Posted: Feb 23, 2017
The Muskingum men's basketball team saw its magical postseason run end at Baldwin Wallace on Thursday night, 95-78. The game marked Muskingum's first OAC Tournament Final Four appearance since the 2008-09 campaign.
The Basics
- Records: Muskingum (14-13 overall), Baldwin Wallace (15-12 overall)
- Location: Berea, Ohio - Ursprung Gymnasium
- Attendance: 978
- Team Note: Muskingum's 14 wins are the most since the 2008-09 season.
Game Notes
- The first half featured two hot-shooting teams with Muskingum connecting on 18-of-31 (.581) from the field, while Baldwin Wallace made 21-of-35 (.600).
- The Muskies grabbed the first momentum shift of the game after sophomore Davon Peart's basket gave Muskingum a 28-20 lead with 11:00 minutes left in the half.
- Baldwin Wallace answered the Muskie surge with a 13-5 run over the next five minutes to tie the game at 33-33.
- The Yellow Jackets outscored the Muskies 15-9 to end the half and take a 48-42 lead into the break.
- In the second half, Baldwin Wallace hit several timely three-point shots and was a perfect 14-of-14 from the free throw line to grow its lead.
- The Muskies kept battling and sophomore Jarrell Marsh's layup with 16:40 trimmed the Muskies' deficit to 57-51.
- Baldwin Wallace then used a 7-0 spurt to take a 64-51 lead with 14:04 on the clock.
- Muskingum did not get any closer than nine the rest of the way as Baldwin Wallace slowly added to its advantage.
- Muskingum shot 11-of-31 (.355) in the final half, and Baldwin Wallace ended the final frame hitting 14-of-29 (.483).
Inside The Numbers
- Senior Joshua Keyes led the Muskie effort with a 20-point, 11-rebound effort. The double-double was the 24th of his career. Keyes ends his tenure with 868 career points and 725 rebounds. He's holds the Muskingum career blocks record (143), single-season blocks record (61), single game blocks record (6) and career rebounds record (725).
- Senior Joshua Glass scored a season-high 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting, which included hitting 3-of-4 from behind the arc.
- Marsh added 13 points and five rebounds.
- Freshman Marcus Dempsey chipped in 12 points and four rebounds.
- As a team, Muskingum registered 31 rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block.
- Baldwin Wallace was led by Cam Kuhn who scored a game-high 26 points.
- Jay Battle added 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets, while Mike Kaminski had 17 points.
- The Yellow Jackets ended the outing with 35 boards, 15 assists, six steals and two blocks.