Posted: Dec 05, 2015
The Muskingum men's basketball team fell to OAC rival Heidelberg University, 62-56, on Saturday afternoon in the Recreation Center.
The Basics
- Records: Muskingum (3-5 overall, 0-2 OAC), Heidelberg (4-3 overall, 1-1 OAC)
- Location: New Concord, Ohio – Recreation Center
First Half
- The Muskies were led by freshman Jarrell Marsh with seven points and three rebounds.
- Junior Joshua Keyes also added five points and seven rebounds.
- Muskingum hit 6-of-26 (.231) from the field.
- The Student Princes were paced by James Hanley with nine points.
- Heidelberg connected on 11-of-35 from the floor.
- Heidelberg took control of the game on a 13-0 run over three minutes to put them ahead of Muskingum 22-9 with 6:20 left in the first half.
- The Muskies never got within eight points of the Student Princes to trail 30-20 at the half.
Second Half
- Senior Cody Seiler and sophomore Jacob Geller notched nine points each.
- Marsh had eight points and five rebounds.
- The Muskies made 13-of-33 (.394) from the field.
- Myron Prewitt led Heidelberg with 10 points.
- The Student Princes made 12-of-27 (.444) from the floor.
- Heidelberg held the lead the entire second half, but the Muskies got the score within five points, 49-44, off a jump shot from Geller at the 3:00 mark.
Post Game
- Marsh led Muskingum with 15 points and eight rebounds.
- Seiler and Geller accounted for 11 points each.
- Keyes grabbed 10 rebounds.
- Hanley paced Heidelberg with 14 points.
- Muskingum finished the game shooting .322 (19-of-59) from the field and .680 (17-of-25) from the free throw line.
- Heidelberg had the advantage shooting .371 (23-of62) from the floor and .800 (12-of-15) from the free throw line.
Up Next
- Muskingum next hosts Baldwin Wallace University in OAC action on Saturday, December 12 at 4:00 p.m.
