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Second half of December 2000

No. 2 Wooster blows out No. 8 Chicago

Nate Gaubatz led Wooster with 21 points.

WOOSTER, Ohio — No. 2 Wooster equaled its best start in school history and won the Mose Hole Classic championship, defeating No. 8 Chicago 89-57 on Dec. 30.

Chicago (8-2) scored two of the first three buckets but would not lead again, as Wooster edged out to a 25-18 advantage and extended the lead to 16 at the break. Wooster (11-0) continued to hold a similar advantage until 3:24 into the half when the Scots turned a 49-31 game into a 29-point lead with 11 unanswered points.

Wooster was led by senior Nate Gaubatz, who was voted the tournament's Most Valuable Player. He scored a game-high 21 points, dished out four assists, and made two steals on Saturday, following an 11-point, five-assist outing in Friday night's victory. Fellow senior Steve Thompson was selected to the all-tournament team, following his season-high 20-point performance with six rebounds and four assists. Garnering the Defensive Most Valuable Player award was Wooster junior Antwyan Reynolds.

For Chicago, which fell to 8-2 on the season, sophomores Matt Bochenek and Derek Reich topped the team in points with 14 and 13, respectively. Reich and senior Brad Henderson, who totaled 23 points in the two-day event, were selected to the all-tournament team. No. 3 Calvin downed Case Western Reserve University 86-60 in the consolation game.

Chicago, Wooster to meet for Mose Hole title
WOOSTER, Ohio — Derek Reich scored 10 of his game-high 18 points in the second half as No. 8 Chicago defeated No. 3 Calvin 73-71 on Dec. 29 in the first round of the Mose Hole Classic at Wooster. Chicago (8-1) led the entire game.

The Maroons built a 41-33 halftime edge and owned a 52-44 advantage with 14:37 left in the contest. Calvin cut the gap to 72-71 in the final minute, but Chicago's Trammel Martin hit one of two free throws with 34 seconds remaining to seal the win. Both teams shot 58% from the floor. Chicago connected on 12 of 19 three-point attempts, including a 5-for-7 effort by Jim Waichulis, who finished the night with 15 points.

Brad Henderson (pictured) and Jon Poyer contributed 14 and 11 points, respectively, for the Maroons. Nate Burgess and Brian Krosschell paced Calvin (8-2) with 14 points each.

No. 2 Wooster advanced to the championship by beating Case Western 83-56.

Eau Claire upsets No. 4 Buena Vista in OT
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — In a game very reminiscent of one last March, the UW-Eau Claire men's basketball team defeated Buena Vista 91-80 in overtime for the championship of the 32nd annual Eau Claire Holiday Classic at the W. L. Zorn Arena on Dec. 30.

Last March, on BV's home court in Storm Lake, Iowa, the Blugolds registered an 82-75 overtime triumph in an NCAA Division III sectional semifinal contest.

Saturday's decision snapped a 30-game regular season win streak by the fourth-ranked Beavers who are now 8-1 for the season after going 27-2 last season. It also ended a 17-game road win streak. The win was the fourth in succession for the Blugolds who are now 8-4 for the season.

The Blugolds used a balanced offense to beat Buena Vista as all five starters reached double figures and received some kind of tournament recognition. Sherm Carstensen was the MVP as he scored 28 points following a 21-point effort in the Blugolds' opening-round win over St. Scholastica. He also grabbed seven rebounds and had a game-high six assists. Jason Larson scored 18 points and had seven rebounds to go with three assists and three steals. Matt Fermanich tallied 15 with five assists and joined Larson on the All-Tourney first team. Todd Marks scored 14 and pulled 10 boards in earning an All-Tourney second team berth and Andy Witte scored 12 with 10 rebounds in picking up the tourney's Hustle Award.

Buena Vista was not without its stars as Chris Peterson, Adam Jones and Nick Winters were named to the All-Tourney first team as they scored 15, 13 and 10 points, respectively, while Brett Smith earned a second team berth with 16 points and Robby Beyer won the Fireman Award with his 11 points off the bench.

No more than six points separated the two teams throughout 40 minutes of regulation as there were 20 lead changes and seven ties. Eau Claire scored the first six points of the game but BV held a six-point lead just prior to halftime but settled for a 39-37 lead at the intermission.

