The Quakers improve to 13-4 overall and 8-2 in the OAC. BW drops to 10-7 overall and 5-5 in the OAC.
In addition to Brown for Wilmington, Tyler Ledford scored 14 points and Tyler White scored 13. The Yellow Jackets were led by senior forward Paul Glass (Medina/ Senior) with a game and career-high 19 points and seven boards.
In the first half, BW led 7-6 at the 15:42 mark when sophomore guard Promis Cabbil (Elyria/ Senior) scored on a jumper. Wilmington regained the lead two possessions later on a jumper from Brandon Candella at 14:58 and led until 6:26 when BW freshman Ed Householder (North Jackson/ Tallmadge) connected on a three-pointer following a steal and pass from Cabbil to make the score 26-25.
In the second half, Wilmington opened on a 9-1 run and led 43-35 when Brandon Rogers scored on a layup at 16:32. BW cut its deficit to four at 45-41 following two Householder free throws at 13:26, but the Quakers quickly pushed the lead back to eight at 49-41 with 12:22 remaining.
Wilmington eventually pushed its lead to a game-high 10 points at 60-50 when R.J. Brown scored on a layup at 5:35, but BW responded with a 7-0 run that ended in a layup from junior guard Zane Meeder (Erie, Pa./ Fairview) that made the score 60-57 with 2:12 left to play. After the two sides exchanged free throws, the Quakers got a key layup from Bowman at 00:50 and put the game away with a defensive stand on the next BW possession. The Jackets got back to within three at 65-62 following a three-pointer from senior forward Kyle Brown (Strongsville) with 14 seconds left, but the Quakers hit two free throws to secure a 67-62 win.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, January 27 when they travel cross-town to play arch-rival John Carroll University at 7:00 p.m. in the DeCarlo Varsity Center in University Heights. That game will be taped and telecast on SportsTime Ohio on Wednesday night at 10:00 p.m. and on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 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.
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.
