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DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men's basketball team extended its home winning streak in non-conference action to 15-straight and improved to 5-0 in home openers under head coach Kyle Brumett with a 76-60 victory against Alma on Wednesday night inside the Karl H. Weaner Community Center.
The Jackets used the long ball to fuel the attack all night long, connecting on 10-of-24 tries from three-point territory to keep the Scots at bay. Back-to-back triples from Drew Frizell and Travis Schomaeker opened up an early 21-14 lead for Defiance and it would not look back, despite Alma closing the half on a 10-2 spurt to draw to within 39-37.
DC wasted no time putting the game away in the second stanza, using a 15-0 rally out of the intermission to break open a 54-37 lead at the 14:00 mark. Another trey from Frizell capped the eventual 20-2 run to open the half and pushed the Defiance lead to 59-39.
The Jackets cruised from there, never allowing Alma any closer than 13 points the rest of the evening and completing the 76-60 non-conference win.
Defiance complimented the long-range assault with a 32-18 edge in the paint and a 40-37 advantage on the glass. The Purple and Gold also flexed its defensive muscle by limiting AC to 24.0-percent shooting in the second half and only 35.1 percent in the game. DC notched seven steals, while holding an opponent under the 70-point barrier for the third time in four outings this season.
Ryan Hicks turned in another stellar performance, recording his third collegiate double-double by hauling in 10 rebounds to go with a career-high 20 points and three steals.
Frizell joined Hicks by setting his own personal best with 17 points on five-of-nine shooting from beyond the arc and Wade Wooley turned in the finest showing of his young collegiate career with seven points and a career-high 11 boards.
Logan Wolfrum added 16 points to continue his climb up the all-time scoring charts at Defiance College, surpassing C.J. Johnson (2004-2008) and Nick Sales (2006-2010) and moving into 16th place in DC history with 1,387 points.
Defiance (2-2) will look to extend its current two-game winning streak when it opens the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference portion of its schedule on Saturday at Rose-Hulman.