Angstmann hits five treys, Brown logs double-double in loss to Lourdes

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance Yellow Jackets suffered a 20-point loss on Saturday afternoon to the Lourdes Gray Wolves at the Karl H. Weaner Center, snapping a three-game winning streak on their home floor. 

The Yellow Jackets (3-5, 1-2 WHAC) had their lowest shooting percentage of the year at 29.3 percent but hit a season-high seven 3-pointers led by five from freshman Evan Angstmann. The Gray Wolves (6-0, 2-0 WHAC) retained their standing as the last unbeaten team in the WHAC with their sixth straight win to start the year. 

The first half started sloppy with neither team being able to put the ball in the basket consistently with just 19 combined points over the first eight minutes. The mistakes were more costly for the Yellow Jackets however as they had six turnovers in the first 11 minutes of play, letting the Gray Wolves get free chances frequently. Lourdes took control with a 16-1 run, going from down 10-9 to leading 25-11 while Defiance did not make a bucket for nearly 10 minutes of play. After the Gray Wolves built their lead up to 14 points, Angstmann sank two 3s late in the first half as DC cut the lead down to 11 before the half. 

The second half started as the opposite of the first with both teams trading buckets. The Yellow Jackets scored 20 points in just under 10 minutes, which matched their entire first half. After Jalen Brown scored six straight for Defiance and Angstmann knocked down a pair of 3s, they managed to cut the lead down to seven points with momentum and nine minutes on the clock. 

THE TURNING POINT 
With the score at 53-46 in favor of the Gray Wolves, Lourdes went on their biggest tear of the night with a 19-2 run that lasted 5:40. This late burst in the game put the game out of reach. Shaunn Monroe, the nation's leading scorer in the NAIA entering play, was the driving force behind this run and scored 14 of the Gray Wolves's 19. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

• Evan Angstmann went 5-of-10 from behind the arc, dropping a season-high 15 points. His five treys were the most by a Yellow Jackets in a game this season.
• Jalen Brown recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, becoming the first DC hooper to do so this year.
• Connor Bush did a little bit of everything as he dropped 16 points, recorded a steal and a block, as well as two rebounds and an assist.
• Dre'Sean Roberts played key minutes off the bench with multiple Yellow Jackets getting into foul trouble. He scored four points with four rebounds.
• Shaunn Monroe finished with a game-high 26 points for Lourdes, 21 of which were in the second half. It was just the second time this season he was held to less than 30 points.
• Saturday's loss was the second straight game of 70 points or more allowed by the Jackets on the heels of holding 4 of 5 opponents below that mark.
• Defiance shot a season-low 18.5 percent in the first half before recovering to hit 38 percent of their attempts after halftime.
• The 20-point loss was Defiance's largest margin in a loss this season.

UP NEXT 
The Yellow Jackets are off until next Saturday and travel to take on Cornerstone for a 3:00 p.m. tipoff.

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