WOOSTER, Ohio – Spencer Williams and Mitch Balser combined for 49 points as The College of Wooster pulled away from Kenyon College (8-11, 5-8 NCAC) in the second half and won by a 101-88 count Wednesday night at Timken Gymnasium.
 
The Fighting Scots (15-5, 11-2 NCAC) hit 54 percent of their shots en route to scoring 101 points, their most this season.  Additionally, Wooster forced 18 Kenyon turnovers which were cashed in for 25 points and they outscored the Lords in the paint, 42-26.
 
Kenyon was just as good offensively as they hit at a 53 percent clip from the field including a 52 percent showing from downtown. Leading the way for the Lords was Alexander Powell who tallied a career-high 20 points while hitting 7-of-8 from the free throw line and sinking a trio of three-pointers. Senior Brien Comey added 16 points while Tim Connolly and Matt Shifrin scored 14 and 10, respectively. Leading the way off the bench was Tyler Kimble who contributed nine points.
 
Just a little over six minutes into the game, the Lords found themselves down 21-12 following a Reece Dupler layup. With Wooster starting the game well, Kenyon needed to respond, and did.
 
In what was a theme for most of the game, the Lords fought back to cut the deficit to one (21-20) after Will Sigl hit a layup with 10:56 left in the half. Kenyon pulled the game to within one again when Powell scored a three-ball with 7:23 remaining which brought the count to 31-30.
 
The Fighting Scots followed that shot, however, with a 14-3 run and went up by 11 with four minutes left as Dan Fanelly collected a steal and scored a fast-break layup to move Wooster up double digits (44-33) for the first time. But again, Kenyon responded and was able to bring the halftime deficit to 53-46 as Chris Link scored a layup with four seconds left.
 
Kenyon shot 58 percent in the first half while Wooster hit a blistering 63 percent of its shots.
 
In the second half, Kenyon rallied to tie the game.
 
Down 66-57, the Lords reeled off an 11-2 run capped off by Kimble's three-pointer with 11:28 left to tie the game at 68. A couple minutes later after the Fighting Scots regained the lead, Comey hit a layup to bring the score to 73-70.
 
That was the closest the Lords got the rest of the way.
 
Wooster followed with a 15-2 run to seize complete control of the contest as they went ahead 88-72. Williams scored nine points during that stretch.
 
Next up for Kenyon is a home date against 10th-ranked Ohio Wesleyan University this Saturday at 3 p.m.