BEREA, OHIO — Dennis Santiago (Brook Park/Midpark) scored a career-high 26 points and added six rebounds today (Saturday, December 30, 2006) as Baldwin-Wallace College defeated Ramapo (N.J.) College,72-60, in the consolation game at the annual Cactus Jam Classic men's basketball tournament in Phoenix, Arizona.
With its win, B-W is now 8-3 overall. Ramapo is now 9-3 overall.
In addition to Santiago, senior forward Chad Clark (Freemont) had 12 points and three rebounds for the Yellow Jackets. Junior guard Brendon Schuler (Fairview Park) added nine points and 12 rebounds and senior All-American foward Tori Davis (Elyria/Open Door Christian School) had nine points and nine rebounds for the Yellow Jackets. Ramapo was led by Omar Alston with 23 points and 15 rebounds.
With his ninepoints today, Davis now has 1,855 career points and is fifth on the all-time Yellow Jacket scoring list. Today, he closed in on both the No.4 all-time scorer Sean McCormick (1999-2003), who had 1,865 points, and the No.3 scorer Kevin Braaten (1993-97), who had 1,867 points. Second on the all-time scoring list is Tori's older brother Thad Davis (2001-2005), who stands at 1,921 career points. In addition, Davis now also has 808 career rebounds to rank ninth all-time and has a school career-record 205 blocked shots.
The Yellow Jacket men resume rugged Ohio Athletic Conference play next Wednesday, January 3, 2007 when they travel to University Heights, Ohio to play OAC and Greater Cleveland cross-town rival John Carroll University at 7:30 p.m. in the Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center.
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 Men versus Ramapo (N.J.) College
Consolation Game of the 2006 Cactus Jam Classic
12/30/2006; 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. in Phoenix, Arizona
FINAL SCORE: BALDWIN-WALLACE 72, RAMAPO (N.J.) 60
BALDWIN-WALLACE (8-3 overall): Schuler 3-11 2-2 9; Sekerak 0-4 1-2 1; Tumblin 0-5 0-0 0; Davis 3-4 3-6 9; Bene 1-5 0-0 2; Santiago 8-14 4-5 26; Clark 6-9 0-0 12; Jesko 1-3 4-4 6; Moderick 1-2 0-0 3; Mong 2-2 0-0 4; Glass 0-0 0-0 0; TOTALS: 25-59 14-19 72
RAMAPO (N.J.) (9-3 overall): Arthur 0-0 0-0 0; Pryor 0-7 4-4 4; Dench 0-1 0-0 0; Mosby 2-6 2-5 6; Wojcik 4-12 2-2 12; Findlay 0-0 0-0 0; Marshall 0-0 0-0 0; Wesley 5-18 0-0 11; Alston 9-20 5-7 23; Frost 2-5 0-0 4; TOTALS: 22-69 13-18 60.
HALFTIME: Baldwin-Wallace, 31-30. 3-point goals: B-W 8-25 (Schuler 1-9; Santiago 6-8; Sekerak 0-1; Moderick 1-2; Tumblin 0-4; Jesko 0-1), RC 3-20 (Wojcik 2-8; Wesley 1-4; Pryor 0-6; Mosby 0-1, Alston 0-1). Rebounds: B-W 46 (Schuler 12), RC 42 (Alston 15). Assists: B-W 18 (Schuler 8), RC 16 (Mosby 7). Total Fouls: B-W 16, RC 21. Fouled Out: none. Technical Fouls: none. Attendance: 346
Baldwin-Wallace College Men's Basketball Team Faces Ramapo (N.J.) in the Consolation Game Cactus Jam Classic in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday
BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College men’s basketball team will seek to get back on the winning track today (Saturday, December 30, 2006) when it plays Ramapo (N.J.) College in the consolation game of the annual Cactus Jam Classic in Phoenix, Arizona. Unfortunately this game will not be broadcast via radio. We will have results posted on this Web site (www.bw.edu/athletics) as soon as they are made available to us via telephone from Phoenix.
The Yellow Jackets enter this game at 7-3 overall following a 72-64 loss to Edgewood (Wisc.) College in the semifinals of this three-game and four-day tournament. Ramapo enters play today at 9-2 overall and lost in Thursday's other semifinal against Simpson (Iowa) College, 86-71. In the opening round, B-W beat Linfield (Ore.) College, 69-61, and Ramapo beat Roanoke (Va.), 80-73.
Despite its loss to Edgewood, senior Division III All-American forward Tori Davis (Elyria/ Open Door Christian School) led the Jackets' with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore guard Dennis Santiago (Brook Park/ Middleburg Heights Midpark) added 11 markers. A key of the defeat was B-W shooting just 31.3 percent from the floor (21-of-67 attempts), including five-of-22 three-pointers for 22.7 percent. The taller Edgewood squad outrebounded B-W, 46-37, and outscored the Yellow Jackets at the free throw line 23-17.
In their first game victory versus Linfield, Davis led the way with a game-high 21 points and a career-high 18 rebounds. He 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. Davis also had three blocked shots to increase his B-W career-record to 204 overall. In addition to Davis for B-W, freshman guard Louis Tumblin (Elyria/ Senior) scored 11 points and Santiago had 10 points and seven rebounds. Keys to the Yellow Jacket victory were holding Linfield to just 30.8 percent field goal shooting (20-of-65) and outrebounding Linfield, 52-34. The Yellow Jackets led at halftime, 34-27 and outscored Linfield in the second stanza, 35-34.
With his 40 points in the first two games in Phoenix, Davis now has 1,844 career points and is fifth on the alltime Yellow Jacket scoring chart. His 19 points versus Edgewood helped Davis to surpass the legendary Bob Walters(1959-63) to move into the Top-Five all-time. Davis now also has 799 career rebounds and ranks ninth all-time and he has a school career-record 205 blocked shots.
After 10 games, Davis tops the team and Ohio Athletic Conference in scoring at 21.8 points-per-game and tops B-W in rebounding at 9.4 rpg., blocked shots with 22 and field goal shooting at 62.5 percent on 70-of-112 attempts. Santiago is second in scoring at 11.8 ppg. and tops the team with 17 three-pointers. Junior All-OAC guard Brendan Schuler (Fairview Park/ Fairview) tops B-W with 52 assists and 14 steals. The Yellow Jackets score 78.5 ppg. and allow 71.3 ppg. B-W also outrebounds its opponents by 3.8 rpg.
Following its games in Phoenix, B-W returns to Berea and returns to rugged Ohio Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 when it travels to University Heights to play cross-town rival John Carroll University at 7:30 p.m.
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.
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