Wabash held the visiting Oberlin College Yeomen scoreless for the first seven minutes of the game and two points over a seven-minute stretch of the second half to claim a 65-42 victory Saturday afternoon at Chadwick Court.

The Little Giant held Oberlin to 14-of-50 shooting from the field (28 percent), while outrebounding the Yeomen 45-27 including 30 defensive boards.

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Seniors Derek Bailey, Aaron Zinnerman, and Brian Shelbourne combined to score the first 10 points of the game. Oberlin rallied for its first basket on a three-pointer by Andrew Fox with 12:46 remaining in the first half, followed by a triple from Geoof Simpson to draw with four points of Wabash. Baskets by Shelbourne, Nick Curosh, and Houston Hodges quickly pushed the lead back to double digits, where it remained for most of the first half.

Josh Merritt, coming off a 12-point effort on Wednesday in the Yeomen's win over Allegheny, scored his only basket of the game at the start of the second half to make the score 28-19 in favor of Wabash. The Little Giants answered with a 19-0 run over the next seven minutes to push their advantage to 47-19 and would lead by no fewer than 23 points from that point forward.

Zinnerman led Wabash in scoring with 15 points, while Bailey chipped in 12. Shelbourne scored nine points, with Hodges tallying seven in his first start of the season. Bailey also grabbed nine rebounds, while Curosh and Zinnerman finished with six apiece.

Simpson led Oberlin (6-9, 1-5 NCAC) with 16 points.

Wabash improves to 13-2 overall and 5-1 in North Coast Athletic Conference play with the victory. The Little Giants travel to Wittenberg University on Wednesday night for a showdown between the first- and second-place teams in the NCAC standings. The Tigers are 12-3 overall and 6-0 in NCAC games after picking up a 67-58 home win against Denison on Saturday afternoon.