BEREA, Ohio—The Mount Union men's basketball team picked up its second straight Ohio Athletic Conference win on the road by defeating Baldwin-Wallace, 49-47, Wednesday night. Freshman Stevie Griffin (Canton/Massillon Jackson) provided the go-ahead points for the second consecutive game when he made a pair of free throws with 17 seconds remaining.

The Purple Raiders (6-8, 2-5) were unable to find a rhythm on offense in the first half and trailed Baldwin-Wallace 26-17 at halftime. The Raiders made just five of 23 field goal attempts and were outrebounded 26-9 in the half.

Trailing 40-30 with 7:43 to play, Mount Union went on an 8-0 run to close the gap to two. A pair of free throws by Griffin with 3:16 remaining gave the Raiders their first lead of the night at 44-43. After each team traded baskets, Tyler Ferrell split a pair of free throws for the Yellow Jackets with 53 seconds left to tie the score at 46-46.

Following a Mount Union timeout, senior Jimmy Wood (Wintersville/Indian Creek) missed a jumper, but Griffin was there to gather the rebound and draw a foul on the putback attempt. The freshman calmly sank the pair to give the Raiders the lead. Baldwin-Wallace split a pair of free throws to cut the lead to one with 13 seconds to play. Junior Justen Little (Galion/Galion) also split a pair of free throws with four seconds left, but the Yellow Jackets saw their desperation shot glance off the rim as time expired.

Griffin scored a game-high 14 points for Mount Union. He scored 11 of his points in the second half. Wood scored 13 points and freshman Nate Jacubec (Struthers/Struthers) added 10 points.

Tyler Ferrell and Kevin Krakowiak paced Baldwin-Wallace (8-6, 3-4) with 12 points apiece. Ferrell also grabbed nine rebounds and Ben Umbel added eight rebounds for the Yellow Jackets, who owned a 41-20 edge on the glass.

Mount Union returns to action on Saturday when they host Heidelberg at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex in Alliance. The game is scheduled for 3 pm and is the first home game of the New Year for the Raiders.

Newspaper Box Score

Mount Union vs Baldwin-Wallace
01/11/12 7:30 p.m. at Ursprung Gymnasium; Berea, Ohio
At Ursprung Gymnasium; Berea, Ohio

MOUNT UNION 49, BALDWIN-WALLACE 47

MOUNT UNION (6-8, 2-5 OAC)
Stevie Griffin 4-6 4-4 14; Jimmy Wood 6-16 0-0 13; Nate Jacubec 2-8 6-7 10;
T.J. Gillespie 2-6 0-0 4; Jimmy Darnley 1-2 0-0 3; Keith Williams 1-1 0-0 2;
Justen Little 0-0 1-2 1; Clayton Patton 0-2 1-2 1; Matt Wier 0-1 1-2 1; Matt
Kiger 0-1 0-0 0; T.J. Peatross 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-44 13-17 49.

BALDWIN-WALLACE (8-6, 3-4 OAC)
Kevin Krakowiak 5-11 1-2 12; Tyler Ferrell 5-8 2-4 12; Aaron Selmek 3-5 0-0
6; Ben Umbel 1-5 3-4 6; Kyle Payne 2-4 2-4 6; Grant Fairhurst 1-7 0-0 3;
Chris Ameen 1-2 0-0 2; Sean Rothermel 0-0 0-0 0; Skyler Simpson 0-0 0-0 0;
Scott Branchick 0-1 0-0 0; Josh Ingle 0-0 0-0 0; Brandon Schmidt 0-0 0-0 0;
Promis Cabbil 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-45 8-14 47.

Mount Union...................   17   32  -   49
Baldwin-Wallace...............   26   21  -   47

3-point goals--Mount Union 4-19 (Stevie Griffin 2-4; Jimmy Darnley 1-1;
Jimmy Wood 1-6; Clayton Patton 0-1; T.J. Gillespie 0-4; Nate Jacubec 0-3),
Baldwin-Wallace 3-16 (Grant Fairhurst 1-7; Ben Umbel 1-3; Kevin Krakowiak
1-3; Kyle Payne 0-1; Chris Ameen 0-1; Tyler Ferrell 0-1). Fouled out--Mount
Union-None, Baldwin-Wallace-None. Rebounds--Mount Union 20 (Jimmy Darnley 3;
Justen Little 3), Baldwin-Wallace 41 (Tyler Ferrell 9). Assists--Mount Union
9 (Justen Little 3), Baldwin-Wallace 8 (Grant Fairhurst 3). Total
fouls--Mount Union 15, Baldwin-Wallace 15. Technical fouls--Mount
Union-None, Baldwin-Wallace-TEAM. A-347