BEREA, OHIO – Three Yellow Jackets each scored 16 points as the Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Wilmington College, 70-62, today (Saturday, February 2, 2013) in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center. The win was BW's third straight and 13^th in its last 14 contests. 

With its victory, BW improved to 16-5 overall and 11-3 in the OAC. With its loss, Wilmington dropped to 10-11 overall and 7-7 in the OAC.

Junior two-time All-OAC forward Kyle Payne (Brunswick), senior Academic All-OAC guard Ben Umbel (Poland/ Seminary) and junior All-OAC guard Kevin Krakowiak (Parma Heights/ Holy Name) each scored 16 points to pace BW. Payne also led BW with a career-high-tying 13 rebounds, and Umbel's 16 points were a season-high. Wilmington was led by senior forward Malcolm Heard II's 16 markers.

With his 16 points today, Payne now has 1,095 career points and moved into a tie for 26th place on the all-time scoring list with 26 current Brunswick High School Head Coach Joe Mackey (1991-95), who had 1,095 points. Today, he surpassed No. 27 John Popp (1947-50), who had 1,090 points. Next up is No. 25 current BW Assistant Coach Jon Carroll (1999-2003), who had 1,098 points.

The Quakers jumped out to an early, 2-0 lead at the 19:41 mark when senior center Miles Bankson scored. BW came right back with a 9-0 run, including six straight points by Umbel, to lead 9-3 at 17:57.

After Wilmington closed the gap to 11-7, BW scored five of the next seven points to lead 16-9 at 14:33 when Umbel made a three-pointer. The lead grew to 13 points at 28-15 with 10:15 left when sophomore point guard Jaron Crowe (Mentor) canned a trey.

Wilmington came back with a 10-3 run to cut the deficit to 31-25 with 6:25 left when junior guard Taylor Wellman made a triple. The Jackets responded with a 9-2 run of their own to restore the 13-point advantage at 40-27 with 3:31 left when Payne scored a layup, was fouled and made the free throw. The Quakers closed on a 7-2 run, but BW led 42-34 at the intermission.

BW regained a 10-point lead at the start of the second stanza at 46-36 when Payne made two foul shots at 16:54. The Quakers responded with a 9-0 run to close to 46-45 with 13:07 remaining when Berlin made a layup.

After BW increased its lead to three, Wilmington scored four straight to take a 49-48 lead with 10:29 left when Heard made a layup.  When Umbel made a layup at 10:14 to give BW a 50-49 lead, the Jackets never trailed again.

The lead grew to six on three separate occasions with the last at 62-56 with 3:46 left when Krakowiak made a three-pointer.  After the Quakers cut the deficit to 62-60 with 2:54 left on a Heard triple, BW began to make its foul shots.

The Yellow Jackets actually canned their final 10 charity tosses in the last 4:29 overall, including four by Krakowiak and two by Umbel in the last 34.1 seconds.