Males’s Basketball battles in opposition to conference-leading West Chester

KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The Kutztown University males’s basketball workforce hosted the Pennsylania State Athletic Conference East Division-leading Golden Rams of West Chester, falling 73-53 on Girls and Women in Sports Day inside Keystone Arena on Wednesday evening.

The Golden Bears (5-14, 2-12 PSAC) knew what a tough loss to its opposition felt like from a highway defeat earlier this season, and it understood it must play a bodily recreation to remain aggressive. While it did simply that for giant parts of the sport, the Golden Rams (17-5, 11-4 PSAC) had been desperate to get again within the win column, utilizing a robust second half to retain management over the PSAC East.

Kutztown was in a position to make good issues occur defensively within the first half, holding a stellar West Chester squad down as KU led by a pair 13 minutes into the sport and solely trailed the guests by 9 on the break. The Maroon and Gold held the long-range capturing of WCU in test throughout that point, as they hit simply one in all ten three-point baskets whereas going simply 35 p.c from the ground within the first 20 minutes.

The Golden Rams shortly made up for that popping out of the locker room, connecting on 5 makes an attempt from lengthy vary that helped construct a 16-point benefit within the first 9 minutes of the second half. As West Chester constructed on the lead by way of the remainer of the interval and into the ultimate buzzer, it benefited from a close to 50 p.c capturing mark from the sector within the second half, in addition to management of factors and rebounds within the paint, two points that made an enormous distinction within the recreation.

Josh McKoy (Reading, Pa./Berks Catholic) and Jordan Nkoa Abessolo (Yaoundé, Cameroon/St. Maria Goretti (Md.)) every led Kutztown with 13 factors apiece. The former added six assists and went 7-for-8 from the free throw line, whereas the latter had 4 assists, three steals, and a 5-for-10 mark from the sector. Forward Andrew Hoadley (Easton, Pa./Easton) tallied 4 factors and 4 rebounds in 18 minutes of play – his most motion seen this season. Guard Amon Fowlkes (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) had seven factors, three rebounds and three assists in 31 minutes.

With its victory, the Golden Rams proceed its reign atop the PSAC East Division standings, sitting only one recreation forward of second-place East Stroudsburg. Kutztown sits two video games out of the sixth and remaining playoff spot, and would require assist from the 2 groups forward of it – sixth-place Lock Haven and seventh-place Bloomsburg – each of whom will host the Golden Bears within the workforce’s remaining eight video games.

The Golden Bears will look to show issues round on the highway in opposition to the Lock Haven Bald Eagles, as they may meet on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. inside Thomas Fieldhouse. It will return to Keystone Arena for a Wednesday evening assembly with the Shippensburg Raiders on February 11 at 7:30 p.m.

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