PIKE CREEK, Del. – The Goldey-Beacom College men's basketball team notched its third 80-point game of the season as the Lightning surged past the University of New Haven, 84-73 in non-league play Mon. night at the Joseph West Jones Center.

Senior guard Kyle White led all scorers as he registered a season-high 29 points to go with six rebounds and three assists. He was one of four Lightning players to score in double-figures as junior guard Sam McDuffie scored a season-high 18 points, junior point-guard Azeez Ellegood pitched in 16, and junior forward Terrence Parkes had his fifth double-double of the season with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

GBC (7-2) led for most of the second half, but the Chargers (0-8), hungry for their first win of the season, came charging back to knot the score at 69 with 2:05 left to play. The Lightning would take back control with a game-clinching 11-0 run to close out the rollercoaster victory.

The run started when senior forward Troy Esquilin (six points, 13 rebounds) grabbed an offensive rebound off a missed layup by White and made the put-back to put GBC back on top, 71-69. Then, after a missed layup by UNH's Cassius Chaney, White improvised on what was seemingly a broken play and hit a deep three-point bomb to put the Lightning ahead by five with just over a minute left to play. GBC would then make 10-of-12 from the free-throw line to seal its fifth straight victory.

The Lightning led by as many as nine in the first half, as a three-point field goal by McDuffie put the Lightning ahead 17-8 almost seven minutes into the game. But the Chargers came back to take a 40-37 advantage into the intermission and give GBC its first half-time deficit since the Philadelphia game back on Dec. 8.

GBC responded by opening the second stanza with a 19-6 scoring spree, capped by a White steal and breakaway dunk to open up a 56-46 advantage at the 12:21 mark. But back came New Haven, however, scoring the next nine points – culminating in four consecutive made free throws on one possession by Darryl Greene (15 points) to draw within 56-55.

The Lightning had an answer again though, going on a 10-2 spurt and grabbing a 66-57 edge after a pair of free-throws by Ellegood with 6:06 left to play. The Chargers battled back with a 12-3 counter-attack, tying the game at 69-all following a layup by Robert Jamerson (11 points) before the Lightning eventually closed the game out on an 11-0 run.

The winless Chargers were the better shooting team (47.6 percent to 44.1 percent) and accounted for 29 of the game's 30 bench points, but the Lightning cashed in on the glass (42-30) and at the foul line, making 26-of-37 compared to UNH's 9-of-10 output (fouls were 25-12).