RONLINHART_MBB_OWU2025
91
Winner Ohio Wesleyan OWU 2-1,0-0 NCAC
78
Heidelberg HEID 1-1,0-0 OAC
Winner
Ohio Wesleyan OWU
2-1,0-0 NCAC
91
Final
78
Heidelberg HEID
1-1,0-0 OAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ohio Wesleyan OWU 42 49 91
Heidelberg HEID 39 39 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

OWU pulls away late, defeats Men's Basketball

TIFFIN – The Heidelberg University Men's Basketball team had their home opener Friday evening as they hosted day one of the fourth annual Ron Linhart Memorial Classic. The Student Princes fell to Ohio Wesleyan, 91-78.

Trey Killens led HU with 19 points and six rebounds. Marcos Vazquez made an impact with 11 assists. Markell Johnson-Nichols went 9-9 at the free throw line and finished with 17 points. Jarveil Gainey added 12.  

The Student Princes and the Battling Bishops were neck and neck the first 20 minutes. The biggest run of the first half was an 8-0 spurt by OWU. The run, which lasted two minutes, gave the visitors a 34-31 lead with three minutes to play in the first. OWU held a 42-39 lead at the break. 

The teams remained close through much of the second half. Killens tied the contest at 68 with a jumper at the 8:16 mark, but OWU pulled away late -- ignited by a 9-1 run.
 
OWU shot 60% from behind the arc and 58% from the floor. They held a 19-2 edge in points off turnovers.

Day two of the Ron Linhart Memorial Classic features Heidelberg and John Carroll at 3 p.m. and Olivet and Ohio Wesleyan to follow.
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