The final lead changed occurred with 3:49 left in regulation as Matt Fermanich hit a three-pointer to give Eau Claire a 68-66 advantage. Two Andy Witte baskets built the lead to 72-66 with less than a minute to go. Smith countered with a trey for Buena Vista but Witte scored again for a five-point Blugold lead. Smith came back with a layup but the Blugolds proceeded to miss two free throws before Fermanich hit one to give the Blugolds a 75-71 lead in the final 20 seconds. Smith connected again on a three to cut it to one but Fermanich converted a pair of charity tosses to put the Blugolds back up by three. With three seconds left, Nick Winters nailed a trifecta from the corner to put the game into an extra session. Jones had hit a three-pointer from the corner in the final five seconds of regulation to force the overtime this past March.

The Blugolds scored the first five points of overtime on buckets by Carstensen and Larson and a free throw by Marks. BV never got closer than four as the Blugolds made seven of eight free throws in the final 90 seconds.

Buena Vista scored one more field goal than the Blugolds but Eau Claire had an 11-7 edge in treys and hit 18 of 27 free throws compared to 9 of 15 for the visitors who also committed seven more turnovers than the Blugolds. Eau Claire's 44-38 edge on the boards also contributed to nine more shot attempts from the field.

No. 5 Baldwin-Wallace finishes Abilene sweep
ABILENE, Texas — The No. 5 Baldwin-Wallace women won their seventh consecutive game and improved to 9-1 overall Dec. 30 with a 76-67 victory against No. 17 Hardin-Simmons. Hardin-Simmons lost its sixth in a row to fall to 6-4 overall.

The Yellow Jackets were led by senior two-time All-OAC guard Kim Luthman with a game-high 22 points. The 22 points tied her career-high from two years ago. Joining her in double figures were seniors Jenny Nance and Mandy Zolciak with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Freshman Erika Schultz grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

In the first half, the Yellow Jackets scored the first two points of the game before the Cowgirls went on a 13-5 run to takea 13-7 lead with 13:52 left. B-W battled back to lead by as many as four points at 28-24 with 1:42 left when freshman forward Audrey Whittaker canned a free-throw after making a layup.

In the second half, B-W had a 14-8 run to start the second half and never looked back. B-W led by as many 11 points on two separate occasions with the last time being 69-58 with 2:20 left when Luthman made a layup.

"I am very pleased with our performance the last two days in Texas," said head coach Cheri Harrer. "We saw a lot of different types of defenses that we usually do not see at home and it will prepare us if we make it back to the NCAA tournament."

Hardin-Simmons was led by junior guard Andrea Burrows with 15 points. Sophomore forward Kendra Anderson had 13 points and senior guard Beth Ulrickson added 11.

Wittenberg deals No. 22 Hanover men first loss
Wittenberg used a 13-5 burst to close the game and stave off a stern challenge from Hanover, winning the championship game of the 2000 Kiwanis-Wittenberg Men's Basketball Holiday Classic 57-45. The Tigers won for the fourth consecutive time to improve to 8-1, while the Panthers, ranked No. 22 nationally in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25, dropped to 10-1 on the season.

Wittenberg got another MVP performance from senior Ryan Taylor. Also the MVP of the 1998 Classic, Taylor scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds to go along with his 16-point game in the Tigers' Round 1 win over Beloit. Joining Taylor on the all-tournament team were sophomore forward Kevin Longley, who played big underneath the basket with a tournament-best 13 rebounds, and freshman point guard Mark Borland, who saved the best for last by coming off the bench for a clutch three-pointer and 3-of-4 from the free throw line in the final three minutes of the game.

Hanover, which was off to its best start in 20 years at 10-0 coming into the game, got a tremendous game off the bench from forward Jess Denger. He had 19 points for the cold-shooting Panthers, including 3-of-4 from three-point land. He was joined on the all-tournament team by starting center Joe Neuman, who had nine points and six rebounds after dropping in 15 points in the Round 1 victory over Kalamazoo.

No. 19 Hope women upend No. 8 Capital
HOLLAND, Mich. — Hope scored 50 points in the second half for a 75-65 come-from-behind win against Capital in the final round of the Hope College Classic on Saturday.

Capital (8-2) entered the contest ranked No. 8 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 while Hope (8-2) was ranked 19th.

The Crusaders ran out to a 14-point lead, 27-13, in the first half before the Dutch closed the margin to 31-25 at the half.

Capital would hold the lead until the 6:51 mark of the second half when Hope would take the lead the lead for good. Hope shot 70% in the second half (19-for-27) and four players in double-figures led by Amanda Kerkstra's 17 points.

Hope withstood a strong effort from Capital All-American senior Kendra Meyer who was 13-for-17 from the floor for a game-high 29 points. Danielle Meyer was the only other Crusader in double figures with 12 points.

No. 20 Salem State loses for second straight night
SALEM, Mass. -- For part of the second half on Saturday afternoon, it appeared the huge first half lead the Gothic Knights had built up would be wasted. The Knights took leads of 12-0 and 20-5 with 8:08 remaining in the opening period, before Salem State rallied to shave the score at the intermission to 35-29 in the consolation game of the Salem State Christmas Tournament.

The Vikings rallied in the first 10 minutes of the second half, and trimmed the Knight lead to 39-38 when junior forward Peter Szklarz drilled a three-pointer with 12:22 remaining in the second half. Salem took the lead for the first time at 40-39 on a basket by freshman center John Goya. The Vikings continued to lead, 42-41 after Mike Kmiec scored two of his game-high 17 points with 10:48 remaining.

But New Jersey City (6-5) recovered. Senior guard Marques Morris nailed a three-pointer with 10:10 remaining, to give the Knights a 44-42 edge, and NJCU never trailed again, en route to a 62-56 victory against the host Vikings and a third-place finish in the tournament.

NJCU is now 6-5 on the season. Salem State (7-3) has lost two straight following a 7-1 start. The Vikings had won their own tournament five of the past six seasons.

After regaining the lead at 44-42, freshman forward Samar Battle rebounded his own miss in the paint and tipped in the follow to give NJCU a four-point lead. A three-pointer by sophomore guard Reginald Wright with 8:41 left built a seven-point boundary, 49-42. After trading baskets, Morris increased the Knight lead to 55-46 with a three-pointer at 5:31. NJCU hit seven free-throws down the stretch to account for the 62-56 final.

The Knights received a balanced scoring attack in the absence of leading scorer Najm Calhoun, who sat out for the second straight game after spraining an ankle in practice. Four NJCU players reached double digits in scoring.

Sophomore guard George Thomas notched a season-high 15 points in a starting role, to accompany a team-best seven rebounds, while Morris finished with 13. Wright chipped in 11. Senior forward Jeff Harrington now has 1,055 career points, and passed Don Brandes for 18th place on the all-time scoring list with his 10 on Saturday.

In addition to his 17 points, Kmiec posted a game-best 12 rebounds. Senior forward Ed Bourgogne added 13. Salem State outrebounded NJCU 40-30, but committed 32 turnovers, thanks to a Knight defense that held the Vikings to a season-low 56 points. NJCU shot 39.6% (21-for-53) from the floor and 6-for-12 from three-point range. The Vikings hit 20 of 53 (37.7%).

North sweeps South in Abilene Classic
ABILENE, Texas -- For the first time in four years the Hardin-Simmons women's basketball team has lost three straight games as they dropped a 74-68 decision to No. 10 UW-Oshkosh on Dec. 29 in the Abilene Classic. The No. 17 Cowgirls shot their best percentage of the season (43%) and overcame an 11-point deficit with 6:42 to go in the game to tie up the game at the 2:18 mark.

Leading 70-68 with a 12-second difference between the game clock and the shot clock, center Amanda Dickerson hit a layup to seal the game with 18 seconds to go. A missed Cowgirl shot and a pair of free throws provided the final score.

The Titans (10-1) shot 6-for-11 from three-point range in the game and shot 58.3% from the field. Four Titans scored in double figures including 18 by Kristin Steckmesser and 17 by Melissa Schweitzer. Hardin-Simmons was led by Kendra Anderson, who poured in 21 points on 9-for-13 shooting.

Hardin-Simmons (6-3) got back into the game with a 19-8 run that went from the 6:42 to 2:18 mark. Anderson and backup guard KraTaura Buckner scored eight and six points respectively in the run.

In the first game of the Abilene Classic, McMurry surged back against No. 5 Baldwin-Wallace to force overtime before bowing. The Lady Indians rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit to force overtime where the Yellow Jackets outscored McMurry 13-5 for the 66-58 win.

After trailing 34-16 at the half, McMurry (4-5) ran off 11 consecutive points over the first 7:25 compliments of three-pointers by Amanda Bradshaw, Ametra Boyd, and Holly Potts to go with a Nisha Washington layup to make it 34-27.

Baldwin-Wallace (8-1) answered with a trey by Mandy Zolciak to send it back to double digits at 37-27 with 13:18 remaining. The margin hovered between five and eight points for the next eight minutes with the tally at 51-43 with 5:55 left.

McMurry then went on its most important run of the night. The Lady Indians rattled off eight consecutive points to tie the game at 51-51 on a Lilly Ogunbanjo layup with 3:42 left.

Ogunbanjo then connected on two free throws for the first McMurry lead of the night with 2:28 to go. The Yellow Jackets Natalie Winkelfoos drove through the lane to tie it at 53-53, which was the score at the end of regulation.

The Lady Indians ran out to a lead in the extra period when Ogunbanjo scored on an inside layup from Lauren Bagley and completed the three-point play for the 56-53 advantage. Baldwin-Wallace recorded the next six points to gain its own three-point lead at 59-56 behind Winkelfoos and Jenny Nance with four and two points.

McMurry pulled back to 59-58 on two free throws by Washington at the 2:35 mark. The Yellow Jackets hit the next seven scores to finish the game with Nance putting in four and Kim Luthman three for the 66-58 overtime final.

The Lady Indians made only five of 25 attempts (20%) in the first half to fall down to Baldwin-Wallace by 18 points in the first half. McMurry rallied back to down 38.2% in the second stanza before making just one of seven shots in the overtime. The Yellow Jackets downed 52.0% in the opening half and 47.2% (four of seven) in the overtime.

McMurry was led by Ogunbanjo with 13 points coming all in the second half to go with seven boards. Potts totaled nine while both Tamika Thurman and Washington had eight apiece. Thurman grabbed 12 rebounds while Corissa Thompson had another three blocks on the night.

Baldwin-Wallace saw four players hit for double figures in Winkelfoos (15), Nance (13), Luthman (12), and Emily Clark (10). Erika Schultz was top rebounder with 10 while Nance had eight.

Both teams will continue in the Abilene Classic on Saturday night at Kimbrell Arena on McMurry's campus. Baldwin-Wallace will meet Hardin-Simmons at 6 p.m. while McMurry hosts UW-Oshkosh at 8 p.m.

Edgewood ends B-W's unbeaten run in Phoenix
PHOENIX -- The Baldwin-Wallace men fell from the unbeaten ranks, losing to Edgewood 70-63 in the semifinals of the Phoenix College Cactus Hoop Jam Classic on Dec. 28. With the loss, the Yellow Jackets 9-1 overall. Edgewood advanced to the championship game against Linfield and improved to 9-4 overall.

The loss for B-W not only denied veteran Head Coach Steve Bankson of his 300th career victory at the College, it also stopped B-W's nine-game winning streak, one victory shy of tying the best start ever.

Despite the loss, B-W was paced by senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference forward Jason Woleben with a game-high tying 20 points. Also scoring in double figures for the Yellow Jackets were sophomore All-OAC guard Shawn McCormick with 16.

In the first half, Edgewood took a 2-0 lead before B-W scored the next eight points. The Yellow Jackets increased their lead to as many as seven points on three separate occasions with the last time being 36-29 with 2:19 left when junior forward Mike Brumfield canned a three-pointer. Edgewood then outscored B-W 7-2 to close the half and trail 38-36 at the intermission. Woleben and McCormick each scored 11 first half points each for B-W.

In the second half, Edgewood took its first lead since 2-0 with 17:16 left in the game when senior guard Steve Williams scored on a layup to give the Eagles a 41-40 advantage. Edgewood then built its lead to as many as 11 points two different times with the last one being 62-51 with 4:09 left in the game.

Edgewood was led by senior guard Steve Williams, who tied Woleben for game-high scoring honors with 20 points. Also scoring in double figures for the Eagles were junior forward Royce Malkowski with 13 points, sophomore guard Luke Sadowski with 12 points and senior guard Jeremy Maier with 11 points.

Connecticut College takes first loss

Kareem Tatum became the Camels' all-time leading scorer but Connecticut College was upset by Wesleyan. Photo by Rich Molinaro

Tatum's 26 points made him Connecticut College's all-time leading scorer with 1,396 points, breaking Zach Smith's 1,393. Chris Bray had 19 points for Wesleyan (5-4) while Leo Jones scored 16 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and added five assists and four steals for the Cardinals.

Baldwin-Wallace men remain unbeaten
PHOENIX - The Baldwin-Wallace men stayed unbeaten with a 66-60 win against No. 14 William Paterson on Wednesday night in the first round of the Phoenix Cactus Jam Classic.

