Box Score Ashland University's men's basketball team lost at Saginaw Valley State Sunday (Dec. 14) afternoon, 70-58.
The Eagles fall to 7-2 overall and 2-2 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and they still are in first place in the GLIAC South Division by a half-game over Lake Erie and Wayne State. The Cardinals now are 5-2, 3-0.
Sophomore forward Wendell Davis led the Eagles in scoring in a game for the eighth time in nine contests this season, posting 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field. Davis also tied for the team lead in rebounds (seven) and had a team-high three assists.
Sophomore forward Jett Speelman came off the bench for 13 points on 5-of-5 from the floor and 2-of-2 from the 3-point line in 23 minutes. Freshman forward Marsalis Hamilton added 10 points and seven rebounds, and was 6-for-6 from the foul line in 22 minutes off the bench.
The Eagles were 16-for-18 from the free-throw line, had a 28-23 rebounding advantage and outscored the Cardinals in bench points, 25-12.
Saginaw Valley led throughout the game, minus a pair of ties. Ashland trailed 51-47 with 5:50 to play following a pair of Hamilton free throws, but the Cardinals went on a 10-2 run to pull away.
Ashland will finish the first semester with a non-conference home game against Ohio Mid-Western on Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. The Eagles will look to go undefeated in the non-conference schedule for the first time as a member of either the GLIAC (1995-current) or the Great Lakes Valley Conference (1979-95).
NOTES: In 18 halves so far this season, the Eagles have allowed 30 or fewer points in 11 of them…Ashland head coach John Ellenwood passed George Donges for fourth place in program history in games coached (141)…The Eagles come into the game with Ohio Mid-Western on a seven-game non-conference winning streak.
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