COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Dominican Panthers (4-14, 1-10 G-MAC) men's basketball team concluded their four game home stand with a rare Monday (Feb. 5) contest at Alumni Hall against the Findlay Oilers (9-11, 6-6 G-MAC).

Findlay used an early three point attack to gain a first half lead and held off the Panthers 89-72 in the rescheduled contest from January 25th. 
 
BOX SCORE NOTES

• Sean McKitrick (Dayton, Ohio) led the team for the eighth time this season, scoring 19 points overall. He made eight-of-nine free throws with three triples. With five rebounds, he was tied for the team lead. 
• Luke Ruth (Grove City, Ohio) scored 18 points in the game with a career-high eight assists. Ruth was eight-of-12 shooting and notched one three pointer and a free throw. 
• Nate Webb (Lafayette, Indiana) ended with ten points for his second consecutive double-digit scoring game. The senior had four field goals with a pair of threes. 
• Parker Swartz (Grand Rapids, Michigan) has four straight games in double figures after an 11 point game. He knocked down two three pointers. 
• Lachlan MacDonald (Dublin, Ohio) added three points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in 31 minutes. 
• Eli Meyer (Seymour, Indiana) and Christian Lee (Birmingham, Alabama) each had a three pointer off the bench. 
• Caleb Maurer (Fort Loramie, Ohio) added a second straight game with five points on two field goals (one three pointer). 
• Ohio Dominican finished with a shooting line of 46.3% (25-54) overall, 35.5% (11-31) from deep and 84.6% (11-13) at the free throw line.
• Monday was the third time that the Panthers tallied at least ten three pointers this season. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Panthers started off on a 5-0 run after a slow first two minutes of action. Swartz opened the scoring with a three pointer before Ruth followed with a coast-to-coast layup. 35 seconds later, Webb's three pointer made it 8-2 Panthers with 16:05 left in the half. 
• Findlay answered with a 9-0 run and a bigger 20-5 spurt for a 22-13 lead at the under 12 media timeout. Three McKitrick free throws pulled the Panthers to 22-16 but the Panthers could not get any closer in the opening half. After the Oilers pushed the lead to 14, ODU chipped away to get within nine twice before Findlay led 48-31 at halftime. The Oilers used ten first half threes, including seven from one player (Cameron Shaw) to fuel the early lead. 
• Ruth scored the first eight points for the Panthers in the second half and 11 of the first 14 points as the Panthers tried to keep the lead under 20 points. 
• Findlay got the lead to 25 points (81-56) with 7:11 left before the Panthers outscored the Oilers 16-8 over that span. Four different players hit threes as McKitrick and Maurer each scored five points on the run. 
• The final score was 89-72 with the second half tied at 41 each. 

UP NEXT

• Ohio Dominican will head on the road for a Great Midwest contest in Canton, Ohio on Thursday (Feb. 8) against the Malone Pioneers, scheduled for 7:30 PM.