Ohio Northern shoots out lights in big win

Stephen Gee scores a career-high 20 points in loss

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(WC Press Release) Ada, Ohio (December 10, 2003) -- The Wilmington Quakers were unable to overcome a strong shooting performance from Ohio Northern, as the Quakers evened their OAC record to 1-1 with a 98-64 loss on Wednesday. Ohio Northern shot 54.8 percent (34-of-62) from the field and an even better 60.7 percent (17-of-28) from three point range in the victory.

The Quakers never led in the game, and fell behind by double digits at 21-9 with 12:28 left in the first half. After the Polar Bears took the 12-point lead, the Quakers went on a 6-0 run to cut the deficit in half. Six would be as close as they would come in the first half, as the Polar Bears ended the half on a 26-13 run to give them a 19-point lead heading into the locker room.

The hosts came out of the gate in the second half firing, opening a 20-point lead that they would continue to increase until the end of the contest.

Stephen Gee (West Milton/Milton-Union) led the Quakers scorers with 20 points, while Deon Short (Cincinnati/Mt. Healthy) chipped in 16 in the loss. Gee and B.J. Gordon each pulled down six rebounds while David Guy (Webb City, MO/Webb City) dished out two assists.

Ohio Northern was led by Chad Bostelman who scored 21 points while Jim Conrad scored 19 and Nate Lieb 18 while Mark Killian rounded out the four starters in double figures with 13 points. Killian pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds while Billy Barkimer dished out a game-high five assists.

With the loss the Quakers fall to 1-5 overall and 1-1 in the OAC while Ohio Northern improves to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in conference action.

The next game for the Green and White is on Saturday, December 13, when the team travels north to Berea, Ohio to face off against the Yellow Jackets of Baldwin-Wallace College with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.