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Wabash 76, Ohio Wesleyan 75

Senior wing Jack Clement (Bellefontaine) sank a pair of free throws to give Ohio Wesleyan a 73-67 lead with 1:40 left in regulation time, but Wabash rallied for a North Coast Athletic Conference win over the Bishops on Saturday in Crawfordsville, Ind.

The win moves Wabash into a tie for first place in the NCAC with Wooster at 10-2, with Ohio Wesleyan a game behind at 9-3.

Clement had buried a 3-pointer for a 71-64 Bishop lead with 2:26 to go, but Wabash's Ahmoni Jones answered with a 3-pointer at the 2:04 mark before Clement's free throws made it a 6-point game.

Sam Comer hit the second of 2 free throws for Wabash at the 1:21 mark to make it 73-68.  Clement was off the mark on a 3-pointer for Ohio Wesleyan, but senior post Grant Spicer (Cincinnati/Lakota East) corralled the rebound.  The Bishops worked for another shot, but a jumper by sophomore guard Henry Hinkle (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) was blocked by Edreece Redmond, with Wabash getting the rebound with :38 remaining.

Comer hit a jumper from the lane with :29 left to bring the hosts within 73-70, and the Little Giants fouled quickly, with senior guard Curtis White (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) sinking the second of 2 free throws with :25 to play for a 74-70 Ohio Wesleyan lead.

Jones connected on a 3-pointer to make it 74-73 with :15 left, and again Wabash fouled, with junior wing Reece Mitchell (Wooster) hitting the second of 2 free throws to put the Bishops up, 75-73, with :14 to play.

Jones then hit a 3-pointer with :07 remaining to give Wabash the lead, and Clement got a look at the game-winner in the final seconds, but his shot did not fall.

The Little Giants took a 7-0 lead as Jones hit a jumper from the lane and a 3-pointer, but the Bishops came back with a 12-2 run that included 3-pointers from Hinkle and Clement to build a 16-11 laed.

Ohio Wesleyan would lead by as many as 7 during the first half, that coming on a Spicer jumper with 5:49 remaining, but the hosts went on a 13-3 burst that featured a Randy Kelley 3-pointer and a pair of traditional 3-point plays by Jones on the way to a 31-28 lead.  Wabash led by a 33-32 count at the intermission, and would lead until jumpers by sophomore wing David Rice (Brook Park/Parma Padua Franciscan) and Clement gave the Bishops a 45-43 lead with 13:51 remaining.

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Comer and Vinny Buccilla stretched the Little Giants' lead to 56-49 midway through the second half, but the Bishops stormed back with a 12-2 run, with Clement converting a 3-point play and Hinkle hitting 4 straight free throws to help Ohio Wesleyan to a 65-59 advantage with 4:55 left.

Clement led the Bishops with 35 points.  Hinkle finished 11 points.  Junior wing Tony Carter (Cleveland/Parma Heights Holy Name) grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds, and Spicer dished out a team-leading 5 assists.

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