Otterbein Men Beat BW, 67-62, in Berea; BW Plays in OAC Tournament on Wednesday

Otterbein

Baldwin Wallace

Final	1	2	T
Otterbein (8-17, 6-12 OAC)	34	33	67
Baldwin Wallace (14-11, 9-9 OAC)	34	28	62

Game Leaders

Otterbein

Pts: Brice Rausch - 19

Reb: Chris Davis - 8

Ast: Brice Rausch - 4

Baldwin Wallace

Pts: Promis Cabbil - 16

Reb: Paul Glass - 8

Ast: 2 Players (#03, #11) - 3

Team Stats

Otterbein

Baldwin Wallace

Field Goals

(22-56)

(23-60)

Field Goal %

39.3%

38.3%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

full stats

Posted: Feb 20, 2010

BEREA, OHIO -- Sophomore Brice Rausch scored a game-high 19 points as the Otterbein College men's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Baldwin Wallace University, 67-62, on Seniors' Day (Saturday, February 20, 2010) at Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea. BW will enter the OAC Tournament as the number six seed and play at Capital University on Wednesday.

With their win, the Cardinals finish the season at 8-17 overall and 6-12 in the OAC. With their loss, the Yellow Jackets fall to 14-11 overall and 9-9 in the OAC entering their quarterfinal game at #3-seeded Capital at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24.

In addition to Rausch for Otterbein, Ian Gardner totaled 15 points, five rebounds and three assists. For BW, sophomore guard Promis Cabbil (Elyria/Senior) scored 16 points and senior forward Kyle Brown (Strongsville) totaled 14.

In the first half, Otterbein led 12-5 when Mat Greene scored on a layup at the 12:15 mark. The Cardinal advantage grew to 10, at 24-14, when Gardner nailed a three-pointer at 7:39. BW responded with an 11-4 run and trailed 29-25 after a layup from senior forward Paul Glass (Medina/Senior) at 3:39. After Otterbein scored five straight to lead 34-30, the Yellow Jackets answered with a 9-0 run to end the half and tied the game at 34 apiece when freshman forward Ed Householder (North Jackson/Tallmadge) hit two of three free throws with two seconds left.

In the second half, the Yellow Jackets grabbed their first lead of the game, at 40-39, when freshman forwardChris Ameen (Broadview Height/Walsh Jesuit) hit a layup at 16:22. The BW lead grew to five, at 44-39, following a three-pointer from sophomore guard Matt Triana (North East, Pa./North East) at 13:53. Otterbein came back with five in a row and tied the game at 44 then moved ahead 48-47 on a Cory Raiti layup at 7:30. The Jackets regained the lead and moved ahead 53-49 at 5:10 following six straight points from Cabbil.

Otterbein once again chipped away and tied the score at 55 all on a Gardner layup at 3:01. The two sides then tied each other twice before Otterbein's Brice Rausch completed a three-point play to put Otterbein ahead 63-60 with 21 seconds left to play. BW got two free throws from Cabbil on its next possession, but the Cardinals hit four free throws down the stretch and held the Jackets scoreless to secure the 67-62 victory.

Today's game was taped by S&S Video Productions and can be seen on SportsTime Ohio tonight at 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., tomorrow, Sunday, Feb. 21 at 5:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, and on Monday, Feb. 22 at 6:00 a.m. Past Yellow Jacket football and basketball games and soccer and wrestling matches can be viewed on-line at www.bw.edu/athletics/video/.

Media and fans can listen LIVE to all Yellow Jacket men's and women's basketball games on campus radio station WBW, 88.3 FM, and via the Internet at www.wBW.com.

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