'On This Day' Coach Wojtylko Gets 100th Win in First-Ever Program Double OT Contest

'On This Day' is a Wells College Athletics feature series taking a look back on events that occurred on this day, Jan. 17, five years ago in 2016.

AURORA, N.Y. – The Wells College men's basketball team picked up the 100th victory in its eight-year history as a varsity sport on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016, as the Express defeated Penn St.-Abington by an 81-80 margin in double-overtime.

Since debuting as a varsity program on Nov. 15, 2008, the Express have racked up 100 victories to date. Under the direction of head coach Joe Wojtylko for all eight seasons of the team's competition, the men's basketball team is the first men's sport at Wells to reach the century mark in total victories and only the sixth varsity program in school history to reach that milestone.

Wojtylko also becomes the first Head Coach in school history to reach 100 coaching wins in a single sport.

Competing in the first-ever double-overtime contest in team history, Wells was led by freshman Rich Ross, who scored 30 points while hauling in a team-leading 13 rebounds. James Feocco earned a double-double, scoring 19 points and picking up 11 rebounds, while Vaughndell Brantley posted 16 points and 11 boards for his second career double-double.

Trailing by a 77-74 margin with 2:34 remaining in the second overtime stanza, Wells cut its deficit to only one point, 77-76, following a Ross layup with only 91 seconds left. A missed 3-point attempt by Penn St.-Abington was hauled in by MJ Williams, who brought the ball up the court. Fouled with only 41 seconds left, Ross buried both free-throw attempts to elevate his team to its final lead of the afternoon, 78-77.

With time ticking away, the Nittany Lions missed a layup with only 10 seconds left and Ross fought his way through the crowd for a very important defensive rebound. After a Penn St.-Abington foul, Ross made the first of two attempts and following a scrum, the ball caromed out of bounds off of a Nittany Lions player.

Penn St.-Abington, down 79-77 with only four seconds left, was forced to foul Feocco off of the inbounds play and his two free throw conversions added insurance for Wells, who led by an 81-77 margin. Not wanting to foul the Nittany Lions down the stretch, Dequan Jackson made an uncontested "three" at the horn to give the Express an 81-80 victory in double-overtime.

Jackson led Penn St.-Abington with 40 points, the most-ever scored against the Wells men's basketball team in the team's history. He shot 16-for-25 from the floor and reeled in 11 rebounds.

Boxscore: https://www.wells-express.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/boxscores/20160117_ipdz.xml?view=boxscore