With its victory, the Fighting Muskies improved to 5-3 overall and 1-2 in the OAC. With its loss, B-W fell to 5-2 overall and 0-2 in the OAC.
Muskingum led the final 13:49 in the first half with its largest lead coming at 3:34 when Ross hit a three-pointer to put the Fighting Muskies up 11 points at 29-18. In the second half, B-W was able to regain the lead, 51-50, when sophomore guard Tyler Sekerak (Corry, Pa./ Corry) connected on a layup with 7:52 remaining. Ross answered right back with another three-pointer at 5:29 as the Fighting Muskies never trailed the rest of the way.
Leading the way for B-W was sophomore forward Tori Davis (Elyria/ Open Door) with 17 points. Joining him in double figures were senior forward Thad Davis (Elyria/ Open Door) with 16 points and sophomore forward Matt Marks (Boardman) with 10 points. Both Thad and Tori Davis grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. With his 16 points and 13 rebounds today, Thad Davis now has 1,479 career points and 743 career rebounds and is 10th on the all-time Yellow Jacket scoring list and seventh in rebounding.
In addition to Ross, freshman guard Jeremy Ady scored 13 points for Muskingum. For the game, Muskingum shot 35.7 percent (10-of-28) from beyond the arc and 82.4 percent (14-of-17) from the charity stripe.
The B-W men will be back in action next Wednesday, December 15 when they host OAC-rival Ohio Northern University at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.