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WESTERVILLE, Ohio –The Otterbein men's basketball team dropped its season finale, 82-62, Saturday afternoon against Baldwin Wallace, as the Cardinals honored their two seniors Andre Bradley and Connor Clark before the game. 

Otterbein ends the season with an overall record of 6-19, 3-15 in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), while Baldwin Wallace improves to 17-8 overall and 11-7 in the league. The Yellow Jackets will enter the OAC Tournament as the fifth seed and take on the No. 4 seed Wilmington who lost to John Carroll this afternoon.

The Yellow Jackets came into the day with no chance of moving up or down in the conference standings but were still ready for the Cardinals. At the 10 minute mark in the first half, Zach Cebula of BW connected on a jumper making the score 26-15, as the Yellow Jackets would hold a double-digit lead for the remainder of the afternoon. 

Baldwin Wallace held a 48-27 edge at the break, as Justin Carter tallied six points on 50 percent shooting from the floor and Jay Joseph led the team with seven points. 

The senior duo of Bradley and Clark combined for six-straight points to cut the deficit to 17 midway through the second half. Baldwin Wallace had an answer on offense whenever the Cardinals attempted to make a run, this time, as Drew Sova made a shot in the paint to halt the Otterbein attack. 

The Yellow Jackets would maintain at least a 16-point advantage for the rest of the contest with the lead growing to as much as 21. 

Sova tallied a game-high 16 points and 12 rebounds. Carter led the way with 12 points, as Bradley stuffed the stat sheet by scoring 10 points, corralling four rebounds, dishing out three assists, and recording two steals. Clark ended his career with six points, four rebounds, and two blocks.