Quakers fall in double overtime 97-90

Guy and Nelson each score 18 in losing effort

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January 8, 2005

WILMINGTON, Ohio – The Wilmington College Quakers fell to 25th ranked Baldwin-Wallace College in double overtime 97-90 on Saturday afternoon. David Guy (Webb City, MO/Webb City) and Billy Nelson (Cincinnati/Shroder Paideia Academy) each scored 18 points in the loss.

The two teams battled for the first 14 minutes of the game, as the Yellow Jackets held a five-point, 25-20 lead with 6:11 to play in the first half before the Quakers opened a 25-2 run, taking a 16-point lead with 1:17 to pay in the half. The Yellow Jackets scored the final four points of the half, cutting the deficit to 12 by halftime.

The Yellow Jackets kept chipping away at the Quaker lead, eventually taking a four-point lead with 3:53 to play in the game. The Quakers then used an 8-0 run to take a four-point lead of their own, with 2:21 remaining. The two teams exchanged baskets in the next minute before the Yellow Jackets scored the final four points of the half, knotting the game at 67 at the end of regulation.

The Yellow Jackets jumped out to a six-point, 75-69 lead in the first overtime before the Quakers chipped away, getting to within three with 11 seconds to play. Josh Rohrbacer (Columbus/Beechcroft) hit a three-point basket from just above the elbow with 0.7 to play, tying the game at 80 and sending the contest into its second extra period.

The Quakers had a two-point lead with 3:21 to go in the second overtime before the Yellow Jackets caught fire from the free throw line and scored the next nine points of the game, giving them a seven-point lead with 55 seconds in the contest. The Quakers were only able to get as close as five the rest of the way in the seven-point loss.

Guy and Nelson each scored 18 points, with the 18 points representing a new career high for Nelson. Deon Short (Cincinnati/Mt. Healthy) scored 16 points while Zach Broermann (Brookville, IN/Franklin County) scored 15 points, also a career high. Rohrbacher and Brett Carpenter (Marshallville/Smithville) each pulled down six rebounds while Short and Eric Stirling (Brooklyn, NY/LaSalle Academy) each grabbed five boards. Short, Broermann and Nelson each dished out four assists to lead the team.

Baldwin-Wallace was led by Tori Davis who had 29 points and eight rebounds while Thad Davis had 13 points and 12 boards. Tom Harrington scored 18 points while Matt Marks put up 17 points in the win. Harrington dished out seven assists to lead the team.

With the loss, the Quakers snap a five-game win streak and fall to 7-5 overall and 3-2 in the OAC while Baldwin-Wallace improves their win streak to six games, improving to 11-2 overall and 4-2 in league action.

The next game for the Green and White is on Wednesday, January 12 when the team travels to New Concord, Ohio to face off against the Muskies of Muskingum College with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m.