DELAWARE, Ohio – The Cabrini College men's basketball team advanced to its third consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 with tonight's 84-81 win at No. 21 Ohio Wesleyan University.  The victory, the Blue and White's 13th in a row, improved the Cavaliers to 24-5.

The Cavaliers will face The College of Wooster (24-5) on Saturday at a time and location to be announced on Monday.  The Fighting Scots topped Dickinson College 80-54 on Saturday night to return to the Sweet 16.

Sophomore Aaron Walton-Moss led the Cavaliers with game-highs of 23 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists to go with his two blocked shots.  Junior Fran Rafferty added 19 points, including 3-5 from three point range, and seven rebounds.  Senior DeLeon Floyd added a career best 14 points on 6-7 shooting in just 18 minutes off the bench.

Both teams used the game's opening minutes to feel each other out, as first 11 minutes of action featured five ties and six lead changes.  A Jon Miller free throw gave Cabrini a slim 20-19 lead before the Battling Bishops ran out for eight consecutive points and a 27-20 advantage with 6:37 to play before the half.  A Walton-Moss lay-up off a Knowles steal cut the deficit to 30-29.  A 9-3 Ohio Wesleyan spurt returned the lead to seven points with just north of two minutes on the clock.

The Cavaliers cut OWU's lead to 39-37 at the break as Rafferty was fouled in the act of shooting a three pointer and subsequently knocked down all three attempts from the charity stripe. 

Walton-Moss tied the score in the Blue and White's opening possession of the second half before the Battling Bishops again built their lead to five points.  The Cavaliers regained the momentum coming out of the under 16 minute media time out as Walton-Moss found Floyd for a dunk, sparking an 8-1 run, returning the lead to the Blue and White.  After an Ohio Wesleyan bucket, Rafferty went on a personal 7-0 run, giving the Blue and White a 60-53 lead with 10:33 to play.

Cabrini kept it lead at two possessions for much of the next seven minutes, but with 2:37 to play, the Battling Bishops began to feed off their capacity crowd.  A three point play cut Cabrini's lead to 76-75 with just over two minutes to play.  Walton-Moss responded with a driving lay-up.  A pair of Ohio Wesleyan free throws sliced the lead back to one with 1:29 to play.  As time wound down, Walton-Moss found senior Jeremy Knowles for a three point lead with 36 seconds to play.

OWU's Andy Winters connected on two free throws with 26 seconds on the clock.  The Battling Bishops sent Rafferty back to the line on Cabrini's next possession, where the junior split a pair.  The biggest play of the game may have come with just nine seconds to play when Knowles recorded a steal at midcourt, forcing another OWU foul.  The senior then calmly stepped to the line and hit a pair of free throws, giving the Blue and White a 83-79 lead with nine seconds on the clock.

A late Cabrini foul sent Winters back to the stripe where he connected on another pair of free throw.  On the Cavaliers' next possession, OWU sent junior Tim McDaniels to the stripe where he hit one of two, before Winters' last second three pointer missed the mark.

Knowles finished the action with nine points, five rebounds and three of Cabrini's four steals.  MdCaniels hit for eight points.  The Blue and White committed just seven turnovers on the night, while holding Ohio Wesleyan to just 34.5% shooting in the second half.

Winters led the Batting Bishops (23-6) with 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists.  Taylor Rieger added 15 points, while Dre White tallied 11 off the bench.

Next Saturday's game will mark the second time the Cavaliers and Fighting Scots have matched wits.  The clubs met in the 2011 NCAA Sweet 16 at Wooster's Timken Gymnasium.  The Cavaliers suffered a 94-77 loss before Wooster advanced to the NCAA championship game.