Quakers fall to strong ONU squad

Deon Short and David Guy score 22 and 20 respectively

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(WC Press Release) Wilmington, OH (January 28, 2004) -- The Wilmington College Quakers fell to the Polar Bears of Ohio Northern University by a 62-58 score on Wednesday night.

Deon Short (Cincinnati/Mt. Heatlhy) and David Guy (Webb City, MO/Webb City) scored 22 and 20 points respectively in the loss.

The Quakers took an early lead in the game when Guy opened the scoring with a three-point basket three and a half minutes into play.The visiting Polar Bears promptly went on a 6-0 run to capture their first lead of the ball game. The lead went back and forth for the majority of the first half as the game was tied at 18 with 6:42 to play in the period. ONU took the 18-18 tie, and went on an 8-0 run, giving them an 8-point cushion then was cut to four by the break.

In the second half the ONU lead grew to as many as 11 before the Quakers clawed their way back to within three points with 1:18 to play. That would be as close as the Quakers would come, as the Polar Bears knocked down their free throws in the four-point win.

Short and Guy scored 42 of the team's 58 points with Stephen Gee (West Milton/Milton Union) chipping in for eight. Gee and Short each pulled down a team-high six rebounds, while Short, Josh Rohrbacher (Columbus/Beechcroft) and Mike Umpleby (Columbus/Centenniel) each dished out two assists.

Ohio Northern was led by Jim Conrad's 22 points, while Chad Bostleman scored nine and Sam Mikolajewski chipped in eight. Bostleman and Mark Killian each pulled down six rebounds, while Billy Barkimer dished out five assists and grabbed four steals.

With the loss, the Quakers fall to 1-17 on the season and 1-10 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while Ohio Northern improves to 13-5 overall and 7-4 in league action.

The next game for the Green and White is on Saturday, January 31 when the team travels to Marietta, Ohio to face off in an OAC game against the Pioneers of Marietta College with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m.