Team falls in defensive battle

[Box Score]

November 29, 2004

RICHMOND, Ind. – The Wilmington College Quakers dropped their second consecutive game, dropping their record to 2-2 on the season in a 57 to 44 loss to the Quakers of Earlham College in the annual "Quaker Bowl".

Eric Stirling (Brooklyn, NY/LaSalle Academy) scored a team-leading 12 points in the loss while Deon Short (Cincinnati/Mt. Healthy) chipped in 11.

The game started as a defensive battle, with Wilmington unable to find the scoring column for the first nine minutes of the first half, as Earlham jumped out to a 9-0 lead before Josh Rohrbacher (Columbus/Beechcroft) ended the scoring slump for the Green and White with a free throw with 11:28 left on the first-half clock. Wilmington battled back and cut the deficit to two heading into the locker room at 18-16.

The Quakers got the first basket of the second half, tying the game at 18 before Earlham opened an 8-1 run, taking a seven point lead and never looked back in the 13-point Earlham victory.

Stirling led the Green and White with 12 points while Short scored 11. Stirling and Nick Berter (Cincinnati/Reading) had four rebounds while Short picked off two steals.

Earlham was led by Brandon Miller and Jermaine Crumby, who each had a double-double in the game, Miller scoring 17 points and pulling down 10 rebounds wihle Crumby scored 10 and pulled down 13 boards. 

With the loss, WC falls to 2-2 while Earlham evens their record at 2-2.