Greg Liggens

Men unable to overcome cold shooting against defending champions

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (January 15, 2003) ­ The Wilmington Quakers shot just 32.8 percent in the game, as they were defeated 79-53 by the defending National Champion Otterbein Cardinals.

The Quakers were led by David Guy (Webb City, MO/Webb City) and Greg Liggens (Toledo/Scott) who scored 12 and 10 points respectively.

The Quakers (3-11, 1-6 OAC) and the Cardinals fought back and forth for the better part of the first half, with the Green and White even holding a two-point lead with 14:41 left in the period. Otterbein (8-6, 4-3 OAC) showed their strength late in the period, with an 11-0 run that opened up a 12-point lead for the hosts, as the Quakers went into the locker room trailing by 10 at 32-22.

In the second half Otterbein kept gradually pushing the lead up to as high as 28 points, and ended with a 26 point, 79-53 victory.

Guy led the Quakers in scoring with 12 points while Liggens scored 10 and Adam Weber (Peebles/Peebles) chipped in with eight. Liggens had a team-leading eight rebounds as Three Quakers, Dave Hudson (Bucyrus/Col. Crawford), Liggens and Mike Umpleby (Columbus/Centenniel) each dished out two assists.

Otterbein was led by Tony Borghese who scored 19 points while Scott Hadley put up 16 and Phil Susi and Aaron Minister scored 12 and 10 points respectively.

The next game for the Green and White is set for Saturday, January 18 when the team travels to Marietta, Ohio to face off against the Pioneers of Marietta College with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.