Overtime Battle Leaves Beaver Victorious

Monaca, PA - The Men's Basketball team took on Penn State York in their final game of PSUAC play opening weekend. In a thrilling battle, both teams had their ups and downs which took the game into overtime. Down by 9 going into the half, Beaver had a lot of work to do. Beaver fought back in the second half and outscored Penn State York for the final half and in overtime. Winning this game with a score of 89-85, Beaver had a lot of great things going on this game. The start for Beaver was slow but quickly picked up with a jump shot made by Third-year, Jalen Vaughn (Beaver Falls, PA) which was quickly followed up by Third-year, Trevor Franklin (Stafford, VA) who stole the ball and then made a layup. Beaver took their first lead of the game when Fourth-year, Matt Brown (Upland, CA) made a layup bringing the score to 23-22. Franklin made a 3-point shot to finish out the half for Beaver within the final minute of the half. Coming out of the locker room, Second-year, Josh McCloud (Houston, TX) made a layup, and then First-year, Joe Pinto (Kenilworth, NJ) made a layup scoring 4 to begin their huge scoring jump this half. McCloud made a free-throw with 17 seconds left in the game taking Beaver up by two when York made a jump shot with 8 seconds remaining. York missed their 3-point attempt sending the game into overtime. Beaver scored early and first in overtime which was a great start for the team. After winning the tip in overtime Fourth-year,. Matt Brown (Upland, CA) made a layup which was followed up by Third-year, Trevor Franklin (Stafford, VA) who made a 3-point shot taking the team up by 5 less and a minute into overtime. McCloud scored the final two points for Beaver off another 2 free-throws and going 9 for 12 from the line. Beaver took the lead early in the 2nd half and it proved to be helpful in the drive through the end of the game.

Fourth-year, Matt Brown (Upland, CA) played a strong game scoring 17 points, with an impressive 9 rebounds, 4 assists, and had 1 steal. Also coming off the bench with Brown was Second-year, Jermaine Knaff (Quincy, IL) who scored 16 points, had 2 assists, and 1 steal. Third-year, Trevor Franklin (Stafford, VA) and Second-year, Josh McCloud (Houston, TX) both scored highly for Beaver with 14 points and 15 points respectively. Second-year, Xavier Ryan (Philadelphia, PA) and First-year, Allen Cole (King of Prussia, PA) both scored 7 points for Beaver. Beaver had 27 rebounds, 16 assists, 10 steals, and 2 blocks. The team was also 24-31 from the free throw line for a 77.4% success rate and shot 29-66 from the field for a 43.9%.

Penn State Beaver Men's Basketball is now 2-5 overall and 1-1 in conference. The Men's Basketball team will take on Ohio Dominican at 5:30pm on Tuesday, November 26th when they travel to take them on in Columbus. Make sure to come out and support Penn State Beaver Men's Basketball all season long or catch it all on the Rise and Roar Network!