The Bears lost 71-61 to Daemen College. Keelyn Franklin led the Bears with 21 points and three steals.  Timothy Russell contributed 18 points and seven rebounds in the game, while Justin Patrick added 11 points and eight rebounds. Ajay Rutledge led Daemen with 28 points and 15 rebounds. DJ Johnson added 11 points. Shawnee State shot 39% (24-for-61) in the game, while Daemen shot 43% (23-for-53). From beyond the arc the Bears shot 29% and Daemen shot 22%. At the line the Bears made 9-of-17 attempts for 53% and Daemen made 21-of-27 attempts for 78%. [Box Score]

Mount Vernon Nazarene University drained 16 three pointers and shot 60% from the field to defeat the Shawnee State Men’s Basketball Team 102-61 on Tuesday evening.  Justin Patrick led the Bears with 21 points in the game to go along with six rebounds.  Timothy Russell added 10 points for the Bears. The Cougars had four players in double figures with Ben Falkenberg leading all scorers with 26 points. Andy Francis and Matt McKinley each had 11 apiece, while Robbie Taylor added 10 points. Shawnee State shot 43% from the field. From the charity strip the Bears went 10-for19-for 53%, while Mount Vernon shot 20-for-25 for 80%. [Box Score]

Shawnee State Men’s Basketball Team lost to Northwestern Ohio 77-73.  Justin Patrick led the Bears with 19 points and 6 rebounds. Ian Nixson added 14 points, while Aaron Pennington tallied a double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds. Keelyn Franklin had 11 points and pulled down nine boards. UNOH was led by Jason Sarno who tallied 25 points, while Dustin Guthrie added 13 pints. Isaac Bowers and Josh Vorst added 12 points in the contest.Shawnee State shot 46% from the field, while UNOH shot 39%.  From beyond the arc the Bears shot 27% and the Racers shot 31%.  At the line, the Bears shot 53% and UNOH shot 65%. [Box Score]

Shawnee State lost to Ohio Dominican University 69-58. Justin Patrick led the Bears in scoring with 19 points. Patrick also had eight rebounds, three assists, and one block in the game. Aaron Pennington contributed 11 points and five rebounds in the game. Timothy Russell had 10 points and six rebounds in the game. Donald Suel led Ohio Dominican with 20 points, while Bryan West recorded a double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Shawnee State shot 37% from the field and Ohio Dominican shot 39%. Neither team shot well from beyond the arc, as Shawnee State shot 25% (3-for-12) and Ohio Dominican shot 20% (3-for-15).  At the charity strip the Bears went 9-for-15 for 60% and the Panthers went 18-for-25 for 72%. [Box Score]

Shawnee State managed to get within five point of NAIA No. 10 ranked Walsh University but Walsh finished the game on a 26-8 run to win the game 80-57. Justin Patrick was the only Bear in double figures as he tallied 18 points in the contest.  Patrick also pulled down seven boards in the game. Walsh was led by Joe Shardo’s 22 point effort.  Jeremy Shardo added 18 points and 8 assists in the game. Kyelce Cescato added 11 points and 10 rebounds and Brandon Speck had 10 points in the game. Shawnee State shot 37% from the field, while Walsh shot 48%.  From beyond the arc, the Bears made only two 3-pointers in the game and shot 18%. Walsh shot 47% from the beyond the arc as the drained 7 3-pointers in the game.  At the line Shawnee State went 10-for-18 for 56% and Walsh made 22-for-28 for 79%. [Box Score]

Shawnee State picked up its first conference win of the season as the Bears defeated Houghton College 59-53. Keelyn Franklin led the Bears as he scored 15 points, pulled down six rebounds, had two steals, and two assists.  Aaron Pennington and Jason Overbeck each had 10 points in the contest. Overbeck also dished out 5 assists.  Justin Patrick pulled down 10 boards in the game. Yannick Anzuluni led Houghton with 22 points and 13 rebounds.  Ryan Shay added 13 for the Highlanders. Shawnee State shot 43% from the field and Houghton shot 38%.  For 3-pointers the Bears shot 37%, while Houghton shot only 22%.  At the line Shawnee State shot 8-for-13 for 62% and Houghton shot 11-for-17 for 65%. [Box Score]

