The Muskingum men's basketball team dropped a road OAC contest to Wilmington on Wednesday night, 65-63.

The Basics

• Records: Muskingum (3-11 Overall, 0-7 OAC), Wilmington (3-10 Overall, 1-6 OAC)
• Location: Hermann Court – Wilmington, OH

How it Happened

• After both teams played evenly early on, it was Wilmington who used a 7-0 run to grab the 14-6 early lead.
• Wilmington would push their first-half lead to nine with 10 minutes remaining, but the Muskies quickly went on a 10-0 run to take a 21-20 lead of their own.
• Both teams would trade the lead for much of the remaining half, as Wilmington carried a slim 32-27 lead into the break.
• The second half saw much of the same back and forth basketball that the first half featured.
• Muskingum would tie the game at 37 apiece with 14:30 remaining in the game, then over the next eight minutes Muskingum would open up a 14-4 run and take a 51-41 lead.
• Wilmington would slowly chip away at the Muskie lead and eventually tie the game at 63 with 30 seconds left.
• Wilmington would then take the lead for good on a last-second shot from Jeffery Mansfield and win the game 65-63.

Inside the Numbers

• The Muskies were led by senior Alex Masinelli who poured in a game-high 26 points, while also adding nine rebounds and three assists.
• Junior Noah Begue added 12 points for the Muskies, while freshman Alex Coffey also got into double-figures with 10 points.
• Senior Noah Tomlinson and junior Tanner Gensler each added seven rebounds for the Muskies as well.
• Wilmington was led by Jeffery Mansfield who tallied 20 points for the Quakers.
• On the night, Muskingum shot 23-of-61 (37.7%) from the field, while Wilmington went 24-of-57 (42.1%).
• Muskingum tallied 5-of-15 (33.3%) from deep, while the Quakers shot 9-of-23 (39.1%) from beyond the arc.
• On the night, Muskingum outrebounded the Quakers 49-28, while Wilmington tallied 16 assists compared to 10 for the Muskies.

Up Next

• The Muskies will next host Ohio Northern on Saturday, January 15 at 4:00 p.m. inside the Anne C. Steele Center.