Wabash pulled away in the final 10 minutes of a back-and-forth basketball game to defeat Denison 91-79 Wednesday evening at Chadwick Court. The victory helped the Little Giants celebrate the careers of senior guard Connor Rotterman and senior manager Caleb Dickey.
 
Wabash (6-6) trailed Denison (5-5) by a score of 55-54 with 10:26 remaining in the game. Junior guard Tyler Watson scored two of his 23 points to put the Little Giants in front in a game that featured 11 lead changes and 12 ties. Watson's basket provided the final lead of the game for the Little Giants. Wabash exploded on a 12-3 scoring run to push the lead to eight points at 66-58. Watson also grabbed 10 rebounds to record his first career double-double.
 
Denison battled back, cutting the advantage to three points with seven minutes remaining. That's when sophomore Ahmoni Jones erupted for five of his 20 points to push the Wabash lead back to eight points. Jones connected on a three-point basket as part of the five-point swing, one of a team-best three for the evening. He finished the game shooting 3-of-4 from three-point range and 6-of-9 from the field.
 
The Big Red drew as close as five points before Wabash pulled away for the final time. The Little Giants jumped in front by 10 points on a pair of Watson free throws and maintained the double-digit lead throughout the final four minutes to claim their sixth win of the season.
 
Kellen Schreiber scored a career-best 30 points for Wabash. The junior forward accounted for all of Wabash's first 12 points over the first eight minutes of the game. He scored on 13-of-18 shot attempts overall and grabbed five rebounds while battling in the post with Denison's 6-7 forward Freeman Brou. Brou finished with 16 points and six rebounds before fouling out of the game. Darren Rubin paced Denison with 19 points. Will Hunter added 12 points and Spencer Patenaude chipped in 10 points.
 
The majority of the game was played in the paint. Wabash scored 52 of its 91 points within 10 feet of the basket. Denison tallied 40 points in the paint. The Little Giants shot 33-of-65 from the field (50.8 percent) and grabbed 38 rebounds compared to 28 for Denison. Wabash snared 11 offensive boards and scored 19 second-chance points.
 
Rotterman, playing in his final game for Wabash, scored four points and handed out three assists. He finished his career with 159 total assists to rank 29^th in Little Giant basketball history. He averaged 7.6 points in 84 appearances over four seasons with 49 career starts.
 
Wabash finished the abbreviated 2020-21 season with a 6-6 record including a 4-2 mark at home.