Posted: Jan 26, 2019
Baldwin Wallace shot past the Muskingum men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon, 100-67.
- Records: Muskingum (7-12 overall, 3-9 OAC), Baldwin Wallace (13-6 overall, 7-5 OAC)
- Location: Berea, Ohio
- Junior Cameron Miller guided the Muskies with 13 points and three rebounds.
- Freshman Trey Singleton cashed in 10 points and grabbed three rebounds.
- Senior Jayson Peoples tallied nine points.
- As a team, the Muskies went 25-for-54 (46.3%) from the field and 11-for-21 from the arc (52.4%).
- Jay Battle led the Yellow Jackets in scoring with 23 points, while Matthew Dimitrijevs put up 20 points.
- Baldwin Wallace made 59.7% of their shots (40-for-67), went 17-for-37 from the arc (45.9%), and ended the contest shooting 3-for-4 from the free-throw line (75.0%).
- Baldwin Wallace took an early lead after opening the game with a 20-8 run. Singleton hit a triple at the 12:06 mark to halt the Yellow Jackets' burst and ignite an 11-2 run for the Muskies, cutting the deficit to three points (22-19). Baldwin Wallace answered with a huge 21-3 span, pushing their lead to 21 points (43-22) with 4:32 left in the half. Muskingum narrowly outscored the Yellow Jackets (8-7) in the final minutes of play, entering the break behind Baldwin Wallace, 50-30.
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In the second half, the Yellow Jackets used a 12-5 spurt to increase their advantage to 27 points (62-35) with 16:40 on the clock. Over the next seven minutes, Muskingum managed to outscore Baldwin Wallace (19-17), bringing the score to 79-54. Despite the Muskies' efforts, the Yellow Jackets maintained a dominant lead en route to a home victory, 100-67.
- Muskingum next hosts Mount Union on Wednesday, January 30. Game time is slated for 7:00 p.m.
