PORTSMOUTH, Ohio -- The men's basketball program at Shawnee State faced little trouble in its nonconference contest against the Wilberforce Bulldogs' men's basketball program Wednesday evening, as the Bears put five players in double-figures and never trailed in its 85-72 victory over the Bulldogs Wednesday evening in a nonconference contest that was held at Waller Gymnasium in Portsmouth.
Shawnee State (2-1) enjoyed an electrifying stretch of basketball over a span of 4:59, as the Bears had four different players score during the stretch and knocked down four of its eight threes as a team during a 22-1 run from the 17:52 to 12:53 marks of the opening half of competition.

During the spurt, Kiante Williams and Jareon Mayo each ripped off personal 5-0 runs from a scoring standpoint, while Daniel Rosenber, who finished with game-highs of 21 points and four steals while also tying a game-high with six rebounds, all while going 10-of-14 from the field from a shooting standpoint, had two breakaway dunks as Shawnee State turned an early four-all tie into a commanding 26-5 lead.

When Wilberforce cut SSU's lead slightly to a 26-8 count, the Bears responded with an 11-2 run over a span of 2:12 as an and-one by Jason Steele through contact and another personal 5-0 run, this time by Ahmadou Aw, allowed Shawnee State to take a 37-10 advantage with 9:42 left in the opening half, which proved to be the Bears' largest lead of the contest. Shawnee State never led by less than double-digits the rest of the way.