In addition to Kurtis Brown, ONU also had junior guard Erza Bradshaw, senior center Jake Cannan and junior guard Kyle Meyer in double figures with 14, 13 and 12 points, respectively. B-W was led by senior center Andrew Bene (Hinckley/ Medina Highland) with 13 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.

 

With its win, ONU improves to 6-1 overall and 2-0 in the OAC. With its loss, B-W is now 2-5 overall and 0-2 in the OAC and next plays at Mount Union College on Wednesday, December 17 at 7:30 p.m.

 

The Yellow Jackets jumped out to 3-0 lead when junior guard Louis Tumblin (Elyria/ Senior) made a three-pointer. ONU then went on a 7-0 run to lead 7-3 with 15:25 left when junior huard Erza Bradshaw made a three-pointer. ONU extended its lead to 16-8 lead at the 10:20 mark when senior guard Kurtis Brown made a basket, was fouled, but missed his free throw.  ONU extended its lead to 12 points on two separate occasions with the last being at 30-18 with 3:04 left when 6'9" freshman Scott Schnelle made a layup. The Polar Bears led at halftime, 32-25.

 

In the second half, The Polar Bears extended their lead to 12 points on two separate occassions with the last being at 64-52 with 5:17 left when Kurtis Brown made a three-pointer. The Yellow Jackets then went on a 5-0 run with all five points being scored by freshman point gaurd Promis Cabill (Elyria/ Senior) to cut ONU's lead to 64-57 with 4:26 left to play. But the Polar Bears then went on an 12-5 run to build their largest lead at 14 points at 76-62 with the final score.

 

Following its game at Mt. Union, the Yellow Jackets travel to Wilmington, Ohio and play the Wilmington College Quakers on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 3:00 p.m.

 

Media and fans are reminded that they can listen to almost every B-W men's and women's basketball games LIVE on campus radio station WBW, 88.3 FM, and via the WBW Internet web site at www.wBW.com.

 

Media and fans are reminded that two more B-W men's basketball games will be televsied by SportsTime Ohio (www.sportstimeohio.com). They are the January 17, 2009 home game versus Muskingum College at 3:00 p.m. and its February 18 contest at cross-town rival John Carroll University at 7:30 p.m.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Duane Sheldon, please call 440-826-2115 or e-mail at dsheldon@bw.edu. You can get all of the latest B-W athletics information by visiting our Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics.