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Heidelberg Never Trails in Victory over Men's Basketball

Photo by Heidelberg's Amy Hafer
Photo by Heidelberg's Amy Hafer

TIFFIN, Ohio – Heidelberg University scored three points on its first three possessions and led from start to finish in a 92-59 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) victory over the Wilmington College men's basketball team at Seiberling Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.

Emmanuel Perdue opened the game with the hoop and the harm, and consecutive triples from Zane Leitwein and Seth Hohman forced a timeout from Wilmington Head Coach Micah Mills. Trailing 9-0, the Quakers came out of the timeout and answered with a 9-2 run capped by a triple from Collin Barker at the 15:18 mark to pull the visitors within a basket.

From there, however, the rest of the game belonged to the Student Princes. Heidelberg went on an 18-6 run to open up a 29-15 advantage and led 47-22 at halftime. The hosts shot 51.6 percent (17-of-31) from the field in the first and held WC to 24.1 percent (7-of-29).

The Quakers would not get any closer in the second half as the Student Princes completed the season sweep.

Heidelberg finished the game 33-of-74 (44.6 percent) from the field including shooting 11-of-31 (35.5 percent) from beyond the three-point arc. Wilmington made 17-of-55 (30.9 percent) for the game, but connected on 2-of-14 (14.3 percent) from distance. The Quakers converted 23-of-31 (74.2 percent) from the free throw line while the Student Princes held a 50-37 edge in rebounding.

Isaiah Young led all scorers with 20 points in 24 minutes on 6-of-11 shooting while Leitwein, Perdue and Brady Bosma also chipped double-digit scoring efforts. For the Quakers, Bryce Bird finished with a team-high 16 points while Kellen Baltazar chipped in eight points off the bench.

Wilmington returns home to host Capital University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.