SPRINGFIELD, Ohio-- Wittenberg returned to Pam Evans Smith Arena after a lengthy NCAC road trip last week. The Tigers fell Wednesday night to Wabash, snapping their four game NCAC winning streak. Wabash was able to pick apart the Tigers defense all night, as the Tigers fell 69-54 at the final buzzer. Jaelin Williams (Springfield, Ohio/Shawnee) led the Tigers in the defeat, with 18 points while Chad Roy (Toledo, Ohio/Springfield) pitched in eight points and a team-high six rebounds.

GAME BREAKDOWN

• Wittenberg trailed 17-10 ten-minutes into Wednesday night's game.
• With five minutes remaining in the first-half, Wittenberg found themselves down 28-13, shooting 31% as a team from the field.
• The Tigers headed into the locker-room at the break down 37-23 despite Williams' ten first-half points and Garrett Dorfman's (Durham North Carolina/North Durham) two late three-pointers.
• With 13:45 left to play in regulation the Tigers found themselves playing from behind, 52-32.
• At the 7:00 mark, Wittenberg converted back-to-back and-one layups from Roy and Williams to cut the lead down to 17.
• As the final buzzer sounded, Wabash defeated Wittenberg 69-54.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• As a team, Wittenberg shot 32% from the field in the loss.
• Wittenberg was uncharacteristically out-rebounded, 32-31.
• The Tigers were also outscored in the paint, 28-14.

KEY STATS

• The Tigers only managed to knock down four of their 25 three-point attempts in the loss, for a 16% clip.
• Williams has scored in double-digits in 16 of his 18 games on the season, eclipsing his season average of 16.3 points on the night.

COACH VERSUS CANCER

 

• As a part of the NABC's efforts to bring awareness to the American Cancer Society, members of the North Coast Athletic Conference will team up with their counterparts in the Ohio Athletic Conference to raise funds in the name of Capital University Head Coach Damon Goodwin, who is battling leukemia.
• In addition to their efforts on behalf of ACS, the coaches are making a separate effort to support Coach Goodwin. Funds raised during that six-day span will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) in Goodwin's name.
• Coach Goodwin and his family have strong Tiger roots, as Damon was a Wittenberg men's basketball assistant coach from 1990-95 and his son, Grant, was a member of the Tiger's baseball program.

UP NEXT

• Wittenberg is back in action this Saturday, the 30th, against Denison at Pam Evans Smith Arena. 

Written By: Kuris Duggan