The 9-0 start by the Yellow Jackets is the second best in school history. B-W, which got the 26th-most votes in the most recent D3hoops.com Top 25 poll, began with a 10-0 mark to start the 1980 season when it finished a school-best 22-6 overall.

The Yellow Jackets were led by senior forward Jason Woleben with 20 points. In addition, sophomore All-OAC guard Shawn McCormick had 14 points and junior forward Mike Brumfield had 10 markers. Senior center Eric Fritz led B-W on the boards with 12 rebounds and scored nine points.

The Yellow Jackets broke open a tie game to take a six-point lead at 17-11 with 9:07 left in the half and went up 29-22 at the intermission.

In the second half, B-W outscored William Paterson 10-3 to open its biggest lead of the game at 14 points at 39-25 with 17:50 left in the game. The Pioneers battled back to outscore B-W 29-15 to tie the game at 54-54 with 3:08 remaining. B-W then went back on top on a Woleben three-pointer and Fritz foul shot to lead 58-54. After two Pioneer foul shots made it 58-56, Fritz scored and completed the three-point play by making his foul shot and B-W led 61-56.

After a William Paterson basket made the score 61-58, B-W sealed the win with a pair of foul shots from McCormick and one from sophomore point guard Jon Carroll before Fritz stole the ball in the backcourt and fed Carroll for the final margin.

"They were tough on both ends of the floor," Woleben told WBWC-FM. "They're very big and strong physically."

With its loss, William Paterson fell to 6-3 overall. The Pioneers were led by senior guard Horace Jenkins with a game-high 31 points, while senior forward Ray Ortiz added 15.

Break's over: Clarke women fall in tournament
Clarke fell to the Mount Mercy Mustangs 59-51 on Dec. 26 in the first game of the Clarke College Holiday Basketball Tournament. Rhonda Schmidt led the Crusaders in scoring with 14 points, followed by Jessica Kelley's eight points and 11 rebounds, and Jenny Middendorf's eight points. Brandy Schmit led the Mustangs with 21 points, followed by Heather Wooldrik with 13 points.

Clarke (2-6) outrebounded Mount Mercy 45-32 but turned the ball over 22 times and shot 35.8% from the floor, 32% in the second half.

Moler's three as time expires wins game
NEW CONCORD, Ohio -- Junior guard Mike Moler gave the Muskingum College men's basketball team an early Christmas present when he made a 30-foot shot as time expired to lift the Fighting Muskies to a 68-65 victory against Kalamazoo in the title game of the Holiday Tournament on Dec. 23.

Moler's basket capped a furious Muskie rally in the final four minutes of the game. The Fighting Muskies trailed 61-55 with 3:51 left in the game. Moler scored 11 of Muskingum's 13 points down the stretch. He scored a three-point basket and a two-point bucket to cut the deficit to 61-60 with 2:52 left in the game. He tied the score at 65 with a pair of free throws with 32 seconds left.

Sophomore guard Eric Sheck set up Moler's winning shot when he stole the ball on Kalamazoo's final possession with 3.1 seconds left.

Moler led all scorers with 24 points. He made eight of 12 shots from the field, including five of eight from three-point range. Senior guard Scott Lamonica scored in double figures for the third straight game with 14 points. Senior center Chris Garber posted 12 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists.

Kalamazoo (4-6 overall) received 14 points from Dirk Rhinehart. Doug Lepisto added 12 points.

Muskingum (6-5 overall) posted the 1,100th victory in the history of its program against 809 defeats in 97 seasons.

Capital women run away from Marietta
MARIETTA, Ohio -- Capital jumped out to a 22-0 lead on its way to an 85-40 route of Marietta in an Ohio Athletic Conference game on Dec. 20. Capital (7-1, 5-0 OAC), ranked No. 8 for a second straight week in the D3hoops.com national poll, won its fifth game in a row and has not trailed to an opponent in the last four games.

Kendra Meyer scored 10 points in the 22-point run to open the game. Meyer had 14 of her game-high 22 points at halftime as the Crusaders posted a 42-17 lead at the half. Aside from Meyer, 11 other Crusaders cracked the scoring column, while forcing the Pioneers into 35 turnovers. Laurie Barr had 14 points and Tenise Moffis went a perfect 4-for-4 from beyond the three-point arc for 12 points. Nicole Braddock and Amber Oliver each had 10 points to lead Marietta (4-5, 2-3 OAC).

DePauw upsets No. 3 Scranton women
LAS VEGAS -- The University of Scranton suffered its first loss of the season, a 49-34 setback to DePauw in the opening round of the adidas D3 Desert Shootout on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Wednesday evening.

