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December 04, 2004
  

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Wooster 75, Ohio Wesleyan 67

DELAWARE, Ohio — Sophomore post Ben Chojnacki drilled a 3-pointer to give Ohio Wesleyan a 67-66 lead midway through the first overtime period, but Tom Port answered with a 3-pointer and Andy Van Horn followed with a 3-pointer as Wooster scored the game's final 9 points to hold off Ohio Wesleyan in North Coast Athletic Conference play on Saturday at Branch Rickey Arena.

Chojnacki's 3-pointer gave the Bishops a 67-66 lead with 2:56 left in overtime, but Port hit a 3-pointer on Wooster's next possession, giving the Fighting Scots a 69-67 lead with 2:30 to go. Van Horn's 3-pointer came with 1:05 on the clock and increased the Wooster lead to 72-67, and Tim Vandevaart added a lay-in and Justin Bradley sank a free throw in the last minute to account for the 75-67 final.

Chojnacki had given the Bishops a 61-60 lead with 1:58 left in regulation time, and the Bishops were poised to add to the lead when Wooster's Port was called for an offensive foul with 1:27 to go, but the Bishops misfired and Wooster got the ball back.

The Fighting Scots took the lead with :26 to play when Blake Mealer dished the ball across the lane to Matt Schlingman, who sank a lay-up to give Wooster a 62-61 edge.

Ohio Wesleyan turned to Chojnacki for the last possession, and the Bishop sophomore was fouled by Mealer on a drive to the hoop with :06 left. Chojnacki hit the first free throw, tying the game at 62-62, but his second was off the mark. Wooster's 3-point try at the buzzer was off line, and the game headed into overtime.

Wooster started the game by racing to a 6-0 lead on a 3-pointer by Kyle Witucky and 3 points from Schlingman, and the Scots stretched the lead to 10-2 just over 3 minutes into the action.

The Bishops then caught fire from outside, coming back on the strength of bombs by sophomore wing Ted Uritus and junior guard Ross Rybarczyk. Ohio Wesleyan eventually took the lead at 18-17 on a 3- pointer by freshman post Dustin Rudegeair with 11:43 left in the first half.

Ohio Wesleyan didn't stop there, though, building the lead to 11 points at 32-21 on Rybarczyk's 3-pointer with 5:35 left in the first half. The Bishops still led, 39-28, with 2:18 to go before Wooster shaved the deficit to 6 points at the break on Mealer's lay-in and Port's 3-pointer with :03 on the clock.

Chojnacki scored in the opening minute of the second half to give the Bishops an 8- point lead, but Wooster eventually pulled even at 56-56 with 3:32 left, setting up the final frantic moments.

Chojnacki led the Bishops with 28 points, matching his career best. Rybarczyk and Uritus each contributed 10 points. Rudegeair led Ohio Wesleyan with 8 rebounds and junior wing Andy Warnock had a team-high 4 assists.

Schlingman led the Fighting Scots with 21 points, and Port finished with 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Witucky led Wooster with 5 assists.


News release submitted by Ohio Wesleyan on Dec 04, 2004 at 08:04 PM
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