Marietta tops visiting Baldwin-Wallace 71-59
Pioneers' bench scores 30 points in the victory

Jan. 17, 2009
MARIETTA, Ohio — Head Coach Jon VanderWal’s men's basketball team shot a season-high 62.8% and received a solid effort from its bench in Saturday (Jan. 17) afternoon’s 71-59 win over visiting Baldwin-Wallace College. Marietta improved to 8-7 overall and 3-5 in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Baldwin-Wallace fell to 6-9 overall and 2-6 in the OAC.

The Pioneers were a perfect 10-for-10 from the floor in the first eight minutes to help them build an early 26-8 lead. Baldwin-Wallace managed to slow Marietta down offensively and fought its way back into the game. Despite shooting only 25.0% (8-of-32) in the first half, the Yellow Jackets trailed by only 11 points, 37-26, at intermission.

Baldwin-Wallace managed to cut the lead to single digits twice in the second half. The Pioneers, however, answered every Yellow Jacket run with a big basket and they went on to win by 12 points, 71-59, in front of their home crowd.

Freshman Trevor Halter (Malvern) paced the Pioneers with 19 points and six rebounds. Fellow freshmen Kevin Knab (Lakewood) and Rydell Chrisman (Coshocton) both added 12 points. Knab also collected a game-high nine rebounds. Chrisman scored all of his points from long distance, finishing 4-of-5 (.800) from behind the arc. Freshman Zane Carter (Wellsville) pitched in with nine points and five boards. Marietta's bench finished with 30 points in the win.

Andrew Bene led the Yellow Jackets with 19 points and eight rebounds. Louis Tumblin scored 11 points, while Paul Glass chipped in with 10 points.

Marietta connected on 27-of-43 (.628) from the field, 8-of-14 (.571) from three-point range and 9-of-15 (.600) from the free throw line. Baldwin-Wallace went 22-of-69 (.319) from the field, 0-of-13 (.000) from behind the arc and 15-of-25 (.600) from the free throw. The Yellow Jackets held the edge in rebounding, 39-34, and in turnovers. Baldwin-Wallace finished with nine, while Marietta overcame 17.

Marietta will face OAC power Capital University on Wednesday (Jan. 21) night at Ban Johnson Arena. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.

Notes: Marietta College honored senior Isaiah Creasap (Wooster/Northwestern) before Saturday's game. On Wednesday, he became the 27th Pioneer player to score reach the 1,000-point mark.

Freshman Rydell Chrisman hit 4-of-5 from behind the arc on Saturday.

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