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RICHMOND, Ind. – The Earlham College men's basketball team trailed by just six at halftime, but a 23-4 run to open the second half gave the Oberlin Yeoman an 81-55 victory over the Quakers at Schuckman Court on Sunday.

Oberlin (4-2) connected on three of its first four triple tries to take a 20-7 lead early in the first half. The lead would grow to as many as 14 before Earlham mounted a comeback. Freshman Darrell Hutchison hit a layup and was fouled. After converting the old-fashioned three point play, freshman Chainey Zolman and junior Kamari each scored. Senior Taylen Alexander then scored the Quakers' next eight points to get Earlham within eight (34-26) with 5:48 to play in the first half.

After an Oberlin basket, Alexander and freshman Alex Topalovic both scored to cut the Yeoman lead to just four points. Matt Walker connected on a jumper to end the first half with Oberlin up 40-34.

Then came the 23-4 run that the Quakers could not come back from.

Oberlin's Jack Poyle led all scorers with 24 points on 7-10 shooting. Randy Ollie added a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Alexander scored a team-high 14 points for Earlham. Hunter added eight points and three assists while Zolman had six points.

As a team, Earlham shot 30.3 percent from the field while Oberlin connected on 58.5 percent of its shots. The Yeoman also hit 11-21 three-pointers while the Quakers were only 5-24 from beyond the arc.

The Quakers dip to 0-2 on the season and play their first road game of the season on Wednesday at Millikin. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. (CST).