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74
Winner USciences SCIMBB 12-14, 10-8 CACC
73
Goldey-Beacom GBCM 19-5, 13-4 CACC
Winner
USciences SCIMBB
12-14, 10-8 CACC
74
Final
73
Goldey-Beacom GBCM
19-5, 13-4 CACC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
USciences SCIMBB 37 37 74
Goldey-Beacom GBCM 45 28 73

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball Handed Crushing 74-73 Loss by USciences



Goldey-Beacom led practically throughout, but gave up a couple of key late baskets and left the Jones Center in Wilmington with a tough 74-73 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference setback from University of the Sciences.
 
GBC led by as many as 11 and held a 63-53 cushion with 9:30 left.  USciences then began to chip away and an 11-2 run over just 2 1/2 minutes got it within 65-64 with seven minutes left.  Bryan Okolo scored five points in that time and Jon McGill capped it with a 3-pointer.
 
The Lightning held a 67-66 lead when senior Sameen Swint (Sicklerville, NJ) hit a massive layup and was fouled by Will Gregorits that got the crowd going.  Swint converted the old-fashioned three-point play with 5:15 to go for a four-point game and all looked real good for the home side.
 
But GBC suddenly could not buy a basket and USciences could.  Beni Toure hit a jumper with 4:06 to go for a 70-68 contest and Gregorits made amends on a layup with 3:06 remaining for a tie game.
 
Empty possessions followed and for a while, no one wanted the lead.  Okolo stepped up as his layup with 1:20 to go made it 72-70 and gave USciences its first lead since 2-0.
 
Sophomore Corey Taite (Sayreville, NJ) missed a 3-pointer for the Lightning and senior Parris Ridgeway-Higgs (New Castle, DE) hauled in a big offensive rebound.  Ridgeway-Higgs then tried to tie it on a jumper, but he missed and grabbed his own rebound.  Finally the ball ended up in the hands of Swint, who canned a 3-pointer from the left wing with 51 seconds left for a 73-72 lead.
 
The Devils benefitted from a Lightning timeout and they looked to regain the advantage.  McGill again came through, getting a pass from Toure and hitting from the right baseline with 23 seconds to go for a 74-73 contest.
 
GBC milked the clock looking for a good shot, but Wilson misfired in close before Okolo grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 3.5 seconds left.  However, he missed both and GBC called timeout after getting the rebound.
 
Now the Lightning had to go the length of the court in 3.1 seconds, but they could not get off a shot and were handed their second straight loss that followed a school-record 12-game winning streak.
 
Wilson scored 15 points, Swint netted 14, senior Riyan Williams (Dunkirk, MD) and junior Dante Thompson (Coram, NY) scored 13 apiece with Ridgeway-Higgs getting 11 for GBC, which entered ninth in the first NCAA East Region rankings of the year.
 
McGill scored 21 points, Okolo netted 18, Toure poured in 15 and Gregorits added 13 for the Devils, who shot 58 percent (28-of-48) from the floor and only led for 81 seconds.  USciences (12-14, 10-8 CACC) holds a 1 1/2 game lead over Holy Family (8-9) for the fourth and final spot in the CACC Tournament from the South Division.
 
GBC (19-5, 13-4) drops into a second-place tie with Wilmington (13-4) and both are one-half game behind Philadelphia U. (13-3).  The latter faces Georgian Court (1-24) on Thursday.
 
Goldey-Beacom and Wilmington will do battled at the Jones Center on Saturday in a massive contest at 6:00 pm.  Please note GBC will be host "Hoop it Up" for our alumni and parents of student-athletes during the game.  To RSVP your attendance, please RSVP the alumni office at alumni@gbc.edu.
 
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