EDINBORO, Pa. — Edinboro defeated Penn St.-Gr Allegheny 83-54 on Monday night, highlighted by an 11-0 second-half run that stretched a 49-28 lead to 60-28. The Fighting Scots finished with a 57-34 rebounding advantage, including 20 offensive boards, and scored 20 fast-break points.
Greater Allegheny built a 7-1 lead by 16:47, with Achilles Tucker-Turner scoring twice after Biagio Crossley's 3-pointer, before the Scots worked back to a 7-7 tie on
Avery Collins' 3-pointer.
Cole Walters put the Fighting Scots in front 10-9 with a 3-pointer at 11:59, and turnovers helped the lead grow as
Rowan Carmichael and Collins added fast-break dunks. Carmichael scored eight straight Scots points to make it 24-16 at 6:06. The Lions came back within 24-22 on Elijah Hannon's layup and free throw at 4:26, but the Fighting Scots answered with an 8-0 run that included Carmichael free throws, a
Fray Nguimbi layup and a Drew Allen layup for a 32-22 lead. After Hannon scored again, Nguimbi split free throws,
Evan Berger converted after a steal, and Berger's steal and assist led to Carmichael's layup at :01 as the Scots took a 37-24 lead into halftime.
Nguimbi opened the Fighting Scots' second-half scoring with a dunk and Carmichael added a fast-break layup before Xavier Gaffney's layup brought Greater Allegheny to 41-26. Carmichael's 3-pointer at 18:34 began an 8-0 Scots run capped by Nguimbi's tip-in, and after Tione Lee made two free throws, Berger,
Ali Oralkan, Nguimbi and Carmichael scored during an 11-0 burst. The Lions got baskets from Aaron Wilson, Gaffney, Achilles Tucker-Turner and Elijah Hannon through the middle of the half. But the Fighting Scots continued to score through Nguimbi and
Avery Collins and led 69-40 after Collins' free throw and Hannon's layup. The closing stretch featured Scots points from
Jordan Brooks,
Wilson-Daniel Charlot,
Naron Jackson II and Carmichael, including Carmichael 3-pointers at 4:40 and 2:22, before Wilson scored the final five Greater Allegheny points in the Fighting Scots' 83-54 win.
Carmichael scored 30 points, hit five 3-pointers and added three steals. Nguimbi finished with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting and collected eight rebounds. Berger posted 11 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and three steals. Charlot added seven rebounds, including five offensive boards, and recorded two steals.
Up next, the Fighting Scots host Malone University on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. at McComb Fieldhouse in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
