Case falls to 2-1 and Wilmington improves to 3-0. The Spartans will next travel to Westminster College on Sunday (Nov. 27) for a 6:00 p.m. game.
The Spartans battled back from two six point deficits, 62-56 at the 5:37 mark and 64-58 at the 4:10 mark, to take the lead 65-64 with under two minutes left in the game. After a Quaker miss with just a minute left in the game Case had the ball and the lead, but turned the ball over and Wilmington’s Nick Berter scored to put Wilmington ahead 66-65. The Spartans had another chance to win the game as Lafe had two shots at the free throw line with three seconds left on the clock, but unfortunately missed both.
Lafe hit 7 of 8 shots from the field in the first half for 17 points as the Spartans shot 56 percent from the field (14-25). Case also out rebounded the Quakers, but trailed by two at the half, 39-37. Wilmington shot 50 percent (6-12) from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes.
Spartan sophomore guard Brandon Bradford (Detroit, MI) also had a career high 11 assists and senior forward Carson Oren (South Bend, IN) a double-double with 10 rebound and 11 points on the night.
Senior forward Eric Stirling (Brooklyn, NY) recorded a double-double, with 14 points and ten rebounds to lead the Quakers.
Official Basketball Box Score
Wilmington College vs Case Western Reserve Univ.
11/22/05 8:06 p.m. at Horsburgh Gymnasium, Cleveland, Ohio
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VISITORS: Wilmington College 3-0
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Carpenter, Brett.... f 2-6 1-4 1-3 2 2 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 23
50 Stirling, Eric...... f 5-16 0-1 4-7 5 5 10 1 14 4 2 2 3 31
12 Broermann, Zach..... g 4-8 3-6 0-0 1 2 3 2 11 3 2 0 4 26
20 Berter, Nick........ g 3-7 2-6 0-0 1 0 1 3 8 2 2 1 1 22
30 Rohrbacher, Josh.... g 3-6 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 16
10 Umpleby, Mike....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 Walters, Josh....... 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 2 3 0 1 14
22 Harrison, Fred...... 0-5 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 20
34 Gaines, Justin...... 6-9 3-4 0-2 0 2 2 2 15 2 1 0 1 20
35 Walters, Scott...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 10
40 Lahmers, Sam........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
42 Leftenant, Travante. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 13
TEAM................ 5 5 1
Totals.............. 26-64 9-28 5-12 11 26 37 23 66 16 14 4 13 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd Half: 11-33 33.3% Game: 40.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 3-16 18.8% Game: 32.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 41.7% 2
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HOME TEAM: Case Western Reserve Univ. 2-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
31 Oren, Carson........ f 4-11 2-4 1-4 1 9 10 2 11 0 5 0 1 23
33 Rodriguez, Tyler.... f 2-11 0-0 2-4 5 4 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 31
50 Conrad, Mason....... c 6-9 0-0 0-2 3 1 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 23
12 Cannan, Matt........ g 0-4 0-1 5-6 0 6 6 2 5 0 3 1 0 32
32 Bradford, Brandon... g 0-2 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 3 1 11 4 0 1 35
21 Mullen, Richard..... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 11
22 Lafe, Funso......... 9-13 0-1 5-9 0 2 2 0 23 1 3 0 4 30
42 Bommer, Benton...... 2-2 0-0 1-1 1 4 5 2 5 0 1 1 0 15
TEAM................ 2 3 5
Totals.............. 24-54 2-8 15-28 12 32 44 16 65 12 17 2 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-25 56.0% 2nd Half: 10-29 34.5% Game: 44.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-3 33.3% 2nd Half: 1-5 20.0% Game: 25.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-16 50.0% 2nd Half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 53.6% 5
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Officials:
Technical fouls: Wilmington College-TEAM. Case Western Reserve Univ.-None.
Attendance: 134
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Wilmington College............ 39 27 - 66
Case Western Reserve Univ..... 37 28 - 65
Points in the paint-WIL 32,CASE 36. Points off turnovers-WIL 10,CASE 12.
2nd chance points-WIL 7,CASE 13. Fast break points-WIL 8,CASE 0.
Bench points-WIL 21,CASE 30. Score tied-10 times. Lead changed-13 times.
Last FG-WIL 2nd-01:03, CASE 2nd-01:57.
Largest lead-WIL by 8 2nd-15:44, CASE by 7 1st-12:21.