Wooster 70, Ohio Wesleyan 59

Jan. 22, 2003

Matt Smith scored the last 5 points of a 9-0 burst that put Wooster ahead to stay in a North Coast Athletic Conference win over Ohio Wesleyan on Wednesday at Wooster.

Junior center Travis Schwab (Medina) scored to give the Bishops a 48-46 lead with 11:04 left in regulation time.

Ohio Wesleyan had trailed, 40-32, with 16:58 left before the Bishops wiped out that deficit with a 12-4 run. Schwab hit a 3-point jumper and a traditional-style 3-point play, and freshman guard Ross Rybarczyk (Oberlin/Elyria Catholic) buried a 3-pointer to tie the game at 44-44.

Wooster's Ryan Snyder tied the game at 48-48, then Bryan Nelson hit a jumper for a 50-48 Scot lead with 10:17 left before Smith hit a 3-pointer with 9:39 to play and followed with a jumper with for a 55-48 lead 6:09 to go.

Schwab answered with a 3-pointer play to bring the Bishops within 55-51, but Wooster padded the lead with a 7-1 burst and Ohio Wesleyan did not come closer than 8 points during the final 4 minutes.

Schwab led the Bishops with 21 points and 6 rebounds. Rybarczyk led the Bishops with 5 assists.

Smith and Blake Mealer shared the Wooster lead with 17 points apiece, while Nelson finished with 10 points. Mealer had a team-high 8 rebounds and Rodney Mitchell and Kyle Witucky each had 4 assists.

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