Freshman guard Katie Dougherty led the Lady Royals with eight points. Scranton (7-1) will face St. Mary's (Md.), while DePauw (5-2) faces No. 6 George Fox (7-0).

Wartburg becomes third to beat a D-I

Troy Osterhaus was 2-for-3 from three-point range and 4-for-4 from the line in the win.

The game was tied 53-53 after Central Florida's Inyo Cue hit a layup and a free throw with 6:14 remaining. But Wartburg (7-1) responded with seven consecutive points by Morrison to pull ahead 60-53. Wartburg led by at least five points the rest of the way, shooting 10-for-22 from three-point range and 14-for-16 from the line. The Knights shot 44.4% for the game.

Jacob Olsen came off the bench to score 15 points and starters Michael Pipho and Troy Osterhaus had 10 each.

Mario Lovett scored 16 points to lead Central Florida (2-6), which shot 40.4%. Wartburg outrebounded the Golden Knights 28-27 and held them to 4-for-19 from beyond the arc.

Adrian stays unbeaten, beats No. 15 Williams
LAS VEGAS -- Tied 79-79 with 1:32 left, Adrian's Mike Lagger took over the game. The 6-5 forward converted on a three point play, grabbed a key rebound and then laid in a big bucket with 45 seconds left in the game to give Adrian a 84-79 lead.

Williams would make a bucket on their next possesion, but would score no more. Adrian sealed the deal at the free throw line and won the contest by a score of 88-81.

Adrian was led by sophomore Dan Walter with 21 points. Forwards Lagger and Chris Howard each added 19 points. Freshman point man Brian Schaefer tossed in 15 points, while AC's leading scorer Steve Brooks was held to just 12 points. Adrian's starting five accounted for all but two of its 88 total points. Adrian moves to 7-0 overall, its best start is school history. Williams records its first loss after starting 6-0 to start the season.

Baldwin-Wallace wins 36th consecutive OAC game
WILMINGTON, Ohio -- The No. 5 Baldwin-Wallace women's basketball team set an Ohio Athletic Conference record with its 36th consecutive OAC regular season win, 81-59 over No. 17 Wilmington (6-1, 2-1) at the Raizk Arena.

B-W (6-1, 4-0) breaks the record it had shared with Capital, which won 35 OAC games in a row between 1993 and 1995. The Yellow Jackets have not lost an OAC game since December 12, 1998, and have won 42 straight OAC games overall, inclduing six straight OAC tournament games.

B-W was led by senior forward Jenny Nance with 17 points, including 11-for-14 from the charity stripe, and eight rebounds. Four other Yellow Jackets joined Nance in double figures. Junior post Heather Eckstein had 13 points and nine rebounds, first-year guard Karissa Kusick and senior guard Kim Luthman each had 12 points, and junior guard Emily Clark chipped in with 11 points. Freshman Erika Schultz had a team and game-high 13 rebounds, all defensive boards.

The Yellow Jackets set the pace early on taking a 9-2 lead in just five minutes to open the game. The Yellow Jackets' biggest lead in the first half was 13 points at 30-17 with 2:12 left. The Quakers then outscored B-W 8-0 to close out the half and cut the Jackets lead to 30-25 at halftime. B-W, which led by as many as 23 points in the second half, outscored the Quakers 18-5 over a crucial five minute period midway through the second half to break the game open.

Overall, B-W outscored Wilmington 51-34 in the second half and outrebounded the Quakers 59-32 in the game.

Millikin women push home streak to 41
DECATUR, Ill. -- Millikin ran its home win streak to 41 games with an 83-74 win against Wartburg in the championship game of the Harriett Crannell Holiday Classic on Sunday. The Big Blue have not lost at Griswold Center since March 1997 when they were beaten by UW-Eau Claire in the NCAA quarterfinals.

Missy Barrett (pictured) led Millikin with a career-high 32 points, while Sara Brown added 22 and Maria Sanchez chipped in 12. Millikin led 40-33 at halftime and held off a physical Wartburg squad in a furious stretch run. Barrett was 1-for-16 shooting from the field in the tournament opener Saturday against Fontbonne and took about 10 minutes to find her range in the first half Sunday before raining threes. She finished with six in 14 attempts. Brown and Kristin Kwasny were named to the all-tournament team along with Meg Frazier of Hendrix, Holly Mohs of Wartburg and Liz Klotz of Fontbonne.

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