Quakers drop second straight with 28-point loss

Rohrbacher and Harrison each score 10 in loss

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February 16, 2005

Josh Rohrbacher

WESTERVILLE, Ohio — The Wilmington Quakers dropped to 9-15 overall on the season with a 70-51 loss to the Cardinals of Otterbein College on Wednesday evening.

The team, however, clinches the eighth spot in the OAC Tournament as Heidelberg, who is a game behind the Quakers, fell to John Carroll this evening.

Josh Rohrbacher (Columbus/Beechcroft) and Fred Harrison (Cleveland/East) each scored 10 points to lead the way in the loss.

The Quakers never led in the game, as the Cardinals jumped out to a 12-3 lead in the first three and a half minutes. The Quakers closed to within two with a 9-2 run, but that would be as close as they would come, as the hosts opened an 8-0 run to take a 10 point lead that the Quakers cut to nine at 36-27 by halftime.

The Quakers trailed by nine with 18:03 to play in the game before the hosts opened a 9-0 run, taking the lead to double digits, keeping their foot on the gas pedal until the final minutes, as the Cardinals took their biggest lead at 79-51 with 49 seconds to play.

Rohrbacher and Harrison each scored 10 while Deon Short (Cincinnati/Mt. Healthy) scored nine in the losing effort. Rohrbacher pulled down a team-high five rebounds, while Zach Broermann (Brookville, IN/Franklin County) dished out three assists to pace the squad.

Four of the five starters for Otterbein reached double figures, as Scott Hadley scored a game-high 12 points while Tony Borghese scored 11 and Mark Church and Kevin King each added 10. Borghese dished out a game-high nine assists while Hadley pulled down seven rebounds to lead the team.

The Quakers fall to 5-12 in the OAC while Otterbein improves to 17-7 overall and 12-5 in league play.

The next game for the Quakers is on Saturday, February 19 as the team plays host to the Pioneers of Marietta College with tip-off set for 3:00 p.m. The game is community day, with all fans invited to the game free of charge.