TIFFIN -- Coming off their best win of the season, knocking off No. 4 Mount Union on Wednesday, the Heidelberg University Men's Basketball team did not overlook the pesky Wilmington College Quakers on Saturday. Instead, the Student Princes buckled down and held on for a 92-90 win inside Seiberling Gymnasium. Heidelberg has won four straight.

All five starters finished in double-figures for the well-balanced Student Princes. Trey Killens led the way with 19 points.  Marcos Vazquez added 16 points and eight assists. Brady Bosma and Markell Johnson-Nichols had 13 points apiece, with the latter adding in a game-high seven boards. Riley Gossom had 10 points. 

At the first media timeout, the Quakers had built a 15-7 advantage. Heidelberg erased the deficit over the next four minutes with a 13-2 spurt, keyed by 3-pointers from Jarveil Gainey and Johnson-Nichols, and capped by a three-point play from Gossom. 

With five minutes left in the half, HU led by 11. But less than two minutes later, Wilmington had cut the lead down to one.  The Student Princes closed the half on a 7-0 run, with the final four points coming from crowd-favorite Abba Lawal. HU led, 55-47

An acrobatic tip-in and-one from WC's Ben Golan with 13:45 left in the game gave Wilmington a 62-60 lead, setting off a wildly entertaining end of the game. There were a total of 10 lead changes in the final 13 minutes. Of the final 13 minutes, there was a nearly nine-minute span where neither side led by more than three.  

Tied at 84 with 2:15 to play, Johnson-Nichols gave HU a lead with a layup in traffic, was fouled, and buried the free throw for a critical three-point play. Following a Wilmington miss, Killens added a layup to extend the lead to five. 

Wilmington closed to within one at 89-88 in the final minute, but Vazquez delivered a back-breaking fadeaway jumper late in the shot clock to build the 'Berg lead back to three. After a timeout, Wilmington misfired on a perimeter pass and gave the ball back to the Tricolor. 

HU would ice the game with a foul shot from Johnson-Nichols.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: Heidelberg shot 55.6% from the floor and an even 50% beyond the arc … The teams split the rebounds evenly, with both sides grabbing 31 … Led by Gainey's eight points, HU held a 21-9 edge in bench scoring … Connor Flood played two minutes, but was a presence -- picking up a dunk and a blocked shot.

UP NEXT: The Student Princes stay home next week for a game Wednesday night against Ohio Northern. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.