Posted: Feb 13, 2010
BEREA, OHIO -- Senior forward Kyle Brown (Strongsville) scored a game-high 25 points as the Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Muskingum University, 86-73, today (Saturday, February 13, 2010) at Ursprung Gymnasium in Berea. The win ended a brief, two-game Yellow Jacket losing streak and is BW's ninth victory in the last 14 contests.
The Yellow Jackets improve to 13-10 overall and 8-8 in the OAC. Brown connected on six three-pointers and was named BW's Al Sirat Grotto Player of the Game. Also for the Jackets, sophomore point guard Promis Cabbil (Elyria/ Senior) totaled 15 points and a career-high eight assists and freshman forward Chris Ameen (Broadview Heights/ Walsh Jesuit) had 14 points and eight rebounds. The Fighting Muskies, 7-16 overall and 2-14 in the OAC, were led by Nick Hershberger with 22 points.
In the first half, BW scored 13 straight and opened up a 15-3 lead when junior forward Kevin Gall (Brookpark/ Midpark) connected on a short jumper at the 13:27 mark. Muskingum scored two on a Kyle Clinedist layup on its next possession, but the Yellow Jackets answered with a three-pointer from sophomore guard Scott Voiers (Westlake/ Lutheran West) and led by 13, at 18-5.
The Muskies rallied with an 11-2 run and pulled within four at 20-16 when Carson Thomas nailed a triple at 9:27. MU would eventually trim its deficit to three on two occasions, the second coming at 32-29 on a pair of Seth Thomas free throws at 3:02. However, BW ended the half on an 11-5 run and led 43-34 when Brown hit one of two free throws with three seconds left before intermission.
In the second half, BW quickly built its lead to 20 at 58-38 on a Cabbil fast-break layup at 16:10 that followed 11 straight points off the hot shooting hands of Brown and capped a 15-4 run. Muskie chipped away and got within eight, at 70-62, when Hershberger canned a three at 6:37. Undaunted, BW scored 10 straight and led 80-62 when freshman forward Sean Rothermel (Delaware/ Hayes) hit a jumper with 4:26 left to play. The Muskies briefly got back within 11, but the Jackets held strong down the stretch and secured the 86-73 victory.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Wednesday, February 17 when they travel to Ada, Ohio to play host Ohio Northern University in the ONU Sports Center 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 WBW, 88.3 FM, and via the Internet at www.wBW.com.
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.
FOR MORE BW Sports Information, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Nick Minerd by phone at 440-826-2780 and e-mail at nminerd@bw.edu. Fans can access the latest BW athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics and we invite you to join us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bwathletics.
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.
FOR MORE BW Sports Information, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Nick Minerd by phone at 440-826-2780 and e-mail at nminerd@bw.edu. Fans can access the latest BW athletics information at www.bw.edu/athletics and we invite you to join us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bwathletics.
