DELAWARE, Ohio – The Ohio Wesleyan University men's basketball team returned home to host Kenyon on Wednesday night at Branch Rickey Arena. Despite holding a lead in the first half, the Battling Bishops would fall behind at the break and never quite have enough to pull back ahead, ultimately losing 69-61.

OWU falls to 6-13 on the season, 3-7 in the NCAC. Kenyon advances to 10-9 on the year, 4-6 in conference play.

The Bishops stuck with the Owls early on, trailing by just a few points. The Red and Black sparked a 10-2 run around the halfway point of the first half to get ahead 18-15, but unfortunately this would be their largest lead of the evening. 

Ohio Wesleyan kept the slight advantage until the waning minutes of the half, when Kenyon took over again. The Owls ended up outscoring the Bishops 32-28 in the first lead, never surrendering the lead again after a 37-33 second half. The closest the Red and Black would come was four after a couple free throws around the one-minute mark. However, with OWU being forced to foul, Kenyon ran the lead back up to eight before the game's end at 69-61.

THE NUMBERS
Jessee Battle tallied a team-high 15 points with three rebounds.

Peyton Frey finished with his second double-double of the season on 11 points and 11 rebounds, also adding two steals and one assist.

Jake Lowman and Isaac Ward both ended the night with 10 points. Lowman nabbed a team-high nine rebounds as well as two steals and two assists, while Ward added an assist.

Phil Wallace scored eight points with three rebounds and one steal.

Quinn Hart recorded five points alongside three rebounds and one assist.

Kevin Gallagher got two points, one rebound, one steal, and one assist.

UP NEXT
The Battling Bishops hit the road again on Saturday, traveling for a 4 p.m. tipoff at Oberlin.