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The Wilmington University men’s basketball team opened the 2026-27 season with an 81-76 win over the Millersville University Marauders.
Junior guard John Clemmons led the team in points in the win with 17. He also recorded a double-double on the night with 10 rebounds.
Senior guard Akeem Taylor also recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Two other Wilmington players scored in double digits: senior guard Jaiden Guy (14) and junior guard Denim Perkins (14).
WilmU had the advantage in multiple categories in the game, including bench points (23-11), fast-break points (18-17), second-chance points (16-6), turnovers (12-15), and rebounds (51-37).
The Cats were also the better team at the three-point line in this game, as the team shot 27.6% (8-29), and Millersville shot 26.3% (5-19).WilmU also bested the Marauders at the free-throw line in this game, as the team shot 55.6%(15-27), and Millersville shot 51.7%(15-29).
Game Recap:
Wilmington University leads by 16 at the end of the first half.
Millersville started this game off fast as they jumped out to a 7-2 edge with 18:20 left in the opening half.
The Wildcats started to wake up after this by going on an 11-4 run to take a 13-11 lead with 15:43 remaining in the first half. Akeem Taylor led the charge by scoring seven of the 11 points during that time.
In the next four minutes and 17 seconds, the Marauders would get rolling as they took a 22-18 advantage with 11:26 on the clock.
Not long after that, WilmU would take over the game as they outscored Millersville 37-17 for the rest of the period to take a 55-39 lead into halftime. John Clemmons, senior guard Tyson Shaw, and Denim Perkins were on fire during this run, scoring 23 of the 37 points.
WilmU takes home an 81-76 win!
The Marauders came out with a pep in their step in the early minutes of the second half by outscoring the Cats 28-19 to slice the deficit to seven (74-67) with 6:12 left in the game.
Millersville continued to climb closer to Wilmington’s advantage as the Marauleders went on a 9-4 run to cut the score to 78-76 with 1:20 remaining in the second half.
WilmU shut down the door on Millersville’s comeback by hitting three straight free throws to seal an 81-76 win.
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