UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS – Six players reached double figures as the Wilmington College men's basketball team kept its chances of earning a second seed in the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament with a 97-74 victory over John Carroll Sunday at the DeCarlo Varsity Center in OAC action. The game was moved from Saturday due to a power outage.

Senior Malcolm Heard II (Wilmington, OH/Wilmington) led the team with 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes of action. Junior R.J. Leppert (Liberty Township, OH/Lakota East) added 16 points, four rebounds, three blocks and three assists, while junior Dwight Johnson (Dayton, OH/Jefferson) recorded 15 points and six rebounds.

Senior Klarke Ransome (Richwood, OH/North Union) tallied 14 points, senior Taylor Wellman (Norwood, OH/Norwood) scored 11 points and senior Ben Vonderhaar (Cincinnati, OH/Colerain) added 10 points to round out the sixlet.

As a team, the Fightin' Quakers shot nearly 60 percent (34-of-57) from the field and nearly 92 percent (22-of-24) from the free throw line. Heard and Johnson combined to go 14-of-14 at the charity stripe.

All members of the double-figure six scored as Wilmington took control of the game with a 20-6 half-ending spurt. The run transformed an eight-point deficit into a six-point lead.

"We were able to stops, by getting back in transition," said Wilmington head coach K.C. Hunt. "We just had to get back defensively, and force them to play in the quarter-court. From a fan standpoint, it was a pretty entertaining game."

John Carroll was able to hang around for the early parts of the second half, but WC went of a 24-9 run midway through the half to build a 20-point advantage.

Hunt said part of the keys during the stretch were his teams ability to "not only limit JCU's offensive transition, but to out in transition themselves."

Wilmington (15-7 overall, 12-4 OAC) rounds out the regular season at home, beginning with a 7:30 p.m. meeting with Ohio Northern Wednesday. The Fightin' Quakers need to win out, while Marietta loses both games to secure the second seed in the upcoming postseason tournament.