WATCH POST-GAME
CEDARVILLE, Ohio – Cedarville turned around an early deficit and used the momentum to post a 98-79 non-conference result over Cincinnati-Clermont at the Callan Athletic Center.
Jonathan Whiteside came off the bench with a career-high 18 points while
Sam Johnson totaled 17 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
Jaylen Davis scored 13 points,
Ethan Sellars buried four triples for 12 points, and
Anthony Ruffolo contributed 11 points and seven assists.
The Yellow Jackets close out the 2025 portion of the schedule with a 6-5 record including a 5-1 mark at home.
The visiting Cougars put the hosts on their heels with a 20-12 lead seven minutes into the contest.
CU responded with a 17-0 run and pushed the difference to 49-36 by halftime.
Clermont got as close as five points on two occasions midway through the second period, but ten straight Yellow Jacket points fueled a 15-2 spurt to put the game out of reach.
Quotable: Head Coach Rob Jones
"We did a nice job of building a lead and pushing it out a little bit, but they did a really nice job of cutting into it and put some real game pressure on us in the second half – which we needed. I thought that was really good for us and our guys responded well. These games are always tricky. You're heading into the last game before Christmas break and it's easy for your mind to be elsewhere. We have multiple guys with flights tonight, guys driving home, all these different things, and that's one of the things we talked about is just the presence of the moment. The guys did a good job with that."
Quotable: Sophomore forward Sam Johnson
"Coming off a disappointing loss on the road we just knew we had to get back to us. We had to get outside of our own heads and not let that loss affect us going into this game and make sure we played our game."
Quotable: Freshman forward Jonathan Whiteside
"Coach talked to us about our mentality – we've got to want it more and just really compete and have joy with it. That's what we tried to do today.
Stinger Notes:
- Whiteside made 8-of-9 shots from the field.
- Jordan Jonathan dished out a career-high six assists.
- Cedarville had the advantage in bench points (42-21) and points in the paint (56-38).
- The Jackets shot 58 percent in the second half and 53 percent for the game.
- It was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
