Jay grad quiet in loss to Tommies

Renna Schwieterman took a backseat as the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s basketball team dropped its game against the St. Thomas Tommies 64-59 on Dec. 9.

The 2023 Jay County graduate only made one field goal in the game, shooting 1-for-4. She opened up the scoring for Purdue Fort Wayne (7-3) by hitting a jumper in the paint 1 minute, 41 seconds into the contest. She was fouled by St. Thomas’ Jo Langbehn on the play and sank the free throw to convert the 3-point play.

She only took one 3-point jump shot that she missed early in the game. Schwieterman is still third on the team with a 44.1% shooting clip from distance.

She added two rebounds to go along with the basket.

The freshman only played 16 minutes in the contest, only committing two turnovers and picking up two fouls during that time.

Schwieterman dropped below 10 points per game after only scoring six in her last outing and now three. Her new average is 9.4 points per game. She has also started the last six games for Purdue Fort Wayne. 

The Mastodons have two more non-conference games left on their schedule before they open up Horizon League play. The girls will travel to Kalamazoo to take on Western Michigan on Sunday and host Aquinas Dec. 21 to close out the front half of the season.

Conference play will begin on Dec. 30 for Purdue Fort Wayne, when it travels to play the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.