Buckhannon, WV-- The Men's Basketball team would come into today's match-up with a 10-15 overall record (7-12) opposed to Wheeling Jesuit University coming in with a 7-18 overall record (6-13). The Bobcats look to take down the Cardinals on Senior day for their last home game before conference play.

The Seniors that will be honored is Fred Brondsted a 6'6 Guard from Holbaek, Denmark and Dedan Williams a 6'6 Guard from Landover, Maryland and lastly, Student Assistant Coach Tom Kotol. 

At the beginning of the game, the Bobcats would start it off with a three ball from senior Fred Brondsted, as the Bobcats would look to find him on the arc. With 8 minutes left in the first half the Bobcats would be trailing this young Cardinals team with a score of 15-10. 

The Bobcats would be down 7 with 11 minutes into the game, until Clay Todd would get an add one and sink the free throw. It would pull the Bobcats to within 4 points as they look to start capitalizing. The Bobcats are shooting 45.5% (5-11) from the field opposed to the Cardinals shooting 50% (8-16). The Cardinals are still searching for their first three pointer as the Bobcats are 33.3% (2-6). 

The Bobcats would take the lead with 8 minutes left in the game due to a lay-up from Dusan Vicentic. This would not affect the Cardinals as they would go on a 8-0 run within just a few possessions. 

With 3 minutes left in the first half the Cardinals would be up by 5 points (27-22) as the Bobcats look to close the margin even more going into the second half. 

At the end of the first half of play, the Bobcats would be trailing the Cardinals by a score of 31-22. Clay Todd is leading the Bobcats with 12 points, shooting (5-7).
The Bobcats would be shooting 36% (9-25) from the field, opposed to the Cardinals who would be shooting 46.9% (15-32) from the field. Both teams would struggle from the arc as Wheeling has not hit a three opposed to the Bobcats shooting 21.4% (3-14). The Cardinals would spread the ball well as 6 of the 8 players who saw the court recorded a bucket in the scoring column. The Bobcats would have only three scorers at the half, Clay Todd (12), Fred Brondsted (6) and Dusan Vicentic (4). The Bobcats look to utilize their team coming out of the half. 

With just minutes into the game the Bobcats would expand their scoring as Luka Petrovic would connect as well as Daylin Lee cutting the game to just a 4 point margin. 

The Cardinals would answer with 8 straight points until Clay Todd would drill a corner three to cut the deficit. But the Cardinals wouldn't roll over as they would hit two immediate three's as their lead would stretch to 14 points with 10 minutes left in the ball game. The Bobcats need to capitalize and take advantage of these opportunities if they want a shot back in this game. 

The Cardinals would continue to stay hot from three as Jay Gentry drills a deep three to continue to keep their lead. 

With 6 minutes left in the ball game, Clay Todd would make a lay-up then collect a steal as he would immediate drain a three to give some momentum for the Bobcats.

DeAndre Robinson for the Cardinals would hit back to back three pointers that would silence the crowd until Clay Todd would hit another three, bring him to 25 points. 

With just minutes left in the game, both teams would be drilling three's going back and forth but the Bobcats were just too far away from the Cardinals as they would fall by a score of 75 to 66. 

Today's Bobcat players of the game would be Clay Todd with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists & 3 steals, Fred Brondsted with 12 points, 3 assists & 2 rebounds, Daylin Lee with 10 points, 5 rebounds & 2 assists and Luka Petrovic with 9 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds. 

The Bobcats will be back in action next Wednesday, as they travel to take on Fairmont University at 7:30pm.