CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (January 29, 2022) – The Denison University men's basketball team finished off the month of January with its fourth straight loss while also suffering a season sweep against Wabash College with an 86-63 defeat to the Little Giants.

Denison led 10-4 four minutes into the game as Will Hunter accounted for six of those 10 points, all on layups, while Wabash started the game only 1-for-10 from the field.

The Big Red then led by as many as eight points twice before a pair of baskets by Freeman Brou broke up ties at 20-20 and then 22-22.

Denison proceeded to lead it 26-22 after two technical free throws by Kevin Cheng with seven and a half minutes left in the first half, but that is where the tide changed as Wabash answered with an 11-0 run to take its first lead of the game since 2-0 and go up 33-26 with three minutes left in the period. Denison was 0-for-7 from the field with three turnovers during the run.

Wabash then ended the half on a 21-4 run over a six-and-a-half-minute span to lead it 43-30. The Little Giants made each of their last six field goals of the first half while the Big Red ended the period only 2-for-12 overall.

Denison was also 0-for-7 from three and only 4-for-10 from the free throw line in the first half compared to a 11-for-15 mark from the line for Wabash.

Two minutes into the second half, Denison got back to within 11 at 47-36 after back-to-back 3-pointers by Ricky Radtke and Darren Rubin, but the Big Red would get no closer the rest of the way as Wabash matched its scoring total from the first half with 43 points while shooting over 50 percent from the field and making three of its four 3-point tries.

Hunter and Brou both finished with 10 points for the Big Red while Radtke and Rubin both had nine and Scotty Dean had eight.

The Little Giants also outrebounded the Big Red 51-35 as Brou had the most rebounds for Denison with seven.

Denison dropped to 6-10 overall and fell back to .500 in conference play at 5-5 while Wabash (14-3 overall, 9-1 North Coast Athletic Conference) earned its 10th win in a row and is now the only NCAC team with only one conference loss so far this season.

Denison will now set its sights on the final month of the season and the stretch run in conference play as they host Wittenberg University at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 2, followed by a home game against Oberlin College on Saturday, February 5 (3 p.m.), in what will also be Alumni Day for the Big Red.