Wabash honored the four senior members of its 2021-2022 basketball team and celebrated the squad's North Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championship Saturday with a 98-75 home victory over Kenyon College.
 
The victory was the 17^th in a row for the 20^th-ranked Little Giants (21-3, 16-1) who will enter the 2022 NCAC Tournament on Tuesday as the number-one seed.
 
Wabash fans watched seniors Jack Davidson, Jack Hegwood, Kellen Schreiber, and Tyler Watson take the floor for their final regular-season game at Chadwick Court. The quartet has scored 4,642 points, tallied 1,215 rebounds, and dished out 685 assists in their careers.
 
All four scored in double figures in Saturday's victory over Kenyon. Davidson led the way with 24 points. Schreiber finished with 16 points. Hegwood scored a career-high 12 points, joining Watson who also scored 12 points. Jesse Hall came off the bench to finish with 11 points.
 
Hegwood opened the scoring for Wabash with a three-point basket. He accounted for all of the Little Giants' first eight points to put Wabash in front 8-3. Kenyon (3-22, 1-17 NCAC) tied the game at 8-8 before a three-point basket from Davidson provided Wabash with the lead once again. Hegwood followed with a four-point play on a made three-pointer and a free throw to answer a basket by the Lords for a 15-10 lead four minutes into the contest.
 
Wabash and Kenyon battled throughout the first half with the Little Giant going up as many as 13 points before taking a 50-40 lead at halftime. The Little Giants outscored Kenyon 48-35 in the final 20 minutes, pulling away by as many as 28 points in the second half before claiming the 23-point victory.
 
Wabash shot 49.3 percent from the field (34-of-69) and finished 12-of-33 from three-point range (36.4 percent). The Little Giants held Kenyon to 27-of-60 shooting from the field for the game and 6-of-13 from long range. The Lords went 5-of-9 from three-point range in the first half but only hit one of four attempts in the final 20 minutes. Drew Valentino led Kenyon with 13 points. Gefen Bar-Cohen added 12 points. Juan Sergio Matabuena finished with 11 points.
 
Wabash will play host to Hiram College in the quarterfinal round of the upcoming NCAC Tournament on Tuesday, February 22. Tipoff will be at 7 p.m.. Tickets for the quarterfinal game are $7 for adults. Tickets for individuals with an NCAC Guest Pass are $5 and children or students without an ID from an NCAC school are $5. Students with an ID from an NCAC school will be admitted free of charge.