LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team defeated East Texas Baptist University by a score of 85-77 in the first day of the Don Lane Classic hosted by Transylvania (Ky.) University in the Clive M. Beck Center.

BW (4-6) moves on to play the host Transylvania tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the Don Lane Classic championship game. ETBU (3-7) will take on DePauw (Ind.) University tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Don Lane Classic consolation game.

BW Leaders

• Sophomore guard Ray Ellington (Westlake) scored a career-high 28 points and added seven rebounds
• Freshman forward AJ Pestello (Cuyahoga Falls/Stow-Munroe Falls) scored 17 points and grabbed a team-leading eight rebounds
• Sophomore guard Brayden Hamilton (Brunswick) tallied 12 points by shooting 4-6 from three
• Freshman guard Titus Baskerville IV (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) added 11 points and eight assists

ETBU Leaders

• Senior guard Jayden Williams led the team with 22 points
• Senior forward Darry Moore recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds
• Junior guard Ryan Elzy finished with 18 points 

First Half (BW 31-28)

• Pestello led BW with eight points while Moore scored eight for the Tigers
• Senior forward Rob Watson III (Sagamore Hills/Nordonia) recorded all three of his blocks 
• ETBU tied things up at 21 after trailing for most of the half but not before BW took a three point into the intermission
• 26 of the Yellow Jackets' 31 points were scored in the paint
• The Brown and Gold defense held ETBU to a 31% shooting percentage from the field

Second Half (BW 85-77)

• Ellington lifted BW as he scored 22 of his 28
• The Yellow Jackets trailed by eight before going on a 44-29 run to close the game
• BW regained the lead off a dunk by junior forward Jarred Logan (Elyria/Elyria Catholic) and never looked back
• The Brown and Gold shot 60% from deep