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Ohio Wesleyan 84, Earlham 70
Jan. 17, 2009
![[ Kyle Holliday ]](../images/khollid7.jpg)
Senior wing Kyle Holliday (Van Wert) scored 8 points during a 13-2 second-half run that gave Ohio Wesleyan some breathing room, and senior wing Mitch Noggle (Dublin/Coffman) and freshman wing Tim Brady (Dublin/Jerome) had 4 points apiece during a 10-0 run that broke the game open as Ohio Wesleyan defeated Earlham in North Coast Athletic Conference play on Saturday in Richmond, Ind.
Earlham's Tristian Gregory opened the second half with a jumper that brought the Quakers within 32-20, but the Bishops responded with the 13-2 run.
Junior post Brent Pleiman (Russia) kicked off the run with a lay-in, and freshman post Pat Pellerite (Olmsted Falls) followed with a 3-point play before Holliday contributed a 3-point play of his own, then added a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer as Ohio Wesleyan opened up a 45-32 lead just over 5 minutes into the period.
The Quakers closed to within 48-40 when Shane Heidt hit the first of 2 free throws, missed the second, but grabbed the offensive rebound and scored on the putback with 12:19 left in regulation time.
Noggle hit a lay-in and added a pair of free throws to open the Bishops' pivotal 10-0 run, then Brady and Pleiman sank lay-ins before a Brady jumper stretched the Ohio Wesleyan lead to 58-40 with 9:01 remaining, and the lead would remain in double digits for the remainder of the game.
Ohio Wesleyan threatened to run off with the game early, breaking a 7-7 tie with 7 straight points on a Pellerite jumper, a pair of free throws by senior wing Kyle Miller (Delaware/Hayes) and a Holliday 3-pointer.
Earlham rallied to take a 24-20 lead, with the Quaker spurt capped by a lay-in and a 3-pointer by A.J. Sutherlin, only to see the Bishops score the next 8 points on a Pellerite lay-in, a 3-pointer by sophomore guard Mike Schwartz (Upper Arlington) and a 3-point play by Brady, and that 4-point margin would hold until halftime, with the Bishops leaving the floor at the break with a 32-28 lead.
Holliday led the Bishops with 21 points, while Pellerite followed with 15 points and a season-high 15 rebounds. Brady also finished with 15 points and Miller scored 13 points.
Gregory paced Earlham with 17 points, followed by Heidt with 15 points, Sutherlin with 14 points, and Kyle Calder with 11 points.