Shawnee State fell 78-63 to Wilberforce University.  Justin Patrick led the Bears with 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists.  Keelyn Franklin added 13 points and Aaron Pennington had 11 points in the contest. Wilberforce’s Tim Giles led all scorers with 32 pints.  Phillip Moore contributed 13 points and 9 rebounds for the Bulldogs and Brian Butler added 10 points. From the field Shawnee State shot 44%, while Wilberforce shot 41%.  From beyond the arc the Bears shot 22% and the Bulldogs shot 33%.  At the charity strip the Bears went 17-for-24 for 71% and Wilberforce went 22-for-24 for 92%. [Box Score]

Shawnee State fell 70-58 to Point Park to open conference action. Justin Patrick led the Bears with a 16 point effort.  Keelyn Franklin scored 11 for the Bears, pulled down 8 boards, added 4 assists and 3 steals in the game. Point Park was led by Tony Townsend who tallied 23 points and 19 rebounds in the game.  Anton Batyatin added 21 points and John Geiger had 10 points for the Pioneers. From the field, Shawnee State shot 23-for-63 for 37%, while Point Park shot 25-for-62 for 40%.  From the charity strip, the Bears went 4-for-16 and the Pioneers went 15-for-23.  The Bears shot 29% from beyond the arc, while Point Park shot 31%.  [Box Score]

Shawnee State fell to West Virginia Tech 83-53. Justin Patrick was the only Bear in double figures as he tallied 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks in the game. Darryl Slack led WV-Tech with 20 points and 6 assists. Shawnee State shot 32% from the field in the game, while West Virginia Tech shot 47%. The Bears shot 42% and WV-Tech shot 43% in 3-point goals.  From the line the Bears shot 14-for-19 for 74% and West Virginia Tech shot 6-for-7 for 86%. 

The Bears picked up a 77-73 win over University of Virginia-Wise. SSU had five players in double-figures as freshman Ian Nixson led all scorers with 17 points and dished out 4 assists. Justin Patrick contributed 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists for the Bears, while Timothy Russell added 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.  Keelyn Franklin and Jason Overbeck had 14 points and 11 points in the game respectively. UVA-Wise was led by Josh Jordan's 16 point effort. The Bears shot 49% in the game, while UVA-Wise shot 41%.  From beyond the arc Shawnee State shot 31% and UVA-Wise shot 33%.  At the line, the Bears went 19-for-28 for 70% and UVA-Wise went 8-for-13 for 62%.

NCAA Division I Kent State University was too much for the Shawnee State Men's Basketball Team as they fell 93-42 to the Golden Flashes. The Bears shot a dismal 33% from the field as they went 13-for-37.  From beyond the arc SSU shot only 31%.  From the line Shawnee State shot 6-for-17 for 71%.  Justin Patrick led the Bears with 9 points. The Golden Flashes had six players in double-figures as Al Fisher led all scorers with 16 points.  KSU shot 51% from the field and 40% from beyond the arc.  From the line Kent State shot 9-for-15. [Box Score]

Shawnee State lost to Huntington University 93-72. Keelyn Franklin led all scorers with 21 points in the contest.  Justin Patrick recorded a double-double as he had 16 points and 11 rebounds to go with 4 assists.  Aaron Pennington added 12 points for the Bears in the contest. Huntington was led Tyler Shively who had 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists, while Kevin Kyle had 16 points and 8 rebounds.  Kellen Zawadzki came off the bench and tallied 15 points and 4 assists for HU, while Luke Smith added 11 points in the contest. Shawnee State went 28-for-60 for 47% in the game, while Huntington went 32-for-68 for 47%.  From beyond the arc the SSU shot 23% while HU shot 45%.  From the line the Bears shot 77%, while the Foresters shot 80%. [Box Score]

