Denison University found its shooting groove, and that proved to be too much for The College of Wooster men's basketball team to overcome, as the Fighting Scots fell 92-76 in the return trip on Saturday afternoon at Livingston Gymnasium.

Wooster (2-3), which held Denison (4-3) to a 36.1 percent clip from the floor during Friday's 72-59 win over the Big Red, had tough sledding in both halves when it came to trying to contain the opposition's efficiency. Denison opened with a 64.3 percent (18-of-28) mark in the first half and cooled off slightly to 57.7 percent (15-of-26) in the second half.

Freshman Mitchell Heilman scored 10 points in the second half.

Denison nearly ran away with Saturday's contest less than five minutes into the second half when Spencer Patenaude's driving layup pushed the Big Red's lead to 55-39 with 15:47 remaining. Freshman Mitchell Heilman, who scored 10 second-half points, stepped up and trimmed Denison's lead to 10 with 14:40 remaining, and classmate Carter Warstler canned a three-pointer on the next possession, which cut the Big Red's advantage to 57-48.

Later, freshman Elijah Meredith's signature hook shot fell, and that made it a 63-54 game with 11:52 left. The Scots were within seven at 77-70 with 4:26 remaining, courtesy of Heilman's three pointer.

Junior JG Gillard staked Wooster to an early 2-0 lead at the charity stripe, and sophomore Tayler McNeal's driving layup gave the Scots a slight edge at 9-7. Patenaude, who scored 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting off the bench, got his hook shot to fall at the 14:16 mark. That bumped Denison's lead to 11-9, and the Big Red remained in front for the duration.

McNeal's 17 points led a quartet of Scots in double figures. He went 6-of-12 from the field and added three rebounds. Styers, who went 6-of-6 at the free throw line - and is now a perfect 17-or-17 on the season - added 13 points, five rebounds, and four assists. Junior Najee Hardaway had a balanced afternoon with 11 points, six rebounds, and four assists, while Heilman rounded out the Scots in double figures with 10.

Wooster shot 44.8 percent (26-of-58), was 9-of-28 from three-point range, and went 15-of-23 at the charity stripe.

Will Hunter dropped 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting, while Kevin Cheng matched Hunter's field-goal ledger en route to a 20-point afternoon. The Big Red's Conor Fenton secured 14 of the team's 30 boards.

Denison shot 33-of-54 from the floor and was spot on at the charity stripe with an 18-of-20 afternoon. Denison won the rebounding battle 30-27, after coming up three short from Wooster's total on Friday night.

Next, Wooster's at Ohio Wesleyan University (3-4) for a 7 p.m. tip on Thursday, March 4. Only a limited number of Ohio Wesleyan spectators are permitted, so Wooster fans will need to catch the game on the Battling Bishops' livestream.