SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Junior point guard Jaron Crowe (Mentor) scored a game-high 21 points, but the Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team lost to Schreiner (Texas) University, 77-74, in its second and final game of the Trinity (Texas) University Holiday Classic in the Weber Gymnasium.  The Yellow Jackets were 1-1 on the trip to the Lonestar State and also beat Southwestern (Texas) University, 74-64, yesterday.

With its loss, BW is 6-5 overall.  Crowe, who scored a game-high 22 points in last night's win, had 43 points in the two games, made 16-of-23 field goal attempts, including seven three-pointers. He also passed for 10 assists in the two games.

In addition to Crowe for the Yellow Jackets, senior two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference guard Kevin Krakowiak (Valley City/Holy Name) scored 18 points and senior 3-time All-OAC forward Kyle Payne (Brunswick) had 13 points and 12 rebounds for his second straight double-figure scoring and double-figure rebounding game on the trip. 

With his 13 points, Payne now has 1,328 career points to stand in 15th place all-time. Next up and in 14th place is Ron Myers (1977-80), who had 1,361 points.  Krakowiak's 18 points give him 1,093 career opoints to stand 27th all-time. Today, he surpassed John Popp (1947-50) who had 1,090 career points. Next up is current Brunswick High School Head Coach Joe Mackey (1991-95), who had 1,095 points, and then former BW assistant coach Jon Carroll (1999-2003), who had 1,098 career markers.

Schreiner, now 4-6 overall and 2-0 in the Trinity Classic, was led by senior guard AJ Myres with 20 points and nine rebounds.  The key to the win for the Mountaineers was making 12 of 16 foul shots for 75 percent accuracy compared with BW making just 12 of 25 foul shots for 48%.

In the first half, Schreiner gained a 4-0 lead at 18:39 when junior forward Hollis Robinson made a layup to end a fastbreak. The Yellow Jackets came back with a 6-2 run to tie it at 6-6 at 14:38 when senior forward Skyler Simpson (Centerburg) came off the bench to make a three-pointer. 

The Mountaineers outscored BW 8-3 to take a 14-9 lead at 12:34 when freshman forward Dustin Bercutt made the second of two straight jump shots. BW folloed with a 5-0 run to tie it at 14-14 at 10:24 when senior backup center Aaron Selmek (Delaware/Columbus St. Francis deSales) made a layup.

Schreiner went on a 6-0 run and took a 20-14 lead at 7:39 when Myres made his second straight layup. BW came right back with five straight points and cut the lead to 20-19 at 6:51 when Krakowiak canned a trey.  The Moutaineers had a 8-2 run to lead by seven at 28-21 when freshman guard Jared Thompson made a layup off a fastbreak following a missed Yellow Jacket foul shot. Again, Krakowiak brought BW back with a triple at 3:57 to make the score 28-24.

The Mountaineers ended the half on a 6-0 run and led by 10 points at 34-24 at the intermission.
  
In the second half, BW scored the first four points to cut the lead to 34-28 at 18:10 when Crowe made a runner in the lane. But Schreiner outscored BW 6-2 to reagin its 10-point lead at 40-30 with 15:07 left when junior guard Stevan Guerrero made a layup, was fouled and made a free throw to complete a three-point play.

The Yellow Jackets came back with a 17-7 run to tie the game at 47-47 at 8:16 when Selmek made the front end of a one-and-one situation. BW took the lead at 50-47 at 7:44 when Crowe canned a three-pointer from the top of the key.  

BW led by four at 55-51 at 5:54 when Krakowiak made two foul shots, but Schreiner went on a 7-0 run to lead 58-55 at 3:39 when freshman guard Maverick Harris canned the second straight three-pointer.  The lead grew to 60-55 at 3:00 when Thompson made a layup.

BW stung back with an old-fashioned three-point play by Payne at 2:38 to make it 60-58, and when Crowe canned a jumper at 2:02, it was 62-60.  A layup by Guerrero at 1:39 made it 64-60. Payne countered with a BW foul shot for a 64-61 count with 1:17 left and a Krakowiak layup with 36 seconds made it a 64-63 game.  Myres gave the Mountaineers a three-point lead at 66-63 with 21 seconds left, but a driving layup by Crowe was good, he was fouled and made the free throw to tie the contest for the fifth time at 66-66 with 13 seconds left.  Schreiner had a chance to win it in regulation but its shot was off target.

In overtime, the Mountaineers started with an 8-2 run to take a 74-68 lead at 2:27 when Myres made a fastbreak layup. BW scored five straight points to make it 74-73 with eight seconds left when Crowe canned a trey. Guerrero made it 76-74 with two foul shots with five seconds left. Crowe countered with a foul shot with two seconds remaining and tried to miss his second shot. Following the Schreiner rebound, it scored the final point of the game for the 77-74 win.

The Yellow Jackets resume Ohio Athletic Conference play on Saturday, January 4, 2015 when they host Otterbein University in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium in the Lou Higgins Center at 3:00 p.m.

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Photo Courtesy of Mark Selmek