Greg Liggens

Men use strong first half to run past Oberlin

OBERLIN, Ohio (January 2, 2003) ­ The Wilmington College Quakers outscored the Oberlin Yeomen 37-18 in the first half en-route to a 68-47 victory for the visitors. Greg Liggens (Toledo/Scott) led the Quakers with a game-high 18 points, shooting 7-of-10 from the field.

The Quakers (3-8), who never trailed in the contest, got their first points from a Josh Rohrbacher (Columbus/Beechcroft) three point basket. After an Oberlin jumper that cut the deficit to one, the Green and White went on a 22-5 run to give the team a double-figure advantage, one that they would not give up for the rest of the game. The first half lead would grow to as many as 20, and ended at 19, 37-18.

In the second half Oberlin (0-8) got on the board first, but it was not enough, as the Quakers outscored the Yeomen 31-29 in the second stanza, ending the game up by 21 at 68-47.

Liggens led all scorers with 18 points while Will Bruce (Cleveland/Benedictine) and Adam Weber (Peebles/Peebles) chipped in with 11 points apiece. Liggens and Bruce each pulled down a team leading six rebounds while Dave Hudson (Bucyrus/Col. Crawford) dished out a game-high five assists.

Oberlin was led by Bosko Tomasevic, who scored 14 points and pulled down nine rebounds in the contest.

The next game for the Green and White is set for Wednesday, January 8, when the team plays host to Muskingum College with tip-off set for 7:30 p.m.