Men's Basketball: Bison Suffer Loss to Yellow Jackets

Bethany, W.Va. –The Bethany College Men's basketball team fell to the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets, 78-56, Thursday evening.

GAME FLOW

• Brendan Riggs lifted the lid for the Bison draining a three for the first field-goal of the game.
• Bethany led the game on a quick 7-2 run after a Travis Zimmerman dunk and a Derek White Jr. jumper.
• The Yellow Jackets battled back taking the lead from the Bison to lead 12-9 with 15:35 to go in the first half.
• Senior Trent Uphold knotted the game at 12-12 after hitting a three.
• Both teams battled back and forth through the first half, with the Yellow Jackets pulling ahead 41-28.
• The Yellow Jackets ended the half on a 17-5 run.
• Throughout the second half, the Bison strung together a few runs to pull within ten but the Yellow Jackets defended the Bison from coming within single-digits.

IN THE BOX SCORE

• Senior Trent Uphold led the Bison with a career-high 17 points, shooting 5-for-10 from behind the arc. Uphold pulled in a team-high eight rebounds.
• Senior Derek White Jr. dished a team-high five assists and had two blocks.
• Junior Asa Klimchock added 12 points.
• Junior Brendan Riggs had 10 points.
• Sophomore Travis Zimmerman led the Bison with eight rebounds and three blocks.

UP NEXT 

Bethany College Men's basketball will return to Hummel Field House for a PAC matchup against the Franciscan Barons on Saturday, January 22 at 5 pm.