The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team took down opponent Penn State – Behrend in their last non-conference road game of the season by a final score of 69-55 inside the Junker Center.
BW Leaders (2-2)
- Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC guard Anthony Mazzeo (North Canton/Massillon Jackson) posted a season-high 28 points and eight rebounds.
- Sophomore guard Ashton Price (Bay Village/Bay) posted a career-high 14 points.
- Senior forward Jackson Simmons (Wadsworth) was a force on defense with a career-high our blocks.
- Mason Blackenberg led with 14 points off the bench.
- RJ Marsh added 13 points and seven rebounds.
- Mazzeo started off the half hot scoring the first eight points for the Yellow Jackets as BW opened the game on an 8-2 run.
- The Nittany Lions followed that up with an 11-2 run as they got their first lead of the game.
- Price tied the game up at 19-19 with a layup and a foul.
- A late 11-4 run by the Yellow Jackets gave them a 36-34 halftime lead.
- Mazzeo was the high scorer of the half as he scored 19 points on 7-10 field goals.
- Blankenberg lead Penn State – Behrend with 10 points at the break.
- Price led both teams with five rebounds.
- Tenacious defense and attacking the point was the key to success for BW early in the half.
- The Yellow Jackets went on an 8-0 with 17:41 left in the half as they made four layups and forced three turnovers.
- An 8-2 run by the Nittany Lions brought them to within 1 point of BW as they trailed 52-51 with 9:38 left in the game.
- A 9-2 run by the Yellow Jackets ended by a Price three forced a Penn State-Behrend timeout with 4:48 left in the half as BW gained a 62-53 lead.
- Price posted nine points on 3-4 shooting and added two steals.
- Simmons added four points, six rebounds and three blocks.
- Senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC guard Jake Snyder (Stow/Archbishop Hoban) contributed five points, four rebounds and a steal.
- Marsh led the Nittany Lions with eight points.
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