Meadville, PA - The Oberlin College men's basketball team was able to halt its three-game losing streak by defeating the Allegheny College Gators, 74-56, on Wednesday night at the David V. Wise Center.

Senior center Randy Ollie finished with nine points, but he needed just four to become the 23^rd player in program history to reach 1,000 career-points. He now sits at 1,005 over his four-year career.

However, it was junior guard Jack Poyle who led the Yeomen tonight with 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Freshman Eli Silverman-Lloyd also impressed with 14 points on an efficient 6-of-9 showing, while Scott Miller added 10 points off the bench, as the marksman was 4-of-6 from the floor.

Oberlin started the game up 14-4, but the Gators battled back to within two, 18-16, midway through the opening half. It was later a 20-19 game, but Oberlin would increase that slim margin with a 10-0 spurt that was capped off by a Miller 3-pointer with 3:07 left in the frame.

However, the Gators had a little rebuttal of their own to close out the first half, shrinking the Yeomen lead down to just four, 34-30, going into the locker room at the break.

Billy Urso's 3-pointer at the 16:22 mark tied the game at 40, but a 14-2 Yeomen run put them comfortably back out in front, 54-42, with 9:10 left to play. A traditional 3-point play by Ollie increased the Oberlin cushion out to 16, 64-48, with 3:30 remaining on the clock and the lead would only increase from there to as the final outcome was never in doubt.

With the win the Yeomen improved to 12-10 overall and 7-8 in the NCAC. Allegheny is now 3-19 and 3-12 in league play.

Oberlin shot a blistering 56.9 percent in the win, hitting 29 of the 51 shots it hoisted on the night, including a 9-of-21 (42.9%) performance from beyond the arc. The Gators finished at just 38.5 percent (20-of-52) in the loss.

The Yeomen will look to make it two in a row when they travel to Hiram College on Saturday afternoon. Tip-time is set for 3 p.m.