Box Score
Wittenberg 62, Ohio Wesleyan 60

Sophomore post Claude Gray (Avon) sank a 3-pointer that gave 22nd-ranked Ohio Wesleyan a 6-point lead early in overtime, but ninth-ranked Wittenberg rallied to take a North Coast Athletic Conference win on Wednesday in Springfield.

Senior wing Dre White (Lima/Bath) opened the overtime with a lay-in, then hit the first of 2 free throws for a 57-54 Bishop lead.  Gray grabbed the rebound of the missed free throw and buried a 3-pointer for a 60-54 advantage with 4:13 to play.

Wittenberg would score the final 8 points of the game, however, getting a basket and a free throw from Scott Masin and a pair of Zack Leahy free throws to pull within 60-59 with 1:34 to play, and taking a 61-60 lead on Leahy's lay-in with 1:06 remaining.

Ohio Wesleyan misfired on 3 shots on its next possession before Leahy got a defensive rebound and then sank the second of 2 free throws for a 62-60 margin with :21 to play.

White misfired on a potential game-tying lay-in at the :07 mark, but the Bishops got one more chance when the ball went out of bounds off a Tiger defender.  Sophomore post Matt Jeske (Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard South) got a look at a 3-pointer for the win, but his shot was off the mark.

Wittenberg had taken an early 5-0 lead on a Cole Bond 3-pointer and a Masin lay-in, but Jeske and freshman guard Seth Clark (Lewis Center/Olentangy) each sank a pair of 3-pointers as Ohio Wesleyan answered with a 19-6 burst to open up a 19-11 lead with 9:42 left in the first half.

The Bishops finished the first half with a 7-0 burst that included lay-ins by senior post Reuel Rogers (Columbus/Bexley) and Gray and a 3-pointer by Clark, and Ohio Wesleyan opened the second half with an 11-0 run highlighted by a pair of Rogers lay-ins, a White lay-in, and a 3-pointer and a lay-in from Clark, the last of which gave the Bishops a 45-23 lead with 16:19 left in regulation time.

Ohio Wesleyan still led, 48-28, on a Gray 3-pointer with 14:22 left, but Wittenberg scored the next 10 points, including 7 straight points by Masin, to pull within 48-38 at the 10:50 mark.

Senior guard Taylor Rieger (Lewis Center/Olentangy Orange) converted a 3-point play to restore the Bishops' 10-point lead at 52-42 with 7:42 remaining, but another 10-0 Wittenberg run evened the score at 52 with 2:05 left.

Rieger sank a pair of free throws with :59 left to give Ohio Wesleyan a 54-52 lead, but Masin, who had missed a pair of free throws at the 1:16 mark, sank a pair of free throws to tie the game at 54 with :22 to play.

Ohio Wesleyan had a chance to win the game in regulation, but Jeske turned the ball over in the closing seconds and the contest headed into overtime.

Clark led the Bishops with 14 points, while Gray added 11 points and White scored 10 points and led the Bishops with 7 rebounds.

Masin led Wittenberg with 24 points and 16 rebounds.

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