With its win, B-W is now 7-2 overall while Linfield falls to 4-5 overall with its loss.
In addition to Davis, Yellow Jacket freshman guard Louis Tumblin (Elyria/Senior) scored 11 points and sophomore guard Dennis Santiago (Brook Park/Midpark) had 10 points and seven rebounds. En route to his game-high 21 markers, Davis canned eight-of-13 shots from the floor and five-of-nine foul shots. His career-high 18 rebounds eclipses his previous best of 17 that he had a year ago in a 113-108 double overtime upset of then No.1-ranked The College of Wooster. Linfield was led by senior forward Evan Timperly with 16 points and junor guard Steve Taylor had 10.
Keys to the Yellow Jacket victory were holding Linfield to just 30.8 percent field goal shooting (20-of-65). The Yellow Jackets led at halftime, 34-27 and outscored Linfield in the second stanza, 35-34.
With his 21 points today, Davis now has 1,825 career points and is sixth on the all-time Yellow Jacket scoring chart. He needs 16 more points to surpass Bob Walters (1959-63) to move into the Top-Five all-time. Davis now also has 788 career rebounds and a school career-record 204 blocked shots, including three today versus Linfield.
The B-W men will next play tomorrow, Thursday, December 28 against Edgewood (Wisc.) University at 4:00 p.m. M.S.T.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Steve Bankson, please call him in the office at 440-826-2039 or you can reach him via e-mail at sbankson@bw.edu.
Baldwin-Wallace College versus Linfield (Ore.) College
2/27/2006; 4:00 p.m. M.S.T. in Phoenix, Arizona
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 69, LINFIELD (Ore.) 61
BALDWIN-WALLACE (7-2 overall): Schuler 3-9 1-2 7; Sekerak 2-7 0-0 6; Tumblin 3-6 2-2 11; Davis 8-13 5-9 21; Bene 2-7 1-2 5; Santiago 4-8 0-1 10; Clark 3-8 0-0 6; Jesko 1-2 0-0 3; Moderick 0-2 0-0 0; Mong 0-2 0-0 0; TOTALS: 26-64 9-17 69.
LINFIELD, ORE. (4-5 overall): Goodman 2-2 0-0 5; Schwartz 0-0 0-0 0; Smith 1-6 0-0 3; Brooks 1-6 1-2 3; Taylor 4-10 0-0 10; Timperly 4-13 4-4 16; Kim 1-7 4-4 6; Morgan 2-9 0-0 4; Barber 3-6 2-3 8; Baldwin 1-5 0-0 2; Chisolm 1-1 2-2 4; TOTALS: 20-65 13-15 61
HALFTIME: Baldwin-Wallace, 34-27. 3-point goals: B-W 8-18 (Schuler 0-4, Santiago 2-3, Sekerak 2-5, Moderick 0-1, Tumblin, 3-4, Jesko 1-1), LC 8-25 (Brooks 0-4, Taylor 2-7, Timperly 4-9, Baldwin 0-2, Goodman 1-1, Smith 1-2). Rebounds: B-W 50 (Davis 18), LC 33 (Baldwin 8). Assists: B-W 20 (Schuler 6), LC 15 (Smith 4). Total Fouls: B-W 18, LC 16. Fouled Out: none. Technical Fouls: none. Attendance: 243.
Yellow Jackets Play Linfield (Ore.) College in Their First Game at Cactus Hoop Jam in Phoenix, Arizona
BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College men's basketball team, 6-2 overall, opens play on Wednesday, December 27 at the 2006 Cactus Jam Hoop Classic in Phoenix, Arizona when it plays Linfield (Ore.) College. B-W also will play either Colorado College or Edgewood (Wisc.) College in its second game on December 28 and end the trip by playing its final contest on Dec. 30 against a yet to be determined opponent. This is B-W's third trip to the Desert Southwest to play in this particular tournament.
To date, veteran Head Coach Steve Bankson's squad began slowly but has since picked up some steam with three consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference wins versus then third-ranked Ohio Northern University (94-77), Marietta College (65-57) and arch-rival Mount Union College (81-75) in its last contest on Dec.20.
Look for veteran Yellow Jackets Head Coach Steve Bankson to give at least 10 players game time. He will start 6'3" All-American senior forward Tori Davis (Elyria/Open Door Christian) and 6'6" sophomore Andrew Bene (Hinckley/Medina Highland) at the post positions. In the backcourt, look for 6'0" junior wing Tyler Sekerak (Corry, Pa), 5'11" junior point guard Brendan Schuler (Fairview Park/ Fairview) and 5'11" sophomore wing Dennis Santiago (Brook Park/Midpark) to start.
Off the bench, look for 6'4" senior forward Chad Clark (Fremont/ Ross), 6'1" freshman guard Louis Tumblin (Elyria/ Senior), 6'3" freshman guard Tom Jesko (Salem/ Senior), 5'10" sophomore point guard Doug Moderick (North Royalton/ Parma Heights Holy Name) and 6'6" sophomore post Steven Mong (Oil City, Pa./ Oil City Area) all to see action. Also, 6'2" freshman wing Paul Glass (Medina/ Senior) has played in five games.
Davis tops the team in scoring at an OAC-leading 22.3 points per game and tops B-W in rebounding with 8.1 rpg., field goals shooting at 63.3 percent on 57-of-90 attempts and with 18 blocked shots. Santiago is second scoring at 12.1 ppg, grabs 2.5 rpg., is tied for first with 13 three-pointers, is shooting 52 percent from threepoint land on 13-of-25 attempts and has nine steals. Schuler is third with 10.9 ppg., is tied with Santiago for the most treys with 13, grabs 2.6 rpg. and is first with 44 assists (5.5 apg.) and 12 steals. Bene is scoring in scoring at 7.4 ppg., is second with 6.4 rpg., shoots 52.4 percent (22-of-42) from the floor and 78.9 percent (15-of-19) from the foul line. Sekerak scores 7.3 ppg.,has eight triples and is second with 19 assists and 11 steals.
Clark tops the 'bench bunch" and scores 7.2 ppg. and grabs 3.2 rpg. Tumblin, who started three games earlier this season, scores 6.6 ppg., grabs 2.3 rpg. and has nine three-pointers. Jesko started two game, and scores 5.1 ppg. and has 10 triples. In Glass' five contests, he is scoring 2.2 ppg. Moderick spells Schuler and plays an average of 4.3 minutes per game and scores 0.8 ppg.
Linfield comes into the game with a deceiving 4-4 record with all four of its losses coming by a total of14 points. Linfield has won its last two games, including a 75-71 victory against Walla Walla (Ore.) College on Dec. 17.
Following its trip to Phoenix, the Yellow Jackets return to Berea and immediately return to rugged OAC play when they travel cross-town to University Heights to play rival John Carroll University on Wednesday, January 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center. Then following at Jan. 6 trip to New Concord and Muskingum College, B-W plays its first home game of the New Year on Jan. 10 when it hosts Otterbein College in the Rudolph Ursprung Gymnasium at 7:30 p.m.
FOR MORE B-W Sports Information, please contact SID Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu.
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