Wooster, OH - The upstart Oberlin College men's basketball team gave the 14^th-ranked College of Wooster Fighting Scots all they could handle, but in the end the perennial national power was able to prevail at home, 91-71, over the Yeomen on Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Jack Poyle led the Yeomen with 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting and an 8-of-8 effort at the free throw line. Classmate Scott Miller added a career-high 11 points in the loss. Senior Miles Gueno was perfect at the free throw line where he deposited eight of his 10 points before fouling out. Nathan Cohen also reached double figures, ending with 10 points.

The Yeomen got off to an extremely slow start as the Scots opened the game on a 15-1 run. However, Oberlin eventually settled down and found its rhythm as it methodically worked its way back into the game. After going down by as many as 17, 26-9, with 9:49 left in the half, the Yeomen found themselves down by eight at 40-32 with just over two minutes to go in the stanza. They would ultimately head into the locker room staring at a 45-34 deficit.

In the second session the Yeomen continued to fight and kept the pressure on the Scots. A Poyle layup at the 15:27 mark shrunk the Scots' lead down to six at 49-43. Unfortunately, Oberlin could never get over the hump as Wooster increased its lead out to 15, 78-63, with 4:25 left to go and ultimately put the game away for good.

The Yeomen shot 39.2-percent (20-of-51) in the loss, while Wooster checked in with an impressive 55.7-percent (34-of-61) showing. Oberlin was unable to slow down the 1-2 punch of Alex Lalonde and Evan Pannell as the duo combined to go 19-of-28 from the floor and totaled 47 points. Lalonde led all scores with 24 points.

Oberlin was whistled for 28 fouls in the game, while the Scots got dinged 20 times. Matt Walker joined Gueno as Yeomen who fouled out in the game. However, it was the Yeomen would had the free throw advantage as they cashed in 26-of-31 charity tosses for an 83.9-perent clip. The Scots finished at just 60.7-percent with 17 makes on 28 attempts.

The Scots moved to 11-2 overall and 5-1 in the NCAC while the Yeomen fell to 6-7 and 2-4 in league action.

The Yeomen are back in action on Wednesday night when they head across state lines to take on the Allegheny College Gators. Tip-time is set for 7:30 p.m.