B-W: The Baldwin-Wallace College Men's Basketball Team is Ranked 17th in the

D3hoops.com Division III National Poll

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College men's basketball team, 5-1 overall, is ranked 17th in this week's D3hoops.com Division III national poll that was released on Monday, December 6. To view the entire D3hoops.com national poll, please click here.

The Yellow Jackets split a pair of games last week as they defeated traditional and nonleague rival Oberlin College, 97-62, but lost their Ohio Athletic Conference opener to 20th-ranked Otterbein College, 65-63. B-W began the year ranked 16th in the D3hoops.com preseason poll, moved up to 12th in Week 2 and is now 17th.

This week, B-W plays on Saturday when it travels to New Concord, Ohio to play Muskingum College at 3:00 p.m. Saturday's game against Muskingum can be heard locally on campus radio station, WBWC, 88.3 FM, and via the College internet Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics. The pregame show begins at 2:45 p.m.

FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact the B-W Sports Information Office by telephone at (440) 826-2327, by FAX at (440) 826-2329 or e-mail SID Kevin Ruple kruple@bw.edu.