Wabash shot 64 percent from the field in the second half of its road game Saturday at Kenyon to earn a 91-79 victory for its seventh consecutive victory.
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The Little Giants (16-7, 12-4 NCAC) finished 32-of-61 from the field for the game for 52.5 percent after blistering the nets by connecting on 16-of-25 shot attempts in the final 20 minutes of the game.
Jack Davidson, who finished with a game-high 27points, hit seven of his nine second-half shots including a 4-for-4 effort from three-point range.
Tyler Watson hit 4-of-5 shots in the final period. He finished with 22 points, three points shy of his career-high of 25 set last season at Kenyon.
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Ahmoni Jones came off the bench for Wabash to score 15 points and grab six rebounds.
Kellen Schreiber added 14 points for the Little Giants.
Harrison Hallstrom grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds, including 11 on the defensive end of the floor.
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Wabash took a 4-0 lead to start the game and never trailed, moving in front by eight points at 18-10 six minutes into the contest. Kenyon (6-17, 3-13). Kenyon went on a 9-1 run over the next four minutes to even the score at 19-19 before the Little Giants put together a run over their own. Watson hit a pair of free throws to begin an 8-0 run. Wabash eventually held a 12-point lead with just under four minutes in the half before settling for a 42-32 lead at halftime.
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Kenyon drew to within six points in the first four minutes of the second half, but the hot shooting by Wabash extended the Little Giants' lead to as many as 16 points at 11:12 off a three-pointer by Jones. Wabash hit 12-of-20 three-point shots in the contest including a 7-of-9 effort in the second half.
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The Lords cut the Wabash lead to eight points with 3:27 left to play before a three-pointer by Davidson and a layup from Watson pushed the advantage back to 13 on the way to the 12-point victory.
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Ugnius Zilinskas led the Lords with 19 points. Elijah Davis scored 17 points. Carter Powell finished with 14 points, and Alex Cate added 10 points.
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The victory extends the Little Giants' winning streak to seven consecutive games. Wabash, ranked sixth in the first NCAA Division III Great Lakes Region rankings release last Wednesday, will play the fifth-ranked Wittenberg Tigers on Wednesday, February 19 at 6 p.m. at Chadwick Court. The Little Giants will honor seniors
Colten Garland,
Alex Eberhard, and Hallstrom prior to their final regular season home game against the Tigers.
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