MARION, Ind. -- No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s basketball continued its hot start to the season as they beat visiting Cincinnati Christian (Ohio) 92-72 for the Wildcats’ fifth straight win to begin the season.

Game Vitals

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 92   |   Cincinnati Christian - 72 
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 5-0   |   Cincinnati Christian 4-1
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 2   |   Cincinnati Christian - Not ranked
• Location:  Luckey Arena   |   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana
• Brief:  No. 2 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s basketball continued its hot start to the season as they beat visiting Cincinnati Christian (Ohio) 92-72 for the Wildcats’ fifth straight win to begin the season.

What Went Down

• The Wildcats used a 12-2 run early in the game to turn a one point deficit into a 17-8 lead six minutes into the game.
• A 13-3 stretch for Indiana Wesleyan gave them a 30-16 lead with 7:19 left in the first half. Indiana Wesleyan held a double digit lead the rest of the game for all but 12 seconds.
• DJ McCommons scored for the Eagles as the horn sounded to end the half. Indiana Wesleyan went into halftime leading 43-29.
• Indiana Wesleyan doubled their halftime advantage as they led by 28 points in the second half. Grant Zawadzki (FR/Troy, Ohio) hit a pair of free throws with 2:54 remaining to give IWU an 89-61 lead.
• Jonny Marlin (SR/Greenwood, Ind.) had a double-double with 11 points and a game-high 10 assists. Marlin had seven of his assists during the first half.
• Indiana Wesleyan shot 58.3-percent (35 of 60) from the floor while holding Cincinnati Christian to 35.3-percent (24 of 68).
• Bob Peters (JR/Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) scored a game-high 22 points. He was 8-of-11 shooting and 5-of-8 from 3-point range.
• Cincinnati Christian outrebounded Indiana Wesleyan 44-34. CCU pulled down 23 offensive rebounds.

Coaches Corner

• “We had some stretches where we were really good and we really locked down. We held them to 35-percent so for us that was a big stride forward in that category.”

• IWU head coach Greg Tonagel on the Wildcat defensive effort
   

Extra! Extra!

• The loss is the first this season for Cincinnati Christian. They had previously defeated No. 4 Saint Francis (Ind.) 68-56 on November 1.

Next Time Out

• Indiana Wesleyan takes a week off before playing next Tuesday at No. 10 IU East in the first road game of the season. The game with IU East will be the third top-10 opponent in the first six games of the season. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. in Richmond, Indiana.