MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Penn State Harrisburg's men's basketball team used a strong second-half effort to pull away from Bridgewater (Va.) in a 75-63 non-conference victory at the Capital Union Building on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 19.
Chris Haynes led the way with a career-high 22 points; Nate Curry finished with 13 points and five rebounds; Isaiah Eggleston added a dozen points and six boards off the bench and Zegary Scott III dished out a game-high eight assists to go along with nine points.
Clinging to a three-point lead with 17:22 left in the second half, the Lions (2-2) ramped things up and put together a pivotal 8-0 run capped by a Haynes 3-ball that made it 49-38 at the 15:14 mark. Chase Robinson's 3-pointer a few possessions later stretched the advantage to 14 before back-to-back Scott layups ballooned the lead to 64-45 with 8:01 remaining.
Haynes and Scott followed it up by knocking down consecutive jumpers from beyond the arc to give Penn State Harrisburg its largest lead of the day at 70-49 with five minutes left to play before head coach Don Friday began emptying his bench in the closing minutes.
The game began as a defensive slugfest and the low-scoring affair was tied at 18-18 as late as the 8:38 mark of the opening half. The Eagles (2-2) regained the lead once more at 19-18 but the Lions closed it out with a 19-12 run to take a 37-31 advantage into the locker room.
NOTABLES
- The Lions shot 46.7 percent from the field and 44 percent from 3-point range.
- Penn State Harrisburg finished with a 38-35 rebounding advantage.
- The home team racked up 17 second-chance points, while Bridgewater managed just seven.
- Haynes netted a career-high 22 points on 66.7 percent shooting from the floor.
- Curry racked up 13 points, five rebounds, and a pair of steals.
- Eggleston scored a dozen points and grabbed six boards off the bench.
- Scott tallied nine points and dished out a team-high eight assists.
- Alex Leiba finished with six points and eight rebounds.
- Lance Douglas also grabbed eight boards to go along with five points and four assists.
WHO'S NEXT?
The Lions travel to Messiah for another non-conference matchup on Tuesday night. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
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