Posted: Dec 10, 2022
MARIETTA, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball fell to Marietta College in the first game of an Ohio Athletic Conference men's and women's doubleheader inside the Ban Johnson Arena by a final score of 78-73.
BW Leaders (3-4, 1-2 OAC)
- Senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC guard Jake Snyder (Stow/Archbishop Hoban) tied his season high with 21 points. He also led both teams with four assists.
- Sophomore guard Ashton Price (Bay Village/Bay) added 19 points.
- Freshman guard Ray Ellington (Westlake) set a career-high with eight points.
- Sophomore forward Zoltan Nagy (Lakewood/St. Edward) set a career-high in rebounds with seven boards.
Marietta Leaders (6-2, 3-0 OAC)
- David Sanford led with 21 points.
- Lovenson Xavier added 18 points and four rebounds.
- Sahmi Willoughby scored nine points and led the game with 14 rebounds.
First Half (36-29 Marietta)
- Marietta opened the game hot as they leaped out to a 12-0 run.
- BW was able to regain ground with a 7-2 run of their own.
- The Pioneers followed that up with a 7-0 run to expand their lead to 21-7 with 12:26 left in the half.
- After back and forth action, the Yellow Jackets went on a 9-2 run to trim the Marietta lead to 31-27.
- The defenses shined at the end of the half as BW ended the half going 1-7 from the field and the Pioneers finished the half 1-6 from the field.
- Ellington was the high scorer for the Yellow Jackets as he scored eight points on 3-5 shooting.
- Snyder added six points and led both teams with two assists.
- Xavier led both squads with 12 points and he added three boards.
- Sanford added 10 points on 4-5 shooting in the half.
Second Half (78-73 Marietta)
- The start of the half featured back and forth action until a 6-0 run gave BW their first lead of the game with 14:01 left in the game after junior forward Rob Watson III (Sagamore Hills/Nordonia) made two free throws.
- Marietta followed up the Yellow Jackets run with their own 6-2 run to regain a 5 point lead with 11:06 left.
- A 12-4 BW run beginning with 5:51 left in the game gave them 71-69 lead.
- A quick 4-0 run by the Pioneers gave them a 73-71 lead until Snyder hit a layup to tie things up at 73-73.
- Marietta was able to go on a 5-0 run the rest of the way as the teams walked off the court with a 78-73 Pioneers victory.
- Snyder led the second half scoring with 15 points.
- Price added 14 points, two rebounds and two assists.
- Sanford added a team high tying 11 points in the second half for the Pioneers.
- Jac Alexander was also tied for the team led in second half points with 11.
The Yellow Jackets return to the hardwood on Wednesday, December 14 when they host a non-conference game against Hobart (N.Y.) College in the Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center with tipoff at 3:00 p.m.