PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team defeated La Roche University in a non-conference matchup by a score of 83-78 on Scott Lang Court inside the Kerr Fitness & Sports Center.

BW Leaders (3-5)

• Sophomore guard Brayden Hamilton (Brunswick) finished with 19 points
• Sophomore guard Ray Ellington (Westlake) had a game-high 24 points and 11 rebounds for his second double-double of the season
• Freshman guard Nick Timberlake (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) scored his first collegiate points and finished with nine total
• Freshman guard Titus Baskerville IV (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) and sophomore forward AJ Pestello (Cuyahoga Falls/Stow-Munroe Falls) each recorded 12 points

La Roche Leaders (2-8)

• Junior guard Joe Starzynski and senior guard Isaiah Thomas each had 19 points for the Redhawks
• Sophomore forward Dawson Summers scored 12 points off the bench
• Starzynski had a team-high nine rebounds

First Half (BW 49-45)

• Ellington scored 17 points and five threes in the first nine minutes 
• The Yellow Jackets took a 15 point lead with 10:13 left in the half
• Starzynksi scored 13 of his 19
• BW shot 43% from beyond the arch
• La Roche scored 22 points in the paint and shot 48% from the field

Second Half (BW 83-78)

• Pestello was the leading scorer in the second half scoring 10 of his 12 on the night
• The Brown and Gold defense forced 15 turnovers and held La Roche to 2-12 from three
• The Redhawks scored 11 straight to take their biggest lead of the night going up 69-64 with six minutes to play
• Hamilton gave the Yellow Jackets the 74-73 lead with a three after a late comeback
• Ellington scored five of BW's last nine to secure the 83-78 victory

Up Next

BW is back in action Saturday, December 16 as they host an Ohio Athletic Conference matchup aganst Otterbein University in Ursprung Gymnasium inside the Lou Higgins Center at 1 p.m.