Shawnee State shot a dismal 10-for-26 from the charity strip and could not manage to put Wilberforce University away as the Bears fell 71-69 in two overtimes. Shawnee State had four players in double figures.  Ian Nixson led the offense with a career-high 20 points.  Justin Patrick recorded a double-double as he scored 15 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.  Patrick also had 3 assists in the contest.  Jeremy McLeod had 13 points, while Keelyn Franklin had 12 points respectively. Phillip Moore led Wilberforce with 18 points and 7 rebounds.  Chris Olafioye tallied 17 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals.  Orville Perkins scored 10 points and pulled down 8 rebounds in the contest. Shawnee State shot 39% (24-for-64) from the field, while Wilberforce shot 34% (19-for-86).  From beyond the arc the Bears went 6-for-17 and Wilberforce went 2-for-18. [Box Score]

Shawnee State defeated UC Clermont 91-59.  Jeremy McLeod came off the bench to lead all scorers as he tallied a career-high 26 points.  Justin Patrick recorded a double-double as he scored 24 points and pulled down 11 rebounds.  Patrick also tallied 3 assists, 2 blocks, and 1 steal in the contest.  Ian Nixson had a career-high 8 assists to go with 9 points and 4 rebounds. Ian Gordon led UC Clermont with 12 points and 7 rebounds.  Seth Steele and Tony Eubanks had 11 points and 10 points respectively. Shawnee State shot 50% (36-for-72) from the field and UC Clermont shot 38% (24-for-63) in the game.  Both teams did not shot well from beyond the arc as the Bears shot 29% and UC Clermont shot 14%.  From the line the Bears were 15-for-25 for 60% and the Cougars were 8-for-16 for 50%. [Box Score]

Despite finishing the game on a 14-4 run, the Shawnee State Men’s Basketball team could not get closer than 3 points to rival University of Rio Grande and fell 75-71 in the contest.  Shawnee State was led by Dick Hyland Player of the Game Kyle Miller.  Miller had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal in the game.  Aaron Pennington had 12 pints, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals, and 1 assist in the contest for the Bears.  Ian Nixon also finished in double figures with 12 points.  Brandon Ivery led Rio Grande and was named the Dick Hyland Player of the game.  Ivery had 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks, and an assist in the contest.  Brett Beucler and Doug Campbell added 16 points and 14 points respectively for the Red Storm.  From the field Shawnee State was 18-for-58 for 48%, while Rio Grande went 28-for-67 for 42%.  From beyond the arc, the Bears shot 27% and Rio Grande shot 50%.  The Bears went 11-for-19 from the free throw line and the Red Storm was 12-for-22. [Box Score]

Shawnee State fell 82-62 to College of the Ozarks on the final day of the Harry Weinbrecht Classic.  Justin Patrick led the Bears with 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks, and an assist.  Kyle Miller added 13 points and 7 rebounds.  College of the Ozarks had three players in double figures.  Corey Stone led all scorers with 23 points.  He also had 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.  Colt Blair added 21 points and 4 rebounds, while Jared Howerton had 15 points and 6 rebounds.  Shawnee State was outshot from the field 37% to 44%.  Shawnee State was 0-10 from the arc and College of the Ozarks was 10-for-26 for 38%.  The Bears went 24-for-33 from the free throw line for 73% and CofO was 10-for-14 for 71%.  [Box Score]

Shawnee State defeated Madonna University 83-66 on the opening night of the Harry Weinbrecht Classic. Kyle Miller led the Bears with 22 points in the game.  He also tallied 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.  Aaron Pennington recorded a double-double for the Bears as he tallied 12 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.  Justin Patrick added 12 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 steal for the Bears.  Ian Nixson also tallied 12 points in the contest.  Leroy Allen lead the Madonna with 19 points, while Kevin McLoughlin had 18 points and 10 rebounds.  Shawnee State shot 52.% (31-59) from the field compared to Madonna who shot 39.% (27-68).  The Bears were 6-for-12 for 50% from the 3-point arc while Madonna shot 6-for-28 for 21%.  From the line SSU shot 15-for-24 for 62% and Madonna went 6-for-10 for 60%. [Box Score]