PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Chatham Men's Basketball (2-1, 0-0 PAC) team fell in a tough first-half run to Baldwin Wallace (2-0, 0-0 OAC) 85-59 on Wednesday evening at the Athletic and Fitness Center.
Senior
Tajh Williams earned a game-high 14 points for the Cougars shooting 6-13 from the field and going 1-1 from deep and on free throws. Senior
Marcel Gardner added eight points to his stats tonight shooting 4-7 from the field and securing four boards. Senior
Drew Vizenor added seven points and one block to a game-high six rebounds.
After the Yellow Jackets took the initial lead 14-3, the Cougars would begin to chip away at the deficit. Junior
Keyonta Johnson, sophomore
Sam Norfleet, and senior
Marcel Gardner would all hit layups, along with a free throw from Johnson to only put the Cougars down 14-10. With just under nine minutes to go in the first half, the Yellow Jackets would strengthen their lead to 27-14. The Cougars would once again battle back and chip away at their deficit dropping it from -13 to -7. Senior
Tajh Williams would shoot from outside the arch before four more layups were added from graduate student
Josh Martin, senior
Drew Vizenor (2), and Williams. Headed into the final five minutes of the half the Cougars would be down 32-25, but still battling back and forth with the Yellow Jackets. Going into the half, the Yellow Jackets would hold the lead over the Cougars 38-27.
The Cougars and Yellow Jackets would spend the first seven minutes of the second half trading buckets back and forth, but the Cougars would be the first to strike with back-to-back buckets. Right before junior
Julian Lownes and Gardner each hit layups, Williams also hit a layup and earned the and one to cut the Cougars deficit to 57-44. The Cougars and Yellow Jackets would return to trading points for the remainder of the half, but the Yellow Jackets ultimately claim the victory.
Chatham shot 40.3% from the field for the game, including 58.3% from the free throw line. The Cougars had the upper hand when it came to blocks compared to the Yellow Jackets (4-0).
The Cougars will hit the road for the first time this season this Sunday, November 15, when they head to Carlisle, PA to take on Dickinson at 4PM
