LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Baldwin Wallace University men's basketball team defeated East Texas Baptist University by a score of 85-77 in the first day of the Don Lane Classic hosted by Transylvania (Ky.) University in the Clive M. Beck Center.
BW (4-6) moves on to play the host Transylvania tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the Don Lane Classic championship game. ETBU (3-7) will take on DePauw (Ind.) University tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the Don Lane Classic consolation game.
BW Leaders
- Sophomore guard Ray Ellington (Westlake) scored a career-high 28 points and added seven rebounds
- Freshman forward AJ Pestello (Cuyahoga Falls/Stow-Munroe Falls) scored 17 points and grabbed a team-leading eight rebounds
- Sophomore guard Brayden Hamilton (Brunswick) tallied 12 points by shooting 4-6 from three
- Freshman guard Titus Baskerville IV (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) added 11 points and eight assists
ETBU Leaders
- Senior guard Jayden Williams led the team with 22 points
- Senior forward Darry Moore recorded a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds
- Junior guard Ryan Elzy finished with 18 points
First Half (BW 31-28)
- Pestello led BW with eight points while Moore scored eight for the Tigers
- Senior forward Rob Watson III (Sagamore Hills/Nordonia) recorded all three of his blocks
- ETBU tied things up at 21 after trailing for most of the half but not before BW took a three point into the intermission
- 26 of the Yellow Jackets' 31 points were scored in the paint
- The Brown and Gold defense held ETBU to a 31% shooting percentage from the field
Second Half (BW 85-77)
- Ellington lifted BW as he scored 22 of his 28
- The Yellow Jackets trailed by eight before going on a 44-29 run to close the game
- BW regained the lead off a dunk by junior forward Jarred Logan (Elyria/Elyria Catholic) and never looked back
- The Brown and Gold shot 60% from deep
