Posting Up - Scoreboard - Top 25 - Features - Notables - Team of the Week - Live Audio

Press Release

This is a press release submitted by one of the schools playing in this game. It has not been edited or approved by D3hoops.com
Click here to read the other press release

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Senior post Dustin Rudegeair hit a jumper that put Ohio Wesleyan ahead to stay and added a free throw down the stretch, junior wing Kyle Miller converted a timely 3-point play, and senior wing Brian Cafarella added a pair of free throws during the final 10 seconds as Ohio Wesleyan defeated Wittenberg, 72-69, in North Coast Athletic Conference action on Wednesday in Springfield.

The win snaps Ohio Wesleyan's 43-game losing streak to the Tigers in Springfield dating back to Feb. 28, 1953, when the Bishops took a 67-58 decision in Wittenberg Field House. The win also gives Ohio Wesleyan its first regular-season sweep of Wittenberg since the 1949-50 campaign.

With the Bishops trailing, 65-64, after Mark Snyder's jumper with 1:51 left in regulation time, Rudegeair hit a jumper that returned the lead to Ohio Wesleyan with 1:31 remaining.

Senior guard Casey Teeters then stole the ball and sent it to Miller, who scored on a fast break, was fouled, and hit the free throw to give the Bishops a 69-65 lead with 1:04 remaining.

Wittenberg missed 3 shots on its next possession before Rudegeair cleared a defensive rebound and was fouled with :20 remaining. He hit the first free throw to increase the Bishop lead to 70-67.

Derrick Hannon then scored to bring the Tigers within 70-67 with :10 to play, and Cafarella was fouled before the Bishops could get the ball in bounds. Cafarella hit the second of 2 free throws for a 71-67 Ohio Wesleyan lead, and the Tigers got closer when Gregg Hill drove the length of the court for a lay-in that made it a 71-69 game.

Once again, Cafarella was fouled before the Bishops could get the ball in bounds, and again, Cafarella hit the second of 2 free throws, this time giving Ohio Wesleyan a 72-69 lead with :05 to go, but Hill's game-tying 3-point attempt was off the mark.

Cafarella opened the game's scoring with a 3-pointer, and the Bishops would not trail for the first 33 minutes of the contest.

Ohio Wesleyan pulled away from a 13-13 tie with a 7-0 run that included a 3-pointer by senior post Ryan Rozak, a pair of free throws by junior wing Kyle Holliday and a Rudegeair jumper, and the Bishops would open up a 10-point lead on Rudegeair's 3-pointer with :35 left in the first half.

Wittenberg bounced back with a 3-pointer by Kevin Murray with :05 left in the period, bringing the Tigers within 41-34 at the intermission, and, still trailing by 7 with 13:50 left in regulation time, got a 3-pointer and a lay-in by Murray followed by a Hannon lay-in to tie the score at 49-49 at the midway point of the second half.

The Tigers took their first lead of the game when Sam Gregory's 3-pointer made it 57-56 with 6:30 to play, and when Brandan Barabino followed with a pair of free throws for a 59-56 Wittenberg lead, the Tigers had their biggest lead of the game.

Senior post Jesse Jean answered with a timely 3-point play for the Bishops, tying the game at 59-59 with just over 5 minutes remaining, and from that point on, the teams would trade scores until Miller's 3-point play gave the Bishops a 4-point lead with just over a minute remaining.

Rudegeair led the Bishops with 24 points and 8 rebounds. Teeters finished with 10 points and Holliday led the Bishops with 4 assists.

Murray led the Tigers with 17 points, Snyder had 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, and Hill and Barabino finished with 10 points apiece.

Press release submitted by Ohio Wesleyan on Feb 13 2008 at 10:08 PM

Teams By Region
Schedules and results

Northeast	M	W
East	M	W
Atlantic	M	W
Middle Atlantic	M	W
South	M	W
Great Lakes	M	W
Midwest	M
Central		W
West	M	W

Contact Us
About D3hoops.com
Feedback
Privacy Policy
Team of Week Nominations
User Survey