No. 2 Berea College tops no. 7 Iowa Wesleyan, 83-66

FINAL SCORE: #2 Berea College Mountaineers 83, #7 Iowa Wesleyan College Tigers 66
RECORDS: Berea College 20-5; Iowa Wesleyan 12-11
LOCATION: Penn State Fayette Maltho Gymnasium, Uniontown, Pa.

IN BRIEF: No. 2 Berea College jumped ahead early and never looked back as they cruised to an 83-66 win over no. 7 Iowa Wesleyan College in a Men's Division I quarterfinal on Wednesday. Richard Parker paced the Mountaineers with 19 points off the bench as 10 players scored for Berea.

ON THE COURT

• Elijah Johnson made a three-pointer for Iowa Wesleyan 34 seconds into the game. A Berea basket made it 3-2 with 18:55 on the clock, and a Mountaineer basket a minute and a half later took away the last lead Iowa Wesleyan would have. 
• An 18-2 run after the initial basket by Johnson gave Berea an 18-5 lead as they continued to pull away throughout the first half. 
• Iowa Wesleyan had an 8-3 spurt that made it 28-15, but a 14-4 run by Berea stretched the lead to 23 with just under four minutes left in the first half. Berea led by 27 at halftime, 50-23.
• Berea used multiple runs in the second half to lead by as many as 36 before cooling off late.

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

• Anthony Myrks added 11 points off the bench for Berea, as the Mountaineers racked up 35 total points from their non-starters.
• Iowa Wesleyan received strong outings from their bench as well, combining for 48 points. Marquis Jones scored 15 points and Brock Butler added 14 from their reserve spots. 
• Twenty-two players scored at least one point in the game. Iowa Wesleyan had 12 players score while Berea had 10.
• Berea created 19 turnovers, turning those takeaways into 16 points. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers only committed 11 giveaways and held Iowa Wesleyan to six points off of turnovers.
• Berea led by as many as 36 late in the second half, the largest lead of any game today.
• Berea made nine three-point field goals, finishing nearly 43 percent from behind the arc. 
• Each team made it to the free throw line more than 30 times in a foul happy contest. The teams combined for 49 fouls on the night. Iowa Wesleyan went 18-for-31 from the line, while Berea made 24 of their 32 attempts. 

NEXT UP

Berea advances to the semifinals where they will meet no. 3 seed Rochester College. That game is set to tip at 10:00 p.m. on Thursday night in the Main Arena. Iowa Wesleyan gets knocked to the consolation round where they will face St. Joseph's College Brooklyn at 10:00 a.m. in the Main Arena.