly 50 ahead of the next closest team.

Women's Basketball will be back in the Cougar Den on Wednesday to take on the Thiel Tomcats.