The tourney win was B-W's second title of the season as it won the season-opening Gettysburg (Pa.) Tournament.
Davis scored 21 of his game-high 27 points in the second half when B-W overcame a pair of 10-point deficits en route to winning its fourth straight game to improve to 9-2 overall. With its loss, HSC fell to 7-4 overall.
With his 27 points and 15 rebounds today, Thad Davis now has 1,562 career points and 798 career rebounds. He is now seventh on the Yellow Jacket all-time scoring list and fifth in rebounding. Today, Thad Davis surpassed former four-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference guard and Mentor High School standout Jason Schefft who had 1,559 career points at B-W. For his efforts in the two games at Hampden-Sydney, Thad Davis was named as the tournament Most Valuable Player.
In addition to Thad Davis, his younger brother, sophomore forward Tori Davis scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and sophomore guard Keith Aufmuth had 11 points, including three three-pointers. For their efforts, Tori Davis and Aufmuth joined Thad Davis on the all-tournament team.
Hampden-Sydney was led by senior guard Brian Gunn with 19 points and was tabbed to the all-tourney squad.
In the first half, B-W opened up an early nine-point lead at 15-6 with 15:02 left before halftime when Thad Davis scored on a layup. Then the Tigers outscored the Yellow Jackets 30-16 the remainder of the half, including a 14-2 run, to lead 36-31 at the intermission.
In the second half, the Tigers scored the first five points to build their lead to as many as 10 points at 41-31 with 19:12 minutes left in the game. B-W then outscored Hampden-Sydney 30-18 to take its first lead of the second stanza at 61-59 with 7:07 left in the game when Aufmuth canned a three-pointer. The Yellow Jackets then built their lead to as many as eight points with the final score.
B-W now returns to Berea and will also return to Ohio Athletic Conference action on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 when it hosts OAC arch-rival Mount Union College on at the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.