In addition to Brown and Ameen for BW, sophomore guard Scott Voiers (Westlake/ Lutheran West) had 12 points and sophomore point guard Promis Cabbil (Elyria/ Senior) had 11 points. The Scots (3-8) were led by junior guard Jordan Redditt with 10 points, but have lost two straight games.

Keys to Yellow Jacket victory were outrebounding the Scots, 45-33, including 19 on the offensive boards, and made 92.3 percent of its free throws by canning 12-of-13.

In the first half, Alma began the game with three leads of two points each with the last at 8-6 with 17:50 left when junior forward Jake Weiss made a three-pointer. BW tied the game and 8-8 and 10-10 and then took control by outscoring the Scots 13-6 to build its third straight 7-point advantage at 23-16 with 9:33 left before halftime when Brown made a 17-foot jump shot. The Yellow Jackets increased their lead to nine points on two occasions with the last at 31-22 with 6:58 left when freshman guard Brandon Schmidt (Wellington) canned a three-pointer.

Alma then went on a 5-0 run to close the lead to 31-27 with 5:16 left when freshman guard Greg Silverthorn.  BW went on a 4-0 run of its own to move the lead to eight point at 35-27 with 4:01 left before halftime when Cabbil made a layup. The Scots outscored the Jackets 6-2 the remainder of the stanza and trailed by just 37-33 at the break.

In the second half, Alma continued with nine straight points to run its streak to 12 straight points and turn a four-point deficit into a five-point lead at 42-37 with 18:27 left when Redditt made a steal and layup.  Undaunted, BW scored eight straight points to retake the lead at 45-42 with 14:31 left when Schmidt canned another trey. The Yellow Jackets then went on a 18-5 run and the lead grew to 16 points at 63-47 with 8:27 left when Voiers made a pair of foul shots. The largest lead was 17 points at 71-54 with 3:12 left when junior guard Zane Meeder (Erie, Pa./ Fairview) made a pair of foul shots. The closest Alma was able to get was the final score.

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, Jan. 6 when they host the Mount Union College Purple Raiders (5-7, 3-2) in an Ohio Athletic Conference contests in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center in Berea at 7:30 p.m.

Media and fans can listen LIVE to all Yellow Jacket men's and women's basketball games on campus radio station WBWC, 88.3 FM.  BW resumes Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, Jan. 6 when it hosts arch-rival Mount Union College at 7:30 p.m. in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center in Berea.

In addition, the upcoming February 20, 2010 game versus Otterbein College will be taped by S&S Video Productions and telecast on SportsTime Ohio.  The Feb. 20 game also is the Second Annual "Take a Kid to the Game" Day. For more information on that game, please call Meg Carney in the BW Athletic Department at 440-826-2140 or visit the "Take a Kid to the Game" web site at www.bw.edu/athletics/takeakid10.

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