With its win, JCU remains in first place in the OAC at 7-0 and has now beaten the Yellow Jackets eight straight times. With its loss, B-W fell to 11-3 overall and 4-3 in the OAC and ended a season-high six-game winning streak.
In the first half, JCU led by as many as eight points at 30-22 with 6:14 left in the half when Pete Moran connected on a pair of foul shots. The Yellow Jackets then went on a 10-0 run to take a 32-30 advantage with 48 seconds remaining when Thad Davis scored on a short jumper. Two foul shots by JCU's Brandon Mimes tied it at the intermission at 32-all.
In the second half, B-W led by as many as 10 points at 49-39 when Thad Davis connected on a foul shot to finish a three-point play with 14:33 remaining in the game. JCU evened the score for the first time since early in the second half at 64-64 when Demetrius Travis knocked down a pair of free throws and Justin Ragor connected on a three-pointer to cap a 7-0 run to give the Blue Streaks a 67-64 lead with 3:37 to play. Thad Davis gave the Yellow Jackets its final lead of the contest at 68-67 when he made two free-throws with 2:33 remaining. A short jumper from Mimes with 2:15 to go gave John Carroll the lead for good at 69-68 as neither team made a field goal in the closing minutes. B-W's final chance came with just 2.49 seconds remaining to play when Tori Davis missed a pair of free-throws.
JCU was led by Mimes with 11 points and seven rebounds. Ragor, Peter Koch and Michael Grogan each added 10 points for the Blue Streaks.
For B-W, Tom Harrington scored 12 points on four three-pointers and added 10 to join the Davis brothers in double figures. Tori Davis grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds and Aufmuth chipped in with a game-high 10
With his 19 points and seven rebounds today, Thad Davis now has 1,622 career points and 831 career rebounds. He is now seventh on the Yellow Jacket all-time scoring list and fifth in rebounding.
B-W will be back in action on Saturday, January 15 when it travels to Marietta, Ohio to play the Marietta College Pioneers at the Ban Johnson Fieldhouse at 3:00